Grade 7 Alberta curriculum
What Grade 7 students practise in Gradelings, unit by unit, matched to the Alberta Curriculum. Tap any unit to see what it covers and try sample questions.
Math
- Divisibility RulesIs it divisible?
- Decimal OperationsAdd, subtract, multiply, divide decimals
- Adding & Subtracting FractionsUnlike denominators and mixed numbers
- Comparing & OrderingFractions, decimals and whole numbers
- Fractions, Decimals & PercentsConvert, compare and use ratios
- Tax, Tips & DiscountsPercents with real money
- Add & Subtract IntegersPositives, negatives and zero pairs
- Linear RelationsPatterns in tables and graphs
- Expressions & EquationsKeep both sides balanced
- Two-Step EquationsUndo, undo, solve for x
- CirclesCircumference, area and π
- Area & ConstructionsTriangles, parallelograms and bisectors
- Coordinates & TransformationsPlot, slide, flip and turn
- Mean, Median & ModeWhat is typical?
- Circle GraphsPercents and angles of a whole
- ProbabilityChances of two events
English Language Arts(“Language Arts” in the app)
- Close ReadingTheme, inference and author's craft
- Whose Story?First, second and third person
- Literary DevicesIrony, foreshadowing and symbolism
- Tone & MoodHow writing feels and sounds
- Poetry LabRhyme, stanzas and speakers
- Patterns & FeaturesCause and effect, bibliographies
- Source CheckCredibility, bias and citing
- Persuasive PowerEthos, pathos, logos and fallacies
- Clauses & SentencesSimple, compound, complex and more
- Grammar GearsObjects, participles and phrases
- Modifiers & ParallelismClear, balanced sentences
- Punctuation PowerColons, however and ellipses
- Semicolons, Colons & DashesPunctuation with power
- Word Mix-UpsAffect or effect? Its or it's?
Science
- EcosystemsLiving and non-living parts
- Food Chains & EnergyWho eats whom, and the energy
- Cycles & SuccessionMatter cycles; land regrows
- People & EcosystemsFarming, fishing and balance
- How Plants WorkRoots, leaves, flowers and photosynthesis
- Plants We UseFood, fibre and farms
- Growing Crops WellSoil, nutrients and care for the land
- Heat & ParticlesHeat, motion and changing state
- Moving HeatConduction, convection, radiation
- Structures & ForcesShapes, balance and forces
- Safe StructuresWhy they fail, how to keep safe
- Rocks & MineralsThe rock cycle
- Restless EarthPlates, quakes and deep time
- Fossils & Earth's HistoryClues from long ago
Social Studies
- New France & the Fur TradeLife in the colony
- The Fur Trade in the WestTrading posts, partners and rivers
- Power & Conflict, 1713 to 1800From France to Britain
- Loyalists & the War of 1812Conflict and a changing colony
- Reform & RebellionFights for self-government
- ConfederationHow Canada began in 1867
- The Métis & the Red RiverLouis Riel and the Métis in the West
- Treaties 6, 7 and 8Agreements that still matter
- Railway & SettlementThe CPR, the NWMP and homesteads
- People on the MoveWho came to the West, and why?
French Immersion
Core French
- DirectionsLeft, right, straight ahead
- Places in townLa ville et les magasins
- ComparingPlus, moins, aussi… que
- Describing peopleFamily, friends, teachers
- Cognates and strategiesWords that look alike
- Reading short storiesCharacters, setting, problem
- The Francophone worldFrench around the world
- Culture and honestyAppropriation and plagiarism
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