tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19960303852207709882024-03-20T00:47:17.992-04:00Team EquinoxWelcome to the online home of Team Equinox at Milton Middle School - your source for information about classes, events, and everything else. Check back regularly for updates.cthibault-cotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03656541574661418414noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-47310052952930821882018-06-01T15:39:00.001-04:002018-06-01T15:39:33.427-04:00Weekly Update - 6/1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking Ahead - The Middle School will be putting on a “Power to the People” Night from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Milton High School on Thursday, June 7. This will be an opportunity for students to showcase their end-of-unit artwork that represents a civil rights struggle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here’s what your child has been up to this week on Team Equinox~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Science, we are finishing up our unit on minerals. Students should work on the classwork if they haven’t yet finished it (project, homework, station work and crossword puzzle). Our Trout Release Date is set for June 11th from 8am-1pm at Mills Riverside Park. Please return the permission slip as soon as possible. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out this </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/R9CZuWrRsYNPnG9J3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">form</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Social Studies, we have finished conducting research on our Power to the People changemakers, and started to use our research to fill out outlines for our research papers. These outlines detail what information belongs in each paragraph, and how the paper should be formatted. We ended the week by giving and receiving feedback on our work, and having our Week in Rap current events discussion. Research papers will be DUE at the beginning of class on Wednesday, June 6th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Homework - Students should complete their Research Paper Outlines (Google Classroom), and begin putting together their research papers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In ELA, we are working on our </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1geTufpWjFMKgacaQKf_eDH_Sou5TTTLAmNn_Ir45hns/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">art project and artist statements</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, in anticipation of our Power to the People celebration on June 7. Projects and statements are due by Wednesday. Descriptions of the artist statement are in Google Classroom. Monday and Tuesday will be devoted to finishing art and artist statements. We’ll look forward to seeing you at the art celebration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Homework: Independent reading for 30 minutes each night (for 5 of 7 days per week). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7th Grade Math: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last week we worked in conjunction with humanities on a poetry math exploration. Ms. Diner came in and taught students about Haiku poetry. Students learned about the Fibonacci Sequence and Pascal’s Triangle and then wrote poetry based on some element of these math concepts. This week students reviewed for and took their end of unit summative assessment on rational numbers and algebraic expressions. Next week students will explore three-dimensional objects and calculate volume and surface area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Optional Homework: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Practice using all operations (+, -, /, x) for rational numbers on Khan Academy or assignments on Tenmarks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8th Grade Math:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> This week students continued their exploration of congruence and geometric transformations. Students continued to practice rotations, reflections and translations of two dimensional figures. Students continued to work on giving specific directions for transforming figures. Next week students will explore three-dimensional objects and calculate volume and surface area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Optional Homework </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students can continue to practice doing transformations using Khan Academy. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-24940474399429103282018-05-18T15:56:00.001-04:002018-05-18T16:09:26.543-04:00Weekly Update (May 18)Greetings Team Equinox Families:<br />
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Here’s what your child has been up to this week on Team Equinox~<br />
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In Science, we are studying the theory of plate tectonics after learning about Pangea and the Continental Drift. Students should finish their projects on plate tectonics this weekend if they have yet to. We will start our study of rocks and minerals next week. <br />
Our Trout Release Date is set for June 11th from 8am-1pm at Mills RIverside Park. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out this <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/R9CZuWrRsYNPnG9J3">form</a>.<br />
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In Social Studies, we have begun our Power to the People project by conducting research on an American changemaker who has fought for equality and rights in this country, past or present. Students have been assigned a person they are interested in researching, and are working to find resources and information about their person and the struggle. In the weeks to come, students will be writing a research paper about this person, which connects to their art project in ELA.<br />
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<b>Homework - Students should complete any missing work (please check PowerSchool and Google Classroom).</b><br />
