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 SP7.1 Statistics; Gr. 8 SP8.1 Statistics
7's - Measures of Central Tendency (Statistics)
Our focus for this section are some practical tools and steps to analysis data. This kind of math is helpful in daily life.
Central questions - "Which number best represents the set? In other words, if you had to pick one, which what would it be? Why?"
The main task is to learn and use measures of central tendency including mean, median and mode. The arithmetic aspect is really straight forward. The challenge here is to build an understanding of how numbers can be organized into data that informs. While calculations are straightforward (calculators are fine for this unit), it's the mathematical thinking that's needed in selecting which measure provides the best representation of a set of given values. Supporting concepts include the meaning and recognition of outliers and skewed data.
Key terms and concepts - mean, median, mode, outliers, skewed, various plot types
Video lessons - some video lessons I created during our spring supplementary learning. You could use these to review and prepare for the unit test. See below.
8's - Analyze the modes of displaying data and the reasonableness of conclusions. (Statistics and Data Mgt)
Last year, students learned about measures used to find central values along with a few terms such as sample and population. They also added to their skills at creating graphs. This year, that work will continue but with the added challenge of determining if data, as represented in graphs, is portrayed accurately and in a way that isn't misleading. Ultimately, students need to justify their conclusions.
7's - Measures of Central Tendency (Statistics)
Our focus for this section are some practical tools and steps to analysis data. This kind of math is helpful in daily life.
Central questions - "Which number best represents the set? In other words, if you had to pick one, which what would it be? Why?"
The main task is to learn and use measures of central tendency including mean, median and mode. The arithmetic aspect is really straight forward. The challenge here is to build an understanding of how numbers can be organized into data that informs. While calculations are straightforward (calculators are fine for this unit), it's the mathematical thinking that's needed in selecting which measure provides the best representation of a set of given values. Supporting concepts include the meaning and recognition of outliers and skewed data.
Key terms and concepts - mean, median, mode, outliers, skewed, various plot types
Video lessons - some video lessons I created during our spring supplementary learning. You could use these to review and prepare for the unit test. See below.
8's - Analyze the modes of displaying data and the reasonableness of conclusions. (Statistics and Data Mgt)
Last year, students learned about measures used to find central values along with a few terms such as sample and population. They also added to their skills at creating graphs. This year, that work will continue but with the added challenge of determining if data, as represented in graphs, is portrayed accurately and in a way that isn't misleading. Ultimately, students need to justify their conclusions.
- communicate the suitability, advantages and disadvantages of various types of graphs
- create appropriate graphs as the end product of a research activity
- explain the strengths and weaknesses of provided graph samples
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