Original PromptI need resources for 7th grade math and language arts that support my students with lower reading levels.
This learning resource focuses on understanding ratios and identifying main ideas in texts. It begins with essential vocabulary, such as 'ratio', 'main idea', and 'narrative', followed by a narrative about Sarah's gardening experience to illustrate the concept of a main idea. The second part introduces ratios, explaining how to express them in different forms: using the word 'to', a colon, or a fraction. Students are guided through exercises to calculate ratios using examples of stars and hearts, dogs and cats, and red and blue pens. Following this, students practice identifying main ideas through passages about Beethoven and Harriet Tubman, where they must extract key concepts and provide supporting details. Finally, the resource encourages independent reflection and creative thinking through the Wright brothers' flight story.