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In ELA, we finished looking at LGBTQ+ struggle for equality, and introduced our struggle for equality <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1geTufpWjFMKgacaQKf_eDH_Sou5TTTLAmNn_Ir45hns/edit?usp=sharing">art project</a>, in anticipation of our Power to the People celebration on June 7. Students were also given their STAR reading assessment, and I handed back most students’ scores (one class will receive theirs on Monday). If you have any questions about this assessment, please let me know. Next week, we will start planning out how to finish the art project and the artist statement in time! Students will be given a spelling test on Tuesday. All 7th graders should bring their favorite book to school on Wednesday.<br />
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<b>Homework: Independent reading for 30 minutes each night (for 5 of 7 days per week). </b><br />
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<b>7th Grade Math:</b> This week students continued to explore how to interpret, draw models and write algebraic expressions and equations to represent real world problems. Students spent time reviewing how to add, subtract multiply and divide rational numbers. Students also took their STAR math assessment.<br />
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Next week students will explore the connection between math and poetry.<br />
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<b>Optional Homework:</b> Practice using all operations (+, -, /, x) for rational numbers or practice percent problems on Khan Academy.<br />
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<b>8th Grade Math:</b> This week students continued their exploration of congruence and geometric transformations. Students continued to practice rotations, reflections and translations of two dimensional figures. Students worked on giving specific directions for transforming figures, for instance including degrees of rotation and direction, clockwise or counterclockwise. Students also took their STAR math assessment.<br />
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Next week on Tuesday students will take a test on rigid transformations.<br />
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<b>Optional Homework: </b>Students can continue to practice doing transformations using Khan Academy.<br />
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<b><i>Make it a great week!</i></b><br />
Team EquinoxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-38252250132482317672018-05-18T12:50:00.006-04:002018-05-18T12:50:54.561-04:00Songs of Change<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A2thdqQFsxA/Wv8EQfblELI/AAAAAAAAA8U/FOK3JM4ahVoS8kkYP9ve5X--eDCyo57eACLcBGAs/s1600/Marvin-Gaye-Live-05202015-970x545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="970" height="179" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A2thdqQFsxA/Wv8EQfblELI/AAAAAAAAA8U/FOK3JM4ahVoS8kkYP9ve5X--eDCyo57eACLcBGAs/s320/Marvin-Gaye-Live-05202015-970x545.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
Today in class, we looked at some songs that represent different struggles for equality. Here, for your listening pleasure, is a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/8f8niph3gzp4cw7psyimz39zy/playlist/1jKxjIwt0c4ehg5NpfhxvW">Spotify playlist</a> of those songs. Happy listening on this sunshine day...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-15932156197980991242018-05-11T14:45:00.002-04:002018-05-11T14:45:35.916-04:00Weekly Update - 5/11<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In Science, we are studying the theory of plate tectonics after learning about Pangea and the Continental Drift. Students will start station work and their project next week! We have officially changed from physics to earth science and are excited to spend some time exploring our earth! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Humanities:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In Social Studies, we have looked at the civil rights movement in regards to Native Americans. We learned about the history of Native Americans in terms of being removed from their land, and examples of art expressions of these struggles as well as examples of Native American activism from the 1960s and on. We also completed our weekly map quiz and did our weekly current events discussion. Next week we will begin looking at our end-of-unit Power to the People project. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7th Grade Math: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This week students continued to explore how to interpret, draw models and write algebraic expressions and equations to represent real world problems. Students focused on interpreting one another’s work and writing equivalent expressions and equations. An example of this is 4(x + 2), could be written as x + 2 + x + 2 + x + 2 + x + 2 or 4x + 8. Students also practiced evaluating expressions by substituting in numbers, for example when x = 1 then 4(1 + 2) = 4 x 3 = 12 and solved equations. Students practiced recording information in a bank ledger using deposits and withdrawals. Students also worked on problems involving percentages, tips, tax, discounts and profit.</span></div>
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<li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Thank you for participating in our student-led portfolio conferences. </strong>They are a critical piece of our middle school model, and it's always a treat for us to see the students own their learning and present it to their parents. We see a lot of students stepping up at these conferences, and it's very moving to witness. Thank you for your important role. As always, if you have any questions at all, please feel free to email any of us.</span></li>
