Newfoundland and Labrador · Grade 7 · 2026–27 · For parents

What your child learns in Grade 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador

In Grade 7, Newfoundland and Labrador students work through Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French — 136 specific skills across 25 units, set by the province's official curriculum. This page lists them all in plain words, subject by subject, so you know exactly what "how was school?" is actually covering this year.

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How to read this page

Newfoundland and Labrador publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.

Mathematics this year

Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Newfoundland and Labrador, that's Mathematics, Grade 7 — 9 units, 40 skills.

Fractions, Decimals, and Percent

  • Positioning fractions on a number line
  • Percent as a fraction and a decimal
+ 3 more skills in this unit →

Divisibility

  • Divisibility rules and factors

Operations with Decimals, Fractions, and Integers

  • Front-end estimation with decimals
  • Solving percent problems
  • Adding fractions and finding common denominators
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

Linear Relations

  • Representing patterns with expressions and equations
  • Making tables of values
+ 2 more skills in this unit →

Variables and Linear Equations

  • Preserving equality
  • Solving one-step equations
+ 3 more skills in this unit →

Area and Circles

  • Area of a parallelogram
  • Radius, diameter, and central angles
+ 3 more skills in this unit →

Geometry and the Coordinate Plane

  • Parallel, perpendicular, and bisectors
  • Plotting in four quadrants
  • Transformations on the coordinate plane
+ 2 more skills in this unit →

Data Analysis

  • Reading and creating circle graphs
  • Mean, median, mode, and range
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

Probability

  • Probability of a single outcome
+ 2 more skills in this unit →

See the full Mathematics, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

English Language Arts this year

Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Newfoundland and Labrador, that's English Language Arts, Grade 7 — 3 units, 36 skills.

Speaking and Listening

  • Recognizing that discussion needs others' contributions
  • Practising strategies for effective talk
  • Demonstrating active speaking and listening
+ 9 more skills in this unit →

Reading and Viewing

  • Selecting texts for needs and interests
  • Identifying topics and questions for inquiry
  • Explaining personal responses with support
+ 10 more skills in this unit →

Writing and Representing

  • Experimenting with strategies as a language learner
  • Creating a range of texts
  • Using strategies to create varied texts
+ 8 more skills in this unit →

See the full English Language Arts, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

Science this year

Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Newfoundland and Labrador, that's Science, Grade 7 — 4 units, 28 skills.

Life Science: Interactions Within Ecosystems

  • Biotic and abiotic factors
+ 5 more skills in this unit →

Physical Science: Heat

  • Measuring temperature
+ 5 more skills in this unit →

Physical Science: Mixtures and Solutions

  • Pure substances and mixtures
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

Earth/Space Science: Earth's Crust

  • Classifying minerals
  • Earthquakes and volcanoes
+ 7 more skills in this unit →

See the full Science, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

Social Studies this year

Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Newfoundland and Labrador, that's Social Studies, Grade 7 — 6 units, 21 skills.

Civics - 1. Citizenship, Power, and Governance

  • The general concept of empowerment
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

Economics - 2. Individuals, Societies, and Economic Decisions

  • How economics empowers or disempowers
  • Impact of the Industrial Revolution on workers
+ 2 more skills in this unit →

Politics - 3. Citizenship, Power, and Governance

  • Responsible government and empowerment
  • Perspectives and factors leading to Confederation
+ 3 more skills in this unit →

Anthropology - 4. Culture and Diversity

  • Indigenous peoples and their way of life
  • Immigrant groups' struggle for empowerment
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

Sociology - 5. Time, Continuity, and Change

  • Everyday life for diverse peoples in the mid-1800s
  • Everyday life at the turn of the 20th century
  • Women's empowerment through social reform

History - 6. Time, Continuity, and Change

  • Expansion's effect on people and regions
  • The Northwest Rebellion and perspectives on Louis Riel
  • Causes of WWI and Canada's participation
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

See the full Social Studies, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

French this year

French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Newfoundland and Labrador, that's Core French, Grade 7 — 3 units, 11 skills.

Oral Communication

  • Messages for various purposes
  • Acknowledging others' feelings
+ 6 more skills in this unit →

Reading and Viewing

  • Reading short texts
+ 1 more skill in this unit →

Written Communication

  • Planning and creating written texts

See the full Core French, Grade 7 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →

Three ways parents use this list

At report-card timeMatch the teacher's comments to the units above — "working on number sense" stops being a mystery phrase.
At parent-teacher nightPick one unit per subject and ask "how is my child doing with this?" — specific questions get specific answers.
When they're stuckFind the exact skill on this page, open it in MapleMind, and the tutor teaches just that — step by step, as many times as it takes.

Common questions

What does my child learn in Grade 7 in Newfoundland and Labrador?

Newfoundland and Labrador's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 7 — 136 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers fractions, decimals, and percent and divisibility; English Language Arts covers speaking and listening and reading and viewing; Science covers life science: interactions within ecosystems and physical science: heat. The full list is on this page.

Is this the official Newfoundland and Labrador curriculum?

It's built from Newfoundland and Labrador's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.

My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?

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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.