What Your Seventh Grader Needs To Learn

Your average Twelve year old has a lot of energy and creativity, but is able to sit still for longer periods of time and have some self-control. This is a transition year as your child will grow into adolescence, and be attending a middle school possibly for the first time if your district keeps sixth graders with the elementary school. Your seventh grader will develop more interpersonal or social skills while becoming more self-reliant. The following is a short listing of core subjects that your seventh grader should learn by the end of the school year. Unfortunately, the books that … Continue reading

Seventh Grade Reading Lists

Recommended Reading for the Seventh Grade With more literary classics to choose from during the seventh grade, encourage your child to write book reports and character studies from some of their favorite selections. 1. Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne 2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe 3. The Complete Stalky and Co., Rudyard Kipling 4. In the Heart of the Rockies, G.A. Henty 5. By Pike and Dyke, G.A. Henty 6. Arts, Hendrick Willem Van Loon 7. McGuffey’s Fourth Reader, William McGuffey 8. Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare 9. Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare 10. Romeo … Continue reading