Is your 7th grader keeping up
with what they are learning now?
Seventh grade is proportions and percent, arithmetic with negative numbers, and two-step equations. Social studies becomes United States and New York history, from Native Americans to the Civil War. A short check on this quarter’s topics shows where your child stands, and weekly practice aimed at any gaps fixes them now, so there is no catching up later.
Check 7th grade nowCheck now, practice the gaps, see the progress.
Buy a quarter and your child signs in on their own NY Exam account. Each of the four subjects runs the same way, on its own, for the whole quarter.
1. A quick check, first
Each subject opens with about seven questions on this quarter’s 7th grade topics, before any practice. Your child answers once and sees no scores or answers; you see the results on your side as soon as it is done, so you know where things stand before a single practice session.
2. About ten questions a week
After the check, your child gets a short session roughly once a week for the rest of the quarter — about ten questions, a few minutes. Every answer, right or wrong, comes with a short explanation, not just the correct choice. From the third week on, half of each session is aimed at whichever two topics are weakest so far, instead of spreading evenly across everything.
3. “We haven’t learned this yet”
If a topic has not come up in class yet, your child marks it “not learned yet” instead of guessing. It is never counted wrong, is left out of that topic’s score, and comes back for another try about four weeks later, by which time most classes have reached it.
4. A short check at the end, and a clear report
The quarter closes the same way it opened, with a short check on the same topics, so you can see the change. Your report shows one line per topic — On track (at least 70% right), Needs practice, or Not enough answers yet — and nothing is judged on fewer than four answers, so one bad session cannot brand a topic for the rest of the quarter.
Two real questions from the first quarter.
Not a free trial — just what a session actually looks like, with the answer and the reason shown.
Math
The temperature at dawn was −8°F. By noon it had risen 15 degrees. What was the noon temperature?
- −7°F
- −23°F
- 7°F — correct
- 23°F
−8 + 15: the signs differ, so subtract the sizes, 15 − 8 = 7, and keep the sign of 15. The answer is 7°F.
English
Which sentence uses commas correctly between coordinate adjectives?
- It was a long chilly, walk home.
- It was a long, chilly walk home. — correct
- It was a, long chilly walk home.
- It was, a long, chilly, walk home.
Long and chilly each describe the walk equally, so a comma goes between them and nowhere else.
What most New York 7th graders learn, quarter by quarter.
Positive and negative numbers and unit rates first, then proportions, percent and expressions, then equations, inequalities and geometry, and probability last.
| Quarter | Math | English | Science | Social studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall September to November | Add and subtract positive and negative numbers; Find the distance between two numbers on a number line; Multiply and divide positive and negative numbers; Change fractions to decimals, including repeating decimals and 3 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | Living things are made of cells; How the parts of a cell work; Cells, tissues, organs and body systems; How the senses and brain respond to the world | Native Americans of North America and New York; European exploration and contact with Native Americans; The thirteen colonies and colonial New York |
| Winter December to February | See what an expression means when it is rewritten; Solve multi-step problems with fractions, decimals and estimation; Solve two-step equations and word problems; Solve and graph two-step inequalities and 3 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | How cells release energy from food; Photosynthesis: how plants make food; How genes and the environment affect growth; Behaviors and plant parts that help organisms reproduce and 1 more | The growth of slavery in the colonies; Causes of the American Revolution; Fighting and winning the Revolutionary War |
| Early spring March and April | Write an equation for a proportional relationship; Explain what a point on a proportional graph means; Solve percent problems: tax, tips, discounts, interest; Find percent increase, decrease and error and 4 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | How people change the traits of plants and animals; What the fossil record shows about life over time; Evidence of relationships among living things; Natural selection and how populations change | From the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution; How the Constitution works: federalism, branches, checks and amendments; Westward expansion and who gained or lost |
| Late spring May and June | Find the area of shapes made of triangles and trapezoids; Name the shape made by slicing a prism or pyramid; Find surface area of prisms and pyramids, and volume of prisms; Read and interpret box plots (grade 7 does not construct box plots with outliers) and 3 more | Reading, writing and language skills, on new passages | How resources limit populations; Predators, competitors and partners in ecosystems; Food webs and the cycling of matter and energy; How changes to an ecosystem affect populations and 1 more | Reform movements: abolition, women's rights and others; Industrialization, slavery and the road to Civil War; The Civil War: its course and its effects |
The order follows a typical New York school year. It is our estimate, not a state or school schedule, so you can buy any quarter at any time, including one your child has not reached yet.
What 7th grade covers in each subject.
Math
Positive and negative numbers and unit rates first, then proportions, percent and expressions, then equations, inequalities and geometry, and probability last.
English
Stories, poems paired with articles, and arguments to judge, including spotting evidence that does not support the claim.
Science
Life science: cells and body systems, photosynthesis and energy, ecosystems and food webs, heredity and natural selection.
Social studies
United States and New York history from Native American nations and the colonies through the Revolution, the Constitution and westward expansion, to the Civil War.
Watch percent and negative numbers. Discounts, tax and temperature changes all rest on them, and seventh grade equations assume both.
Read the full guide to what 7th graders learn this year, quarter by quarter.
Before you start.
Why is seventh grade science all life science?
New York sets middle school science for grades 6 to 8 together. We put life science in seventh grade because many schools do; it is our choice, not the state's, and we say so.
Does seventh grade practice help with the SHSAT next year?
The SHSAT math section for eighth graders is based on New York's standards through seventh grade, so this year's math is what that section assumes. It is not SHSAT practice; our SHSAT exams are separate.
How much does 7th grade practice cost?
Each quarter is 5 credits ($29.99 with the 5-credit pack) and covers all four subjects. The whole 7th grade year is four quarters, 20 credits ($99.99 with the 20-credit pack). It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription.
Are the questions based on what New York actually teaches?
Yes. Every question is written to New York State's own learning standards for this grade, and is checked against them before it goes on sale.
On sale now.
7th grade practice is on sale, along with every other grade from 3 to 8. Buy a quarter, or the whole year, from the parent portal.