GRADES 7 -9


ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS

• Students read, independently, a range of texts and talk about interests and preferences. They show understanding of significant ideas, themes, events and characters and begin to make use of an appropriate vocabulary when referring to texts. Students recognize and express explicit meaning and begin to be aware of some implicit meaning and attitudes when making inferences and deductions. Students begin to talk about author’s intention and give personal responses, supporting these with reference to the text. They locate and use ideas and information, ant they are able to use technology to support their writing and research.
• Reading skills.
• Word recognition and vocabulary.
• Spelling and Phonics.
• Reading comprehension.
• Literature.
- Describe the motivation of major and minor characters in a selection.
- Recognize, analyze and evaluate an author’s use of literary elements.
- Understand the relationships among story elements.
- Analyze classic and contemporary literature selections.
• Use a variety of criteria to evaluate information.
• Use mechanical and grammatical conventions in written compositions.
• Develop the ability to make and shape text in order to communicate meaning in written language, appropriate to the context, purpose reader, and audience.
• Handwriting.
• Mechanics, grammar and usage.
• Demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of composition and the writing process.
- Students compose independently at this stage. The ideas are often sustained and developed, making use of appropriate detail and vocabulary to enhance meaning The writing demonstrates and ability to use appropriate form and style and shows an awareness of audience. Syntax and punctuation are used with increasing proficiency and more complex words are included in students’ own writing, and they are spelled correctly. The writing process is done with greater independence. Students plan, revise, and redraft to improve accuracy and enhance meaning. Handwriting is clear and legible.
• Composition.
• Writing Skills
• Gather and use information for research purposes
- Conduct research in the library and on the computer, independently using supplied databases and guided Internet tools. Periodicals, almanacs, and other special references are becoming more widely used at this level. The ability to take notes using and outline format and writing from an outline is developing. Students are able t compare and contrast, summarize and paraphrase, and evaluate many of the resources found.

MATHEMATICS

In mathematics, Grades 6 – 8 students the following critical components are used to describe mathematics in a broad way in order to establish connections among the Mathematic Strands.
• Change – identification of changing quantities.
• Constancy – defining aspects of stability, symmetry, steady state, and conservation.
• Dimension – measurement concepts of size and scale.
• Number – an intuitive understanding number sense and meaning of number operations improves mental math.
• Pattern – a systematic understanding of patterns underlying all math concepts.
• Quantity – a system of coding measure and ordering things.
• Relationships – the connections between and among things
• Shape – central to geometry and number networks
• Uncertainty – chance, errors and data measurement

Grade 7
• Extension of Grade 6 concepts to learn: exponents, powers, base, co-efficient, scientific notation, fraction operations and equivalency, decimals, integers, Circles, angles, time zones.

Grade 8
• Extension of Grades 6 and 7 concepts to learn: positives, negatives, ratios, rationals, irrationals, square roots, linear equations, Pythagorean relationships, angles, scaling, proportions.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Grade 7 Focus: People and Their Culture
Culture
Cultural Transition: A Case Study of Japan
Canada: A Bilingual and Multicultural Country

Grade 8 Focus: History and Geography in the Western Hemisphere
Geography of Canada and United States
Canada: History to the Twentieth Century
South America: A Case Study of Brazil

SCIENCE

Grade 7
• Planet Earth
• Structures and Forces
• Heat and Temperature
• Plants for Food and Fibre
• Interactions and Ecosystems

Grade 8
• Mix and Flow at Matter
• Cells and Systems
• Light and Optical Systems
• Mechanical Systems
• Freshwater and Saltwater Systems

RELIGION

Grade 7 Faith and Life 7, Born in the Spirit 7
Grade 8 Faith and Life 8

GRADE 9


ENGLISH / LANGUAGE ARTS

• Students read a range of texts, showing understanding of the ways in which meaning and information are conveyed. They articulate personal and critical responses to texts, showing an awareness of themes, structure and features of language. They demonstrate an understanding of authors’ use of style and technique to achieve effects. They select and synthesize a range of information from a variety of sources.
• Reading skills.
• Word recognition and vocabulary.
• Spelling and phonics.
• Reading Comprehension.
• Literature.
- Read a variety of literary works from specific eras and cultures.
• Use mechanical and grammatical conventions in written compositions.
• Handwriting and manuscript form.
• Mechanics, grammar and usage.
• Demonstrate competence in the general skills and strategies of composition and the writing process.
• Students are writing coherently and competently, displaying the beginning of a personal style across a range of forms. The writing shows awareness o fhte need to match style to purpose and audience. Syntax and punctuation are used to enhance meaning and spelling is correct. Writing is logical, showing increasing confidence and competence. Independent planning, composing, and revising frequently enhance expression, content, and presentation.
• Composition
• Writing skills.
• Gather and use information for research purposes.
- Research strategies are well developed, logical and creative at this level. Students use a wide range of references to conduct research and act independently. They synthesize, analyze, and evaluate the sources researched and determine value.

MATHEMATICS

Continues to build for foundation of the concepts in Grades 4 – 8.
• Number Concepts and Operations.
- Structure and interrelationships of the sets of numbers.
- Scientific calculator use.
- Calculations with exponents.
• Statistics and Probability.
- Collect and analyze with two variables.
- Probability in complex problem solutions.
• Patterns and relations.
- Mathematical procedures
- Linear equations and inequalities.
- Arithmetic operations, rationals, polynomials.
• Shape and space.
- Trigonometry / right angle solutions.
- Area, perimeter, volume.
- Congruency.
- Geometry.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Focus: Economic Growth: Differing Perspectives
Economic Growth: USA
Economic Growth: Russia
Canada: Responding to Change

SCIENCE

Grade 9
• Biological diversity.
• Matter and chemical change.
• Environmental chemistry.
• Electrical principles and technology.
• Space exploration.

RELIGION

Grade 9 Born in the Spirit
Bible History and Timeline
Catholicism and Life

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Health and Lifestyle.
- Dance
- Games
• Gymnastics.
• Cooperation, Leadership, Teamwork.
• Safety, Active Community Living.

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