Canadian History
Math & Science
Latin Roots
Grade 8 Memories
About Ms. Day
100

This is the year that Canada became a confederation.

What is 1867?

100

The Pythagorean Theorem states this equality.

What is a2 + b2 = c2?

100

The word trifecta has a latin root in it that translate to these verbs.

What is "to make, to cause, to do"?

100

This is the name of the first school-wide event that Grade 8s usually run.

What is the "Terry Fox run"?

100

This is the sport Ms. Day, a true Canadian, has played for over 40 years.

What is "hockey"?

200
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and this Province were the only 3 British colonies to sign the Confederation document in 1867

What is the Province of Canada (Canada East and West)?

200

If a person puts 300N of force into a object and moves it 0m, this many Joules of work was done on the object.

What is 0?

200

The word demit, as used on your IEPs for highschool, has this meaning.

What is withdraw (or be excused from)?

200

This is the usual request from Theo when we are on our morning boardwalk walk.

"What is 'Ms. Day, can we go to the chin-up bars?"?
200

This is what a 3 year old Ms. Day lost when she leaned too close to an electric mixer while it was beating butter, sugar and eggs together.

What is "a chunk of hair"?

300

This Metis man was hung in 1865 for rebellion against the government.

Who was Louis Riel?

300
This organelle, sharing the same root as a common antibacterial cleaning product, is involved in breaking down waste in a cell.

What is the lysosome?

300

This is a medicine-related noun that has to do with "written before"

What is "prescription"?

300

This is the time when you were SUPPOSED to use the bathroom/fill up your water bottle..."

What is "before school"? (or What is "at break times"?)

300
This is the most frequent questions Ms. Day and Mr. Beam discussed first thing in the morning, usually in Mr. Beam's room.
What is "Want to go for a walk?"?
400

Emily Stowe and Emily Murphy both played a significant role in the suffrage movement, which helped earn this right

What is women's right to vote?

400

When you add 1/2 a tank of gas to a tank that is 2/3 full, you would end up with this amount of a tank of gas.

What is a full (to overflowing) tank?

400

Based on its Latin prefix and root , an adductor is a leg muscle that does this.

What is "lead toward"?

400

This is the activity Mr. Snider might ask you to lead for assembly.

What is "Tabata" (or "exercising")?

400

Ms. Day frequently cannot find one of these much-need tools during a teaching day.

What is "a whiteboard marker"? (or what is a whiteboard erasing rag) 

500

In 1886, the a bill of this name was introduced in the US that made British North America worried that the US would take land they controlled. 

What is the Annexation Bill?

500

When a 25 degree angle is combined with an angle of this number of degrees, you would have a supplementary pair.

What is 155?

500

This is the three part English phrase you get when you break "retention" into its prefix, root and suffix.

What is "a noun that has to do with holding back"?

500

In contrast to Vatican City and Liechtenstein, this tiny city-sized European country was frequently forgotten when completing the Jetpunk World map quiz. (Need only 1 out of 4 correct answers)

What is "Andorra" (or "Monaco"; or "Malta" or "San Marino)?

500
This is something Ms. Day hopes every Grade 8 student will do, at least once, at some point in their Grade 9 year and at least once after high school.

What is "Come back and visit"?

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