<li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Happy April Break! </strong>We hope this is a relaxing time for you and yours. We'll look forward to hearing all about it when we return, and we'll look forward to finishing the remainder of our school year strong. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Thank you for all you do.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Make it a great break, </em><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Your Equinox Teachers.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Meagan, Gloria, Mickey, Tami, Nicole, James, and Catherine.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-87142651012588423292018-03-23T16:38:00.003-04:002018-03-23T16:38:45.317-04:00Weekly Update - 3/23<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greetings Team Equinox Families:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Next week is SBAC testing. </b></span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9__N1YLJJiniZuul3H7BMVcsgNixyJb/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Here</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> is a schedule for the first week of testing. This week’s focus is on English/Language Arts. The following week will focus on Math. Please feel free to review this schedule with your child in anticipation of a smooth testing process. We encourage students to get a good night’s sleep and be ready to go on Monday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students explored the surface area of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms and cylinders. Students also practiced adding, multiplying and dividing mixed numbers and decimals. Students will continue this exploration into next week. </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-81113758559571965492018-03-16T15:58:00.000-04:002018-03-16T15:58:57.180-04:00Weekly Update - 3/16<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Science Homework</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">: Students interested in participating the in State Science Fair can register </span><a href="https://vstemf.zfairs.com/?f=93b9479a-5e05-4247-8003-bd86aa93accf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. Over vacation, they can start to write an abstract of their research (a template is on Google Classroom).</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In Social Studies, students began to learn about some causes of World War II including the War Guilt Clause of the Treaty of Versailles (that ended World War I), Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and nationalism. Also we began to discuss why it is that the Jewish population became scapegoats under Nazi Germany. We also completed our weekly map quiz and learned about current events through our “Week in Rap” video. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In ELA, students began to read </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Prisoner B-3087</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">, a book based on the real life story of a Holocaust survivor. We used this book to track evidence of dehumanizing practices used by the Nazis during WWII. Going forward, it will provide topics for our discussion circles. We also prepared for and completed a speaking and listening pre-assessment. Our first spelling test will be on Tuesday (spelling lists are on Google Classroom). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">7th Grade Math: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">This week students continued to explore circles. Students found the diameter, radius, circumference, area and volume of some tasty treats like crackers, peppermint patties and cookies in honor of Pi Day. Students also worked on a free write with Mr. Moore about Pi as a little competition in creativity. Students then explored the volume of cylinders by trying to figure out the amount of materials it would take to make cylindrical candles of different sizes that they would in turn theoretically sell. They had to try to make a profit of $100 after all costs where extracted. Next week students will continue to explore volume and surface area of prisms. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">8th Grade Math:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> This week we have focused on geometry. Students found the diameter, radius, circumference, area and volume of some tasty treats like crackers, peppermint patties and cookies in honor of Pi Day. Students also worked on a free write with Mr. Moore about Pi as a little competition in creativity. Students then moved on to an exploration of the Pythagorean Theorem. Students have spent the week working with different right triangles and looking at the relationship between the area of the squares that can be built off of each side of the triangle. Next week we will continue this exploration.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-25725056211603314292018-02-17T15:30:00.001-05:002018-02-17T15:30:19.454-05:00Weekly Update (Week of 2/12)<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students have been working on their self-assessment from the science fair- this is homework for students who still need to work on it. The assignment can be found on Google Classroom and handed in as such. We have started our unit on healthy streams and watersheds! Students will soon start a project engineering solutions for Lake Champlain’s cyanobacteria problem. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Humanities:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In Social Studies, students began a mini unit on American presidents. Each student selected a president and created a Facebook profile for their president to learn about their background. Then, students created a comic strip describing one event of their president’s term. We also continued working on our geography skills with our weekly Map Quiz. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Homework - Students should have completed their Presidential Profile and their Presidential Comic Strip. For directions, please refer to Google Classroom. Check for any missing work in PowerSchool.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In ELA, we have been working on a grammar and writing intensive unit. Students learned about formatting dialogue, and then put those skills to use in our weekly Caught Ya. We also participated in Vermont Writes Day on the 15th, where students from all across the state were encouraged to write for seven minutes and share their writing anonymously on the Vermont Writes website (</span><a href="http://vermontwritesday.