Grade 8 Newfoundland and Labrador units to assign
Every Grade 8 unit in Gradelings, matched to the Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum. Open a unit to read what it covers and try sample questions, then assign it to your class.
Math
- Fraction OperationsAdd, subtract, multiply and divide
- Squares, Cubes & RootsPerfect squares and cubes, and their roots
- Ratios, Rates & ProportionsUnit rates, best buys and scale
- Percents & MoneyDiscounts, tax, budgets and change
- Patterns & Two-Step EquationsExpressions, patterns and solving for x
- Pythagorean TheoremRight triangles and a² + b² = c²
- Surface Area & VolumePrisms, cylinders, nets and views
- Probability & DataChance, mean, median and mode
- Integer OperationsMultiply, divide and mix
- Nets & ViewsFold nets into solids and picture top, front and side views
English Language Arts
- Close ReadingTheme, tone and evidence
- Literary DevicesIrony, symbolism and point of view
- Argument & MediaClaims, evidence and bias
- Grammar & StyleClauses, voice and punctuation
- Word StudyRoots, affixes and connotation
- Whose Story Is It?Limited, omniscient and unreliable narrators
- Forms, Patterns & VisualsText forms, patterns and visual design
- Reading DetectivePredict, infer and summarize
- Digital CitizensSafe, smart and respectful online
- Write It BetterVoice, revising and proofreading
Science
- Cells & Life ProcessesOrganelles, photosynthesis and respiration
- Particles & MatterKinetic theory and the atom
- Viscosity & FlowWhy some fluids flow fast and others creep
- Density & BuoyancyMass, volume, floating and sinking
- Pressure & Pascal's LawSqueezing, heating and passing on force
- Hydraulics & PneumaticsMachines and bodies that move fluids
Social Studies
- Making a Living, 1800s to 1949Salt fish, the credit system, railways, mines and mills.
- Newfoundland Joins CanadaResponsible government, the Commission of Government and 1949.
- Quality of Life Around the WorldIndicators, inequalities and helping groups
- People on the MoveMigration, growing cities and living standards
- Exploration & ExchangeVoyages, the Americas and the Columbian Exchange
- Sources & EvidencePrimary and secondary sources, context and conclusions
Core French
- Past, present, futureHier, aujourd'hui, demain
- Asking questionsOù, quand, pourquoi…
- How often?Toujours, parfois, jamais
- Opinions and reasonsÀ mon avis, parce que
- Comparing and contrastingPlus que, aussi que, mais
- Sounds and lettersEau, ai, gn, liaisons
- Reading and retelling storiesCharacters, setting, plot
- The Francophone worldFrench around the world
- Culture and respectAppropriation and plagiarism
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