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Category Archives: 8th Grade
High School Choice 101
Mrs. De Leon and Mr. Weinstein would like to invite all 8th grade parents and guardians for a High School Choice 101 meeting. They will try and answer all your questions and help you get better informed about your child’s high school choices and what their next step needs to be. There will be 2 … Continue reading
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ELA MCAS Buddies
Mr. Timberlake, third grade teacher, and Mrs. Allen, ,7th & 8th grade ELA teacher, decided to create unique ELA partnerships between upper and lower school scholars. Based upon personalities they have chosen shared reading comprehension strategies such as skimming and scanning that 8th grade scholars can scaffold for third grade scholars. For the past several … Continue reading
Posted in 3rd Grade, 8th Grade, Lower School, Upper School
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8th Grade Math
Eighth Graders have reached the exciting part their curriculum — learning about and comparing different algebraic relationships, modeling different patterns of growth, and connecting them to real life situations. Beginning the year by reviewing Linear equations (straight lines), they have gathered the skills needed to move into examining Exponential Relationships (earning interest on a bank … Continue reading
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Diversity of Life
From September to December, 7th and 8th grade scholars embark on the study of Life Science. In the 7th grade unit, Diversity of Life, we take a close look at what it means to be living and how that is different from a living organism. We establish that there are in fact eight characteristics that … Continue reading
