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Middle School Learning

Sixth Grade
When students kick off their middle school experience in sixth grade, they:

• Read a wide variety of literature, analyze author styles, word choice, point of view, and structure;

• Write narratives and arguments while developing language, style and tone;

• Learn algebra, statistics, ratios, and one-variable equations;

• Understand different forms of energy and life on Earth;

• Explore the geography and history of the Eastern hemisphere, including Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.

• Explore computer science, music, or dance. 

Seventh Grade

When students have transitioned into their middle school experience in seventh grade, they:

• Write in a variety of genres and styles, including argumentative essays with multiple perspectives;

• Solve math problems using rate, ratios, proportions, and percentages;

• Expand their knowledge of geometry including area, surface, perimeter, and volume;

• Study the Earth’s surface changes over time;

• Learn City, State, and U.S. history; from Pre-Colonial times – Civil War

• Explore visual arts, computer science, and/or music.

Eighth Grade
With one full school year left before starting high school, eighth graders:

• Interpret and analyze a range of texts that prepare them for high-school level demands;

• Study different writing techniques, including analogy, allusion, and irony;

• Evaluate the logic and reasoning of argumentative texts;

• Work with graphs to solve algebraic equations, use the Pythagorean Theorem, and analyze 2D and 3D figures;

• Identify how humans affect the environment;

• Study the laws of motion that explain the movement of objects on Earth and across the Solar System;

• Explore the Reconstruction, industrialization, global war, and modern eras of U.S. history;

• Expand knowledge of visual arts, computer science and/ or music .