Eight Gold Newsletter

October 4-8, 2021

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Greetings Gold Community!

Thank you to the many parents who attended our curriculum
night. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any
questions or concerns… and, as you know from that evening
and the email that went home, our team is making some
adjustments, with Kristi Menard moving to 8 Teal. Please
direct any questions about this to the administration or
special education director, Ms. Patricia Waterhouse.

Looking ahead, we hope that many families will join us on
Monadnock Mountain, on October 16th!

Have a great week,
8 Gold Team Teachers


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News Items

  • Picture order forms went home on Friday - please return them ASAP!
  • Tuesday is a half day - plan accordingly.
  •  Oct 16 - Weekend family hike up Mt Monadnock

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Math - Ms. Young

We will continue with our unit on Rigid Transformations and Congruence this week. On Tuesday, students will review their work on the Mid-Unit Assessment and will have the opportunity to ask questions, correct any mistakes, and clear up any misconceptions that they have before we continue on with the remainder of the unit. We are also starting ALEKS Topic Goals this week. In order to meet their goal, students need to complete 10 new topics on their individual ALEKS Learning Path each week. I will give students at least one class period per week dedicated to working on their ALEKS Learning Path, but they should still expect to complete some work at home throughout the week in order to meet their Topic Goal.

ELA - Mr. Pizzuto

This week, we are delving into our first literature unit, focusing on Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds. At home, our students will be reading and annotating the first two stories, as well as responding to some questions in preparation for classroom discussions. The major themes in this unit focus on Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about - how hidden battles shape the way we are perceived by others, and we all need to have empathy and understanding.

Social Studies - Mr. Ahlin

This week in Social Studies we will explore definition and origins of a Democracy. Additionally, we will define the functions and purposes of the 3 branches of the federal government. Later in the week we will begin to make connections with our government and the original democracy of Ancient Greece.

Science - Ms. Packer

This week we will be starting our physics unit, beginning with Motion. On Tuesday, students will be introduced to speed and how to calculate it. They will have to use their previous knowledge of measuring length to calculate the speed of a RC car. On Monday, we will be reviewing/ reflection on our CER benchmark (grades and comments for these are in schoology).

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