The Seven Year Old.....

• Sometimes tense
• Many hurts, real and imagined
• Sometimes moody or shy
• Needs security, structure
• Doesn’t like to make mistakes
• Needs constant reinforcement
• Likes one-to-one conversation
• Likes to work alone
• Likes to be read to
• Likes board games
• Not the time to introduce cursive
• Frequent friendship shifts

CURRICULUM Details/Information

• All About Sam by Lois Lowry
• Babysitters Club by Ann Martin
• 20,000 Baseball Cards Under the Sea by Bullet and Schade
• The BFG by Roald Dahl
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• The Boxcar Children Series by Warner

State of Michigan's Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE) for elementary schools

Parent's Guide: 
Math
Language Arts

Special Note: These guidelines were introduced 2 years ago and the state superintendent gave school districts 5 years to reform local district curriculums to meet the GLCE's. In TCAPS we have most of that work complete but there are a few minor areas we still need to adjust.