Number and Operations
• Understand the meaning and use of exponents
• Understand the associative property of addition and multiplication
• Extend understanding of whole number operations to fractions, decimals, percents and mixed numbers
• Understand and apply divisibility rules
• Round decimals to the nearest thousandths
• Understand the concepts of ratio, percent and percentage
• Compare and order improper fractions, mixed numbers and decimal fractions to thousandths
• Develop meaning for integers and use integers to represent and compare quantities
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide integers
• Give the prime factorization of a number
• Use factor trees to give the prime factorization of a number
• Convert fractions to decimals to percents and vice versa
• Convert fractions to terminating, repeating or rounded decimals
• Solve proportions with an unknown
• Understand and use mathematical vocabulary appropriately
• Write a remainder as a fraction or decimal
• Find the percent of a number
• Find the percent one number is of another and find the original number when the percent is given
• Use percents to determine sales tax, commission, discount and simple interest

Algebra
• Write, solve and graph linear equations
• Use two-step operations to solve linear equations
• Write and solve inequalities
• Infer and use a rule to determine a missing number
• Use appropriate mathematical vocabulary and properties
• Compare integers on a number line

Geometry
• Define and use appropriate geometrical vocabulary
• Use strategies to develop formulas in determining perimeter/area of triangles, rectangles/parallelograms, volume of rectangular prisms
• Find the area of parallelograms and triangles
• Find the circumference and area of circles
• Find the volume and surface area of prisms
• Classify triangles according to the angles and sides
• Understand parallel, intersecting, and perpendicular lines
• Measure an angle using a protractor
• Draw similar figures that model proportional relations
• Explore fractal patterns
• Do geometric construction, e.g. bisect a segment

Measurement
• Describe how perimeter, area and volume are affected when dimensions of a figure are changed
• Use strategies to develop formulas for finding circumference and area of circles, and area of sectors
• Estimate length, area, volume, perimeter, circumference, area of a circle, various shapes and surfaces using everyday objects
• Make conversions within the same measurement system while performing computations
• Use indirect measurement i.e., similar triangles, to solve problems

Data Analysis and Probability
• Calculate the probability of independent and dependent events
• Construct a multiple line graph
• Make logical inferences from statistical data
• Calculate the odds
• Design an experiment to test a theoretical probability and explain how the results may vary
• Construct a scatter plot
• Make organized lists and tree diagrams

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Bible

 

Christ – Our Life: His Teaching, Death, Resurrection and the Early Church
• Identify the Bible as God’s way of communicating to humanity
• Demonstrate how to use aides for greater understanding when studying the Bible
• Understand that God is omnipotent, omniscient and infinite, yet is affected by your response to Him
• Explain the relationship of God, heaven and the angels to Jesus and His life on earth
• Know what the great controversy is and how the plan of salvation relates to it
• Know the gospel story and why it is important to accept Jesus as Savior and model one’s life after His
• Understand importance of baptism, becoming a part of God’s family
• Explain the mission of the church and the importance of using one’s spiritual gifts to share the Gospel with all people
• Understand the early development of the Christian

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Social Studies

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History: World History from ancient times through Early Greek
and Roman civilizations
• Compare and contrast the beginnings of civilization
• Describe the achievements of ancient Egypt
• Discuss the movements of Hebrew peoples
• Identify how the beliefs of Judaism set the stage for Christ’s life
• Explain the importance of early trade routes
• Describe developments of the Tang and Song Dynasties in China
• Trace voyages resulting in colonization in Asia and SW Pacific
• Study role of Greece and Medo-Persia in relationship to Daniel 7
• Trace the rise of Alexander the Great

Civics and Government
• Trace the forms of government in ancient Greece
• Outline the founding of the Persian Empire
• Identify governments in Africa, Asia, and SW Pacific
• Define, compare the citizen’s role in Africa, Asia, and SW Pacific

Geography
• Explain the components and use of maps
• Locate and label all the world’s continents
• Explain reasons for locations of eastern hemisphere major cities
• Identify climate regions of the eastern hemisphere
• Explain caring of natural resources

Economics
• Trace the relationship between agriculture and emergence of cities
• Describe how environment contributes to how people make a living

Individuals, Society, and Culture
• Understand the importance of developing a personal relationship with Christ
• Recognize the influence of peer relationships
• Understand how one’s values and attitudes influence our choices
• Identify how various groups grow to form and affect a society
• Understand cultures change by technology and migration of people
• Compare Adventist beliefs with eastern religions and philosophies
• Examine Seventh-day Adventist global outreach

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Physical Education

 

Spiritual Emphasis
• Recognize that God’s ideal for quality living includes a health lifestyle
• Incorporate into one’s lifestyle the principles that promote health: nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, trust in God
• Avoid at-risk behaviors
• Apply Christian principles in recreation and sports
• Achieve a balance in work and leisure; balancing physical, mental, social and spiritual activities
• Recognize the interaction of physical, mental and spiritual health with emotional and social well-being

Movement and Motor Skills
• Demonstrate mature form for all basic manipulative, locomotor and non-locomotor skills
• Demonstrate increasing competence in more advanced skills
• Adapt and combine skills to the demands of increasingly complex situations of selected movement forms
• Demonstrate beginning strategies for net and invasion games
• Apply previously learned knowledge to improve performance
• Apply information from a variety of internal and external sources to improve performance
• Identify and apply principles of practice and conditioning that enhance performance
• Recognize sport specific movement patterns applied to games
• Understand terms that describe basic movement
• Use basic offensive/defensive strategies in non-complex settings

Lifestyle and Fitness
• Identify opportunities in the school and community for regular participation in physical activity
• Participate daily in some form of health-enhancing physical activity
• Discover personal interests and capabilities in regard to one’s exercise behavior
• Identify the critical aspects of a healthy lifestyle
• Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity in a variety of settings
• Monitor intensity of exercise

Understand the reason for proper cool-down/warm-up techniques
• Experience enjoyment from participation in physical activities
• Begin to develop a strategy for the improvement of selected fitness components
• Work somewhat independently with minimal supervision in pursuit of personal fitness goals
• Meet the health-related fitness standards as defined by a standard physical fitness test, e.g. AAHPERD Physical Best, Fitnessgram, President’s Challenge
• Recognize physical activity as a positive opportunity for social and group interaction
• Use physical activity to express feelings and relieve stress
• Seek personally challenging experiences

Sportsmanship and Appropriate Behaviors
• Participate in establishing rules, procedures and etiquette that are safe and effective for specific activity situations
• Work cooperatively and productively in a group to accomplish a set goal in cooperative and competitive activities
• Make conscious Christ-like decisions about applying rules, procedures and etiquette
• Utilize time effectively to complete assigned tasks
• Acknowledge differences in the behaviors of people of different gender, culture, ethnicity, development and disability
• Cooperate with disabled peers and those of different gender, race, ethnicity and religion
• Work cooperatively with both more and less skilled peers

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