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://vermontwritesday.org/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). Many students took up this challenge and posted their writing. We ended the week by creating a study guide for the elements of a narrative. This can be used to prepare students for their on-demand assessment, to be given after the break. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Students continued to explore systems of equations. They spent their time this week finding solutions to systems algebraically using the elimination method and reviewing for their summative assessment. The assessment has been moved to Monday due to interruptions in our schedule this week. The assessment will include writing equations from points and graphs, solving equations, solving systems of equations and deciding if a system has one solution, no solution or infinite solutions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students could prepare for their assessment by practicing on Khan Academy. Khan Academy has organized materials so that it connects to the topics in Eureka Math which is the program the middle school is using. They can find a direct link on the </span><a href="https://classroom.google.com/c/MTg3OTA4Mjc4" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Math Google Classroom page</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For more information and parent tips for the current topic of </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17apA9_QKwDnjYn1Ps5qjT7Lx_HkzG94W/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">systems of equations</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> click on the link.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-14051515625080443562018-02-09T15:34:00.003-05:002018-02-09T15:34:36.894-05:00Weekly Update - 2/9We send this update out via email, but we'll post it here for you as well.<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Thank you all for participating in Milton’s Fifth Annual Science Fair! The event was a success! Over 80 Equinox students (and 400 MMS students) exemplified their ability to hypothesize, observe, and collect data over the course of two months. Thank you all for your support!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">We will start next week by reflecting on our science fair projects and experience. Then, we will continue our stream study. Thanks to Trout in the Classroom we are raising 97 Brook Trout from eggs to release! Students will study the healthfulness of a trout’s stream and how our aquarium replicates that. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Humanities:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In Social Studies, students completed their Day of the Pelican Project, wrapping up the unit on immigration. We continued working on our geography skills with our weekly Map Quiz. We will soon begin a mini unit on American presidents to learn about the leaders of our country throughout history; this mini unit will take up the last couple of weeks until February break.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Homework - The Day of the Pelican Project was due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, February 6th, but some projects still have not been turned in. Directions can be accessed on Google Classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">In ELA, we finished our immigration narratives, celebrating our writing skills (with illustrations of similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeia). </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">I informed students that I will only be assessing narratives that are turned in on Google Classroom</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">. We then shifted to a mini-unit to delve deeper into grammar and writing. We launched our Caught Ya program (learning grammar by identifying and fixing errors in an ongoing story). We also began our spelling program, where students are in charge of learning a list of spelling words centered around a common spelling hurdle. Regular assessments will track progress. </span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For more information and parent tips for the current topic of </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/17apA9_QKwDnjYn1Ps5qjT7Lx_HkzG94W/view?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">systems of equations</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> click on the link.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-27612265559508535712018-01-26T14:30:00.000-05:002018-01-26T14:30:00.165-05:00Progress Reports<div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
Good afternoon, Team Equinox Parents!</div>
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Today, in our final class of the day, progress reports were handed to your children to bring home. If you have any questions after reviewing these with your child, please feel free to contact us.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-1785540039006873952018-01-14T20:20:00.000-05:002018-01-14T20:20:06.604-05:00Google Classroom for Social StudiesHello there, just wanted to let folks know that Social Studies now has a Google Classroom! Almost all of the students have joined the class. If parents/guardians have any difficulties getting on, please send me an email and we will figure it out.<br />
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nmenard@mymtsd-vt.orgNicole Menardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649452975211387156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-45222938768555067822018-01-14T20:11:00.002-05:002018-01-14T20:11:43.080-05:00Immigration Suitcases<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Check out these suitcases that describe major waves of immigration to the United States!</div>
