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Curriculum: Middle School Grades 6th-8th

Core Curriculum: Textbooks and Workbooks

The materials listed below are the current official curriculum materials used in the middle school grades 6, 7 and 8 in the Simi Valley Unified School District. Curriculum materials include textbooks, workbooks, supplemental materials and online resources.

Language Arts

Collections, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 

6th Grade

  • Text: 9780544503267
  • Close Reader: 9780544087606
  • Performance Assessment: 9780544569331
  • Reading: Number the Stars, Hatchet 

7th Grade

  • Text: 9780544503281
  • Close Reader: 9780544090767
  • Performance Assessment: 9780544569348
  • Reading: Peak, A Christmas Carol 

8th Grade

  • Text: 9780544503298
  • Close Reader: 9780544089068
  • Performance Assessment: 9780544569355
  • Reading: Anne Frank, Bud Not Buddy 

English Language Development

Language! Focus on English Learners, Cambium Learning 2009 (placed by fluency level)

  • Level A: 978-1-60218-842-6 
  • Reading: Maniac Magee, Seedfolks
  • Level B: 978-1-60218-843-3 
  • Reading: A Long Walk to Water, Lupita Mañana 
  • Level C: 978-1-60218-844-0
  • Reading: Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Wednesday Wars 

Mathematics

Big Ideas Math, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015 

6th Grade

  • Course 1 Text: 978-1-60840-669-2
  • Record & Practice Journal: 978-1-60840-460-5

7th Grade

  • Course 2 Text: 978-1-60840-670-8
  • Record & Practice Journal: 978-160840-461-2
  • Accelerated Text: 978-1-60840-671-5
  • Record & PracticeJournal: 978-1-60840-462-9 

8th Grade

  • Course 3 Text: 978-1-60840-672-2
  • Record & Practice Journal: 978-1-60840-463-6 
  • Algebra 1: BIM Algebra 1 Text: 978-1-60840-675-3
  • Record & Practice Journal: 978-1-6084-046-4

Geometry: HMH Geometry:

  • Volume 1: 978-0-54438-579-5
  • Volume 2: 978-0-54438-580-1

Social Science

History Alive!, TCi

6th Grade

The Ancient World

  • Text: 978-1-58371-217-7
  • Workbook: 978-1-58371-218-4 

7th Grade

Medieval World

  • Text: 978-1-58371-238-2
  • Workbook: 978-1-58371-239-9 

8th Grade

U.S. Through Industrialism

  • Text: 978-1-58371-271-9
  • Workbook: 978-1-58371-272-6 

Art

Art & the Human Experience, Davis Publishing, 2001

6th Grade

A Global Pursuit, Text: 978-0-87192-489-6 

7th Grade

A Personal Journey, Text: 978-0-87192-558-9 

8th Grade

A Community Connection, Text: 978-0-87192-491-9 

Science

LabAids/SEPUP, 2022

6th Grade

  • California Integrated Grade 6 Student Book, 978-1-63093-519-1
  • California Integrated Grade 6 Student Book, Student Portal, 978-1-63093-525-2
  • SEPUP Land, Water, and Human Interactions (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-590-0
  • SEPUP Energy (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-589-4
  • SEPUP Weather and Climate (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-591-7
  • SEPUP Body Systems (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-604-4
  • SEPUP From Cells to Organisms (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-516-0
  • SEPUP Reproduction (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-513-9

7th Grade

  • California Integrated Grade 7 Student Book, 978-1-63093-520-7
  • California Integrated Grade 7 Student Book, Student Portal, 978-1-63093-526-9
  • SEPUP Ecology - California Edition (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-777-5
  • SEPUP Geological Processes (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-594-8
  • SEPUP Chemistry of Materials (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-592-4
  • SEPUP Chemical Reactions (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-593-1
  • SEPUP Biomedical Engineering (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-503-0

8th Grade

  • California Integrated Grade 8 Student Book, 978-1-63093-600-6
  • California Integrated Grade 8 Student Book,Student Portal, 978-1-63093-582-5
  • SEPUP Evolution (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-596-2
  • SEPUP Earth's Resources (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-587-0
  • SEPUP Solar System and Beyond (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-595-5
  • SEPUP Force and Motion (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-603-7
  • SEPUP Fields and Interactions (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-588-7
  • SEPUP Waves (complete materials package), 978-1-63093-504-7

World Language

Spanish 1

  • Senderos Level 1 SE Hardcover, 978-1-54335-793-6
  • Senderos Level 1 Practice Workbook (10-pack), 978-1-54337-063-8
  • Senderos Level 1 Enrichment Library (6 pack), 978-1-54339-855-7
  • Senderos Level 1A Enrichment Library (6 pack), 978-1-54339-856-4
  • Senderos Level 1B Enrichment Library (6pack), 978-1-54339-857-1
  • Senderos Level 1 National Teachers Resource Box (TRB), 978-1-54337-954-9
  • Senderos 2023 PRIME (7-year license) per student, 978-1-54337-838-2

Health

7th Grade

Sexual Health Education for America’s Youth, Positive Prevention Plus, 2016