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Grade 7 skill plan
Every Grade 7 skill in Vita, in the order we suggest teaching them. Tap a skill to practice it, or print the plan and check skills off as your child earns each gold star.
78 skills this year: 48 math, 30 language arts. That's about 3 a week over a 36-week school year, and 15 to 20 minutes of practice a day is plenty for most kids.
Standards: Common Core State Standards for math and language arts.
Math 48 skills
Proportional relationships
- 7.1Unit rates with fractions7.RP.A.1
- 7.2Is it proportional?7.RP.A.2a
- 7.3Constant of proportionality7.RP.A.2b
- 7.4Graphs of proportional relationships7.RP.A.2d
- 7.5Equations from proportional tables7.RP.A.2c
- 7.6Use y = kx7.RP.A.2c
Percents
- 7.7Tax and tips7.RP.A.3
- 7.8Discounts and sale prices7.RP.A.3
- 7.9Percent increase and decrease7.RP.A.3
- 7.10Simple interest7.RP.A.3
- 7.11Markups and percent error7.RP.A.3
- 7.12Total cost with tax7.RP.A.3
Integers and rational numbers
- 7.13Add integers7.NS.A.1
- 7.14Subtract integers7.NS.A.1c
- 7.15Multiply and divide integers7.NS.A.2
- 7.16Word problems with integers7.NS.A.3
- 7.17Add and subtract rational numbers7.NS.A.1d
- 7.18Fractions as decimals7.NS.A.2d
- 7.19Distance between integers7.NS.A.1c
- 7.20Order rational numbers7.NS.A.2d
- 7.21Terminating or repeating?7.NS.A.2d
Expressions, equations and inequalities
- 7.22Combine like terms7.EE.A.1
- 7.23Expand expressions7.EE.A.1
- 7.24Solve two-step equations7.EE.B.4a
- 7.25Solve two-step inequalities7.EE.B.4b
- 7.26Equation word problems7.EE.B.4a
- 7.27Graph inequalities7.EE.B.4b
- 7.28Factor expressions7.EE.A.1
- 7.29One-step equations with integers7.EE.B.4
- 7.30Equations with parentheses7.EE.B.4a
Geometry
- 7.31Scale drawings7.G.A.1
- 7.32Circles: area and circumference7.G.B.4
- 7.33Angle relationships7.G.B.5
- 7.34Volume of prisms7.G.B.6
- 7.35Can these sides make a triangle?7.G.A.2
- 7.36Surface area of prisms7.G.B.6
- 7.37Complementary and supplementary angles7.G.B.5
- 7.38Radius and diameter7.G.B.4
- 7.39Map scales7.G.A.1
Probability and statistics
- 7.40Probability7.SP.C.7a
- 7.41How likely is it?7.SP.C.5
- 7.42Compound probability7.SP.C.8
- 7.43Compare two groups7.SP.B.4
- 7.44Random samples7.SP.A.1
- 7.45Predict from a sample7.SP.A.2
- 7.46Sample spaces7.SP.C.8b
- 7.47Probability as a fraction7.SP.C.7a
- 7.48Expected results7.SP.C.6
Language arts 30 skills
Grammar
- 7.1Phrases and clausesL.7.1a
- 7.2Four kinds of sentencesL.7.1b
- 7.3Misplaced and dangling modifiersL.7.1c
- 7.4Sentence structureL.7.1b
- 7.5Commonly confused wordsL.7.1
- 7.6Cut wordinessL.7.3a
Punctuation
- 7.7Commas between adjectivesL.7.2a
- 7.8Commonly misspelled wordsL.7.2b
Vocabulary and allusions
- 7.9Greek and Latin rootsL.7.4b
- 7.10AllusionsL.7.5a
- 7.11Context cluesL.7.4a
- 7.12Positive, negative or neutral connotationL.7.5c
- 7.13Academic wordsL.7.6
- 7.14Technical meaningsRI.7.4
- 7.15Science rootsL.7.4b
Reading
- 7.16Sound devicesRL.7.4
- 7.17Evaluate an argumentRI.7.8
- 7.18Author's point of viewRI.7.6
- 7.19ThemeRL.7.2
- 7.20How setting shapes charactersRL.7.3
- 7.21Contrasting points of viewRL.7.6
- 7.22History or fiction?RL.7.9
- 7.23Objective summary of a textRI.7.2
- 7.24Two authors, one topicRI.7.9
- 7.25Stages of a plotRL.7.3
- 7.26Text structuresRI.7.5
- 7.27Mood from word choiceRL.7.4
Research and writing
- 7.28Paraphrase without plagiarizingW.7.8
- 7.29Strongest evidenceW.7.1b
- 7.30Transitions that show logicW.7.2c
Tip for homeschool families: the progress report on your Family page shows which of these skills your child has mastered, with dates. Print both to keep a record of the year.