In seventh grade, teachers guide students through key reading standards and continue to help students develop vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and speaking and listening skills. Students will read novels, short stories, poems, and various informational texts to learn about broad themes affecting everyone. Over the year, students will learn to comprehend text that is steadily increasing in complexity. They will develop close reading skills and be expected to read independently. In 7th grade, students are taught writing and grammar through the three main types of writing: narrative, informational, and argumentative.

A detailed copy of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Seventh Grade Language Arts can be found in the Seventh Grade Standards.

Seventh-grade math builds on the skills acquired in elementary school by adhering to the N.C. Mathematical Content Standards and the Standards for Mathematical Practice. The content standards clearly focus on content that must be mastered at each grade level, organized by Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, and Statistics and Data. Equally important are the Standards for Mathematical Practice, which describe mathematically proficient students' behaviors and mental habits.

A detailed copy of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Seventh Grade Mathematics can be found in the Seventh Grade Standards.

The NC Science standards are organized into life, earth/space science, and physical science domains. They are designed to allow students to become increasingly sophisticated in their thinking about core concepts over time.  

As part of the seventh grade standards, students will explore the following strands: motion and stability, energy, molecules to organisms, heredity, Earth’s systems, earth and human  and activity.

A detailed copy of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Seventh Grade Science can be found  in the Seventh Grade Standards or accessed through the North Carolina Science Resource Hub.

The standards and objectives in the seventh-grade course, World Studies II, will allow students to extend the foundational skills, concepts, processes, and knowledge gained in grades K-5 and prepare students to be college, career, and civic ready. Despite there being a different overall focus for each subsequent course, students will explore the content through the following lenses: inquiry; behavioral sciences; civics and government; economics; geography; and history. As students develop cognitively, these lenses become more focused based on the grade-level content and disciplinary thinking skills.

A detailed copy of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Seventh Grade Social Studies can be found in the Seventh Grade Standards.