Homeschool 7th Grade
Ages 12–13
Grade 7 is one idea wearing many costumes: proportionality. Scale drawings, percent change, similar figures, unit rates and probability are all the same reasoning.
Plan this yearEverything 7th Grade covers
The full scope and sequence, on the page. No signup to read it.
📖 Reading
Author's purpose and how a text is built
Identifies whether a text informs, persuades or entertains, and how its structure serves that purpose.
Comparing how different media tell the same story
Compares an article, a video and a social post on one event and analyses what each format changes.
Analysing longer texts and sustained argument
Follows a theme or argument across a whole book or long article and traces its development.
✏️ Writing
Arguing from credible sources
Builds an argument on evidence from sources they've evaluated, and explains why each source is trustworthy.
Citing properly and writing in your own voice
Quotes, paraphrases and cites correctly, and knows exactly where the line is.
Precision — saying exactly what you mean
Chooses precise words, cuts filler, and varies sentence structure deliberately.
🔢 Math
Proportional relationships and the constant of proportionality
Recognises proportionality in tables, graphs and equations, and identifies k in y = kx.
Percent in the real world — tax, tip, interest, markup
Solves multi-step percent problems including successive changes and finding the original amount.
All four operations with negatives, fractions and decimals
Adds, subtracts, multiplies and divides any rational number confidently, including mixed forms.
Multi-step equations and inequalities
Solves equations with brackets and variables on both sides, and inequalities including the flip rule.
Scale drawings and similar figures
Uses a scale factor to convert between drawing and reality, and knows what happens to area.
Circles — circumference, area and where pi comes from
Uses the circumference and area formulas correctly and knows which is which.
Surface area and volume of solids
Finds surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders and composite solids.
Probability, sampling and why one survey isn't enough
Calculates simple and compound probabilities, and understands why sample size and selection matter.
🔬 Science
Atoms, molecules and chemical reactions
Explains that reactions rearrange atoms rather than creating or destroying them, and identifies evidence of a reaction.
Heredity, genes and natural selection
Explains how traits are inherited and how selection changes a population over generations.
Human impact on ecosystems and resources
Evaluates evidence about a human impact and proposes a solution with real trade-offs.
🌍 Social Studies
Trade, empires and the exchange of ideas
Explains how trade networks moved goods, ideas and disease, and how that reshaped societies.
Supply, demand and why prices move
Explains how supply and demand set prices, and predicts the effect of a shock.
🧭 Study & Life Skills
Beating procrastination with structure, not willpower
Starts unpleasant work by shrinking the first step and using timed blocks.
Digital footprint and being decent online
Thinks about permanence and audience before posting, and knows how to respond to conflict online.
What you will have in June
- Attendance — days and instructional hours, derived from work actually finished.
- Report cards — one a quarter, with the level each strand started and ended at.
- A portfolio — finished work, collected as it happens rather than assembled in a panic.
- A reading log — in the app and off it.
We keep records. We do not give legal advice and we never certify compliance — check with your state’s department of education.
When to ask for help
- Sign errors with negatives persist all year and undermine every other topic.
- Cannot solve a multi-step equation reliably by June.
- Reads assigned texts but cannot analyse purpose or evaluate a source.
- Written work is still unstructured, or leans on copied and unattributed material.
- Persistent avoidance of homework combined with low mood — treat as wellbeing first, academics second.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many hours a day is 7th Grade homeschool?
We default to three hours a day across 180 school days, and you can set it anywhere from one to five. At this age Thirty to forty minutes, mostly independent. Ask them to teach you one thing each session — it's the fastest way to find out what they don't actually understand.
What if my child is ahead or behind in one subject?
Each of the six strands has its own level. A child can do this grade in reading and the one below in maths without any of it being a workaround — that is the normal case here, not an exception.
What records will I have at the end of 7th Grade?
Attendance in days and instructional hours, a report card per quarter, a portfolio of finished work, and a reading log. From Grade 9 there is also a parent-issued transcript with credits and GPA.