Grade 8 Ontario units to assign
Every Grade 8 unit in Gradelings, matched to the Ontario Curriculum. Open a unit to read what it covers and try sample questions, then assign it to your class.
Math
- Big, Small & Real NumbersScientific notation and irrational numbers
- Squares, Cubes & RootsPerfect squares and cubes, and their roots
- Integer OperationsMultiply, divide and mix
- Fraction OperationsAdd, subtract, multiply and divide
- Percents Beyond 100Over 100%, under 1%, tax and change
- Ratios, Rates & ProportionsUnit rates, best buys and scale
- Growing & Shrinking PatternsRates, initial values and rules
- Algebra WorkshopMonomials, equations and inequalities
- Patterns & Two-Step EquationsExpressions, patterns and solving for x
- Scatter Plots & StoriesTwo-variable data and misleading graphs
- Chance with Many EventsVenn diagrams, trees and dependent events
- Tessellations & TransformationsSlides, flips, turns and dilations
- Scale & ModelsScale drawings, views and models
- Angle DetectiveParallel lines and polygons
- Pythagorean TheoremRight triangles and a² + b² = c²
- Metric Giants & Composite ShapesMega to pico, and shapes stuck together
- Surface Area & VolumePrisms, cylinders, nets and views
- Money PlannerExchange, interest, budgets and cards
English Language Arts
- Close ReadingTheme, tone and evidence
- Reading DetectivePredict, infer and summarize
- Whose Story Is It?Limited, omniscient and unreliable narrators
- Literary DevicesIrony, symbolism and point of view
- Irony, Satire & AllusionWhen words mean more than they say
- Forms, Patterns & VisualsText forms, patterns and visual design
- Argument & MediaClaims, evidence and bias
- Digital CitizensSafe, smart and respectful online
- Grammar & StyleClauses, voice and punctuation
- Word StudyRoots, affixes and connotation
- Write It BetterVoice, revising and proofreading
Science
- Think Like a ScientistFair tests, design, coding and careers
- Cells, Organisms & TechnologyOne cell or many, and the tools that reveal them
- Cells & Life ProcessesOrganelles, photosynthesis and respiration
- 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
- Fluids, Spills & SocietyTechnologies, spills and who is affected
- Systems in ActionInputs, outputs, safety and automation
- Work, Energy & EfficiencyForce, distance and wasted energy
- Simple Machines & AdvantageLevers, ramps, pulleys and mechanical advantage
- Water Systems of EarthWhere water is, how it moves and watersheds
- Caring for WaterWater quality, treatment and stewardship
Social Studies
- Think Like a HistorianSources, perspectives, cause and consequence
- Making a CountryWhy and how Canada began in 1867
- Railway & the WestThe CPR, the National Policy and settling the Prairies
- Treaties & the Indian ActAgreements, reserves and laws, 1850–1890
- The Métis & the ResistancesRed River, Batoche and the Métis Nation
- Residential Schools & TruthWhat happened, who was affected, and why we learn it
- Black Communities in CanadaFreedom, settlement and community, 1850–1914
- Newcomers, Rights & RestrictionsWho could come, who could vote and who spoke up
- Canada, 1890–1914Laurier, the Klondike, new provinces and a world at war
- Work, Cities & ReformFactories, unions and people who pushed for change
- Where People LiveSettlement patterns, density and cities
- Sustainable CommunitiesLand use, the environment and the future
- Maps, Graphs & DataChoropleth maps, scatter graphs and pyramids
- Quality of Life Around the WorldIndicators, inequalities and helping groups
- Economies & DevelopmentEconomic systems, sectors and what shapes development
French Immersion
- Les registres de langueFamilier, courant, soutenu
- Parler et se faire comprendreVoix, gestes et mimiques
- La légendePersonnages et phénomènes
- Le théâtreHéros, opposant, didascalies
- Le schéma narratifDu début à la fin d'un récit
- Informer et argumenterIntroduction, arguments, conclusion
- Point-virgule et guillemetsPonctuer avec précision
- Qui, que, oùLes subordonnées relatives
- L'accord du participe passéÊtre, avoir et le complément direct
- Les complémentsDirect, indirect, circonstanciel
- Futur simple et conditionnelDemain et les demandes polies
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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