Ministry of Education
- Gr 7 outcomes/indicators
- Gr 8 outcomes/indicators
Math has four broad themes, each of which has many specific skills. You can view them at the Ministry of Education's website. The categories are:
- Number - divisibility rules, relating positive fractions, decimals and percents, operations with integers
- Patterns and Relations - linear relations (algebraic expressions and equations), graphing
- Space and Shape - use of Pi, circles, polygons, 2D relationships - bisectors, perpendicular etc.
- Statistics and Probability - measures of central tendency (average), outliers, circle graphs, determining likelihood
Practice Quizzes
- 7's multiple choice quizzing For students who want to test their understanding,, these short M/C quizzes are available. They're taken from material in our primary resource, Math Focus 7. Click the unit theme, listed below as the current focus, and select topic to begin.
- 8's multiple choice quizzing This is the Gr. 8 collection of M/C quizzes connected to our primary resource, Math Focus 8.
Mathletics
All students will receive a license for the Mathletics website. The site can operate as an important and helpful supplement to classroom activities. Students needing to shore up current or prior learnings are strongly encouraged to use it.
Math Focus textbook
All students will receive a license for the Mathletics website. The site can operate as an important and helpful supplement to classroom activities. Students needing to shore up current or prior learnings are strongly encouraged to use it.
Math Focus textbook
- Focus 7 math textbook - all solutions
- Focus 8 math textbook -all solutions
Current Themes - Gr. 7 SS7.3 -7.5 Geometry Concepts; Gr. 8 SS8.2 Prisms and Cylinders
7's - Transformational Geometry and Angles
This section requires the use of a geometry kit.
We're combining some related geometry concepts in this section. We begin by extending the understanding of coordinates by moving from the grid introduced in Gr 6 to the Cartesian grid. Last year, the grid had one section known as quadrant one. This year, it has four. During the unit, we learn to move or "transform" polygons from one location to another. The three changes are translations (slides), reflections (flips) and rotations (turns). In addition, we will work with creating bisectors of given angles and comparing angle against one another.
8's - Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
This section requires the use of a geometry kit.
Grade 8 extends the understanding of some 2D objects and extends it to their 3D counterparts. For this section, we focus only on right prisms (think boxes) and cylinders (think Pringles). The goal is to develop strategies that allow for the calculation of surface area.
7's - Transformational Geometry and Angles
This section requires the use of a geometry kit.
We're combining some related geometry concepts in this section. We begin by extending the understanding of coordinates by moving from the grid introduced in Gr 6 to the Cartesian grid. Last year, the grid had one section known as quadrant one. This year, it has four. During the unit, we learn to move or "transform" polygons from one location to another. The three changes are translations (slides), reflections (flips) and rotations (turns). In addition, we will work with creating bisectors of given angles and comparing angle against one another.
- old terms to "know" - acute, right, obtuse, straight, reflex, perpendicular
- new understandings - line vs line segment, creating parallel lines, creating bisectors
- Battleship Game - uses the Cartesian grid
- Cartesian grid paper - 20 x 20
- Cartesian grid paper - 4 to a page
8's - Surface Area of Prisms and Cylinders
This section requires the use of a geometry kit.
Grade 8 extends the understanding of some 2D objects and extends it to their 3D counterparts. For this section, we focus only on right prisms (think boxes) and cylinders (think Pringles). The goal is to develop strategies that allow for the calculation of surface area.
- concepts and terms - application of various formulas for the area of right parallelograms and circles, edge, vertex, face, prism, cylinder
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