What your child learns in Grade 7 in PEI
Grade 7 begins the intermediate years. Math follows the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol strands: number, patterns and relations, shape and space, and statistics and probability. Science covers interactions within ecosystems, Earth's crust, heat, and mixtures and solutions. Social studies focuses on empowerment and disempowerment in Canada between 1830 and 1920.
Grade 7 subjects in the Prince Edward Island Curriculum
Math
Big Ideas
- Number.
- Patterns and Relations.
- Shape and Space.
17 units, including divisibility rules, add & subtract integers, decimal operations, fractions.
English Language Arts
Big Ideas
- Speaking and Listening. Students will be expected to speak and listen to explore, extend, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
- Speaking and Listening. Students will be expected to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically.
- Speaking and Listening. Students will be expected to interact with sensitivity and respect, considering the situation, audience, and purpose.
18 units, including reading strategies, roots & word parts, close reading, literary devices.
Science
Big Ideas
- Interactions with Ecosystems.
- Earth’s Crust.
- Heat.
11 units, including ecosystems, food chains & energy, cycles & succession, people & ecosystems.
Social Studies
Big Ideas
- Economic empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the economic context.
- Political empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the political context.
- Cultural empowerment. Empowerment and disempowerment in Canada, 1830-1920: the cultural context.
9 units, including thinking like a historian, economic empowerment, steam, rails and wires, research skills.
Core French
Big Ideas
- Core French. The Grades 7 to 9 program builds confidence in learning and using French through purposeful, action-oriented tasks set in authentic contexts.
7 units, including describing people, places in town, directions, comparing.
What to look for on the report card
Look for comments on independence, study habits and confidence with the harder math and reading ahead.
PEI report cards describe learning with Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Exceeding. See what each level means.
The CAMET competencies grow through exploratory learning and every subject in the intermediate years. Read about camet competencies.
Ready for Grade 7?
Grade 7 builds on what your child practised in Grade 6. If a skill feels shaky, a few short practice sessions before or early in the year can help:
- Math: thousandths to billions, integers & decimals, facts & factors, factors & primes, mixed numbers & ratios
- English Language Arts: learning to learn, roots & analogies, text features & forms, text forms & features, close reading
- Science: sorting living things, biodiversity, traits & fossils, tiny living things, adaptations & endangered animals
- Social Studies: island time lines, what is culture?, people of island history, traditions shape culture, government & culture
- Core French: question words, family and friends, hobbies, giving reasons, feelings and states
Common questions
Grade 7 covers math, english language arts, science, social studies, core french in the Prince Edward Island Curriculum. Grade 7 begins the intermediate years. Math follows the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol strands: number, patterns and relations, shape and space, and statistics and probability. Science covers interactions within ecosystems, Earth's crust, heat, and mixtures and solutions. Social studies focuses on empowerment and disempowerment in Canada between 1830 and 1920.
PEI report cards describe learning with Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Exceeding.
Short, regular practice works better than long sessions: 10 to 15 minutes a few times a week, on the skills your child's teacher flags. Read together, use math in real life, and praise effort.
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