MATH LONG RANGE PLANS Updated 2020 GRADE 7

Breakdown of 300 minutes of math per week:

1) 10 Minute Number Talks and Number Sense Routines - 10 minutes a day to be done at a time other than the
math block (e.g., 10 minutes first thing in the morning or after a break) (10 x 5 = 50 minutes)
NOTE: A NUMBER OF TOPICS FROM THE CURRICULUM APPEAR IN THIS SECTION (e.g., mental math) AND
ARE NOT IN THE MATH BLOCK
2) Math Block Topic - This is the regular 50 minute block (5 x 50 = 250 minutes)

C4 Mathematical Modelling: Mathematical modelling is integrated into all aspects of the math program, including the
social-emotional learning expectations and the mathematical processes. For more information, please see:
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Month: September
SEL Focus: Establishing norms and success criteria, building community and relationships
Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic
Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Comparing and ordering Social-Emotional Learning (SEL):
numbers on a number line - Growth mindset principles, establishing group/collaborative norms,
co-creating success criteria around SEL goals, establishing a safe
community of learners, etc.
NOTE: Success criteria for SEL goals should be posted and referred to
throughout the year as needs arise. Although SEL focus days are included in
these long range plans, it is more important that teachers respond and
react to the immediate needs of students, and TEACH and REVIEW these
skills in context.
2 Addition Number Talks Place Value
(properties of operations: - Whole numbers to 1 000 000 000 (read, represent, compare and order;
associative and write in expanded form using powers of 10)
commutative property) - Numbers in real life contexts
(start with story contexts) Note: integers, fractions and decimals are addressed later in the LRP
3 Small group help (addition Place Value con’t
number talks) - Exponential Notation, GCF, LCM
4 Addition Number Talks and Area and Perimeter; Square Roots and Perfect Squares; Circles
the Addition Algorithm - area and perimeter of 2D shapes
- identify and represent perfect squares, determine square roots

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 - use relationships between the radius, diameter and circumference to
explain the circumference formula for a circle
- use relationships between the radius, diameter and area of a circle to
explain the area formula for a circle
- construct circles when given the radius, diameter or circumference

Month: October
SEL Focus: Identifying and managing emotions

Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic

Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Division Number Talks Integers
(start with story contexts, - compare and order integers
include the area model) - use objects, diagrams and equations to represent and describe addition
and subtraction of integers
2 Division Number talks con’t Integers con’t
3 Decimal number talks Decimals
(representing, comparing - review of fractions
and ordering) - read, represent, compare and order decimals, including negative
decimals to thousandths
- generate decimal numbers between any two quantities
- round decimal numbers to the nearest whole number, tenth or hundredth
- convert between fractions and decimals
- decimal operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide)

Month: November
SEL Focus: Sources of stress and coping strategies
Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic
Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Fraction number talks con’t Patterning
- identify and compare repeating, growing and shrinking patterns, and
identify which are linear
- compare linear growing patterns on the basis of constant rates and

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 initial values
- create and translate repeating, growing and shrinking patterns
involving whole numbers and decimals (various representations
including table of values, graphs, expressions and equations)
- determine pattern rules and extend patterns, and use algebra to solve
for unknown values
- identify missing elements in repeating, growing and shrinking patterns
- make and justify predictions about patterns
- patterns that illustrate the relationship among integers
2 Fraction number talks Patterning con’t
continued
3 Subtraction Number talks Patterning con’t
4 Subtraction Number talks Coding
con’t

Month: December
SEL Focus: Positive motivation and perseverance
Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic
Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Subtraction Number Talks Coding
con’t
2 Review of addition, Geometric Reasoning
multiplication and - properties of cylinders, pyramids and prisms
subtraction number talks - plane and rotational symmetry
and algorithms - perspective drawings
3 con’t Review of angles (measuring and drawing)

Month: January
SEL Focus: Building relationships and effective communication
Month: February
SEL Focus: Self awareness and identity
Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic
Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Decimal number talks con’t Decimals con’t
(addition and subtraction)
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 2 Decimal number talks con’t Cartesian Plane /Transformations
(multiplication and division) - translations, rotations and reflections on the Cartesian plane (all four
quadrants)
- dilations and similarity
3 Decimal number talks con’t Transformations con’t
(fraction equivalents)
4 Integer number talks Financial Literacy
(addition and subtraction) - exchange rates
- financial goals
- budgets
- factors influencing financial decision making
- interest rates (saving, investments and cost of borrowing; comparing)

Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic

Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Multiplication Number talks Area and Perimeter con’t
(include the distributive,
associative and
commutative properties)
(start with story contexts)
-up to 4 digit by 2 digit
2 Multiplication Number Talks Area and Perimeter con’t
con’t
3 Multiplication Number Talks Fractions
con’t (connect to algorithm) - read, represent, compare and order, including mixed and improper
fractions
- find equivalent fractions using the algorithm
- simplify fractions
- generate fractions between two quantities
*comparing and ordering negative fractions, and conversions between
fractions, decimals and percents, and fraction operations appear later in the
long range plans;
4 Fraction number talks Fractions con’t
(representing, putting on a
number line, comparing

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 and ordering based on
common sense)
(start with story contexts)

Month: March
Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic
Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Integer number talks con’t Financial Literacy con’t
2 MARCH BREAK
3 Review of number talks as Order of Operations
needed

4 Review of number talks as Equations and Inequalities

needed - add and subtract monomials with a degree of one using tools
- evaluate expressions (whole numbers and decimal tenths)
- solve equations (whole numbers, decimal numbers and multiple terms)
- inequalities

Month: April

Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic

Talks and Number
Sense Routines
Number talks with variables Ratio and rate; proportional reasoning
(e.g., 7+m=21) - solve problems involving ratios and rates
1 (start with story contexts) - identify proportional and non-proportional situations, and use
Review area concepts proportional reasoning to solve problems
2
(L x 6 = 24𝑐𝑚 )
Fraction number talks Fraction Operations
(compare and order positive - Add and subtract fractions, including by creating equivalent fractions
2 and negative fractions)
3 Fraction operations Fraction Operations

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 - Multiply and divide fractions by fractions, using tools
Fraction operations Percent, Fraction and Decimal Relationships
- understand and recall commonly used fraction, decimal and percent
equivalents
4 - solve problems using percents, fractions and decimals

Month: May
Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic
Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Fraction, decimal and Surface Area
percent equivalents - nets
(representing, comparing, - surface area of cylinders
ordering, converting)
2 Percent number talks Volume
(increasing or decreasing a - prisms and cylinders
number by a percent: 1%, - similarity between volume and capacity; relationship between mL and
5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, 100%) 𝑐𝑚
3

- conversions between metric units

3 Percent number talks con’t Graphing
- describe the difference between discrete data (e.g., data that can only
take certain values, such as number of students) and continuous data
(data that can include all numbers within a range, such as
measurements)
- percentages and representing distribution
- collect qualitative (descriptive) and quantitative data (numerical data,
such as discrete and continuous), and organize the data
- display data by choosing and justifying appropriate graphs
- infographics
- impact of adding or removing data on the mean, median, mode and
range

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 - analyze data and draw conclusions
FOCUS: circle graphs
4 Percent number talks con’t Graphing con’t

Month: June
Week 10 Minute Number Math Block Topic
Talks and Number
Sense Routines
1 Multiplication and Division Probability
Patterns (by 10, 100, 1000) - express probability as a fraction, decimal and percent, represent it on a
probability line, and use it to make predictions
- dependent vs independent events
- determine and compare theoretical vs experimental probability of two
independent or two dependent events
2 Review all number talks Probability con’t
including the algorithms
3 Review all
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