Nicole Menardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649452975211387156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-80121663744966723472017-11-15T10:46:00.001-05:002017-11-15T10:46:53.721-05:00Weekly Update 11/10<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week in </span><a href="http://education.vermont.gov/student-learning/personalized-learning" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Personalized Learning</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, students should have a “just right” question. These next couple of weeks, students are researching a project that they will present in December. Students may choose any topic of interest to them. There will be a presentation celebration during </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the week of December 19th. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please ask your child to share with you about their question and their exploration project.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This past week, we have begun our experimentation with K’Nex Rocket Launchers. We have also been engaging in mindfulness practices in the beginning of each class. In regards to content, students are investigating Newton’s First Law and Projectile Motion while engineering a launcher in groups. We are now using Wednesdays as Working Wednesdays for students to independently work on missing or incomplete assignments. Check in with your student as to what science work they need to focus on. Most students need to work on their simple machines project or cover page. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Social Studies, students began the week investigating the Bill of Rights and then spent several days creating a “product” of their choice to represent their learning about the Constitution (the three branches of U.S. government and the Bill of Rights). For the directions to this “Constitutional Creation”, please click on the link </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kZXOOeOahBf5nCDFUWk_7mUfnu8qtQ91Qdnk-SH_qUE/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Students also completed their last geography quiz of the trimester and have begun reflecting on their work, experiences, and habits in Social Studies class so far this year in preparation for their student-led conferences.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Homework - If students did not hand in their “Constitutional Creation” on Friday, they need to finish that assignment and any other missing work they have.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students took a summative assessment about linear equations with one variable. Next week students will continue to explore linear equations with two variables using tables, graphs and equations. Students will also write reflections about their experiences in math during the first trimester. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="FullSizeRender.jpg" height="267" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/SKR-d4R-zMf9T7C8vYKog1-o0Kln01jhpKZbDNxDlPVQptz7Ld5eeOFYLy42O6RYts0fqPjnG5RniNNZIC1s7tUXeavXeA1AEbIGTckiIzhwXQJ3HIoAUgHz_TZvKXnp8-qONZcn" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="200" /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week in </span><a href="http://education.vermont.gov/student-learning/personalized-learning" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Personalized Learning</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, we finished up our academic and personal goals and started developing a research question for our exploration. Next week, all students must have a “just right” question for exploration. Students may choose any topic of interest to them. There will be a presentation celebration during </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the week of December 19th. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In science, we are starting our K’nex rocket launcher project. We have also been engaging in mindfulness practices in the beginning of each class. If you are interested, here is a great New York Times </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/guides/well/mindfulness-for-children" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">article</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about mindfulness and children. In regards to content, students are investigating Newton’s First Law and Projectile Motion while engineering a launcher in groups. We are now using Wednesdays as Working Wednesdays for students to independently work on missing or incomplete assignments. Check in with your student as to what science work they need to focus on. Most students need to work on their simple machines project or cover page. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In social studies, students have begun looking at the government that formed as a result of the American Revolution. We discussed the Articles of Confederation and why they didn’t work, and we began dissecting pieces of the Constitution, beginning with the idea of the separation of powers, the Preamble and the legislative branch. Students also completed a map quiz to improve their geography skills. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In ELA, we have launched our spelling and grammar programs. We’re looking forward to seeing how students take to these practices. Ms. Coax is our long-term sub while Mr. Moore is out on paternity leave. Her email is </span><a href="mailto:rcoax@mymtsd-vt.org" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">rcoax@mymtsd-vt.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. She will be an engaging presence on the team, and we hope this is a smooth transition!</span></div>
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mbeleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08570414668579421056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-19685295791850932282017-10-24T18:58:00.002-04:002017-10-24T18:59:08.391-04:00Check out some awesome propaganda of the American Revolution!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Nicole Menardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649452975211387156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-34871536683146722532017-10-06T21:41:00.000-04:002017-10-06T21:41:04.245-04:00Weekly Update - 10/6<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greetings Team Equinox Families:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Grade 8: </i></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students continued to explore linear equations in algebra. Students worked to determine if an equation has one solution, no solution or infinite solutions. Students also reviewed the rules of operations with positive and negative numbers. Next week they will continue to work on solving equations in the context of word problems and will move on to equations with two variables (x and y). </span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-19642895628940752342017-09-27T18:41:00.002-04:002017-09-27T18:41:59.713-04:00Schoology for Social Studies<br />
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In Social Studies this year I will be using Schoology as our online learning management system. Please check out the link (below) to a Google Doc that explains why I am using this system and describes more about how to access it!<br />
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/>Nicole Menardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649452975211387156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-43691641964294128002017-08-16T15:04:00.001-04:002017-08-19T16:26:44.579-04:00What We Did With Our Summer (Pt. 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We hope the summer is treating you well and that you've been enjoying these sunshine days. Here are some of the things your teachers have been up to, and if you'd like, please post your summer happenings in the comments. We'll share half of the teachers today and half in another post.<br />
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<b>Ms. Koester</b><br />
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Directly after last school year, I went to Portland, Oregon to work at Camp Ukandu (a camp for children living with cancer). The picture here is from one of our skits at campfire (I'm in the yellow shirt). The rest of the summer saw me either attending to baby preparations or swimming and canoeing at Lake Dunmore. I also read some terrific books. I particularly enjoyed <i>Ghost </i>by Jason Reynolds (which had some great characters you could really root for and a wide-open ending), <i>The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog </i>(a rollicking adventure with illuminations (drawings in a medieval style) on nearly every page), and <i>You Don't Have to Say You Love Me</i> by Sherman Alexie (my favorite 'adult book' read - a memoir about the famous author and his relationship with his mother). But the best part of my summer had to be the birth of my daughter, Imelda Eliot BinderMoore. We're pleased to report that she and mama are healthy and happy!<br />
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This is just a reminder that we're in the last month of summer! We hope yours has been terrific, and we hope that you've found time to read the summer book you selected (and that you've enjoyed them as much as we have!). If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Moore at <a href="mailto:jmoore@mymtsd-vt.org">jmoore@mymtsd-vt.org</a>. If you've enjoyed other books this summer, add them below in the comments!<br />
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Happy August!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-34124433228328147832017-05-09T20:56:00.000-04:002017-05-09T20:56:41.201-04:00Student-led Food DriveFrom a Team Falcon 8th grader:<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-20841207176947193162017-04-22T08:45:00.000-04:002017-04-22T08:45:01.083-04:00National Poetry Month<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Oe6fjJ_BmA/WPtJngK-m-I/AAAAAAAAAf4/sxsFMZdW3nMYmb1aTQrs0op0iRN4EqZmwCLcB/s1600/20170421_093817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Oe6fjJ_BmA/WPtJngK-m-I/AAAAAAAAAf4/sxsFMZdW3nMYmb1aTQrs0op0iRN4EqZmwCLcB/s320/20170421_093817.jpg" width="240" /></a>Yesterday in Language Arts, students wrote or created poems to celebrate National Poetry Month, and we wanted to share some with you. This <a href="https://goo.gl/photos/3Q8Vpcc4PCTvQKoY8" target="_blank">link</a> will take you to some of our more visual poetry (book spine, blackout, and chance poetry).<br />
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We also wrote some "exquisite corpse" poetry, where students write a line of poetry, fold it over, and pass it to the next person, who writes their line - and so on. The results, as you can see <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BwFhgzLT-XP5wopnQJV8-m4lNrfLaKFjMYi-qmPLkK4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>, are pretty entertaining.<br />
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And last, but not least, students were able to just <i>write </i>poems - and a couple of those are posted <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pF5ptQHpFgQbXT_VDak4A2XOo8QaRWxDe_F-H1P1pT0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Enjoy the end of National Poetry Month! As a reminder, Poem In Your Pocket Day is April 27 - a day to encourage students to carry poems around with them. If students send me a picture of their poem and either themselves or where they are, there will be some kind of reward! Photos will be accepted upon students' return to classes as well.<br />
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Enjoy the break!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-39128878778438395522017-04-11T19:12:00.000-04:002017-04-11T19:12:21.158-04:00Renowned Civil War PresenterIt was just brought to my attention that we neglected to share with you this fabulous resource. Back in January, thanks to the General Stannard House Committee (thanks, Bill!) and the Milton Historical Society, we were treated to a presentation by noted historian, Howard Coffin. LCATV recorded this presentation and made it available for the public to view. Enjoy!<br />
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<i>Students' inquiry work from our Civil War unit (The Danger of a Single Story) was incorporated into quilt squares and assembled in our hall by some visually inventive students. </i></div>
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Please let us know if your child is interested and whether or not they would need to borrow a yoga mat. Students will need to get a bus pass if they plan to ride the Elementary Bus. Let us know if you have any questions. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1996030385220770988.post-52402732638245796622017-04-04T21:39:00.001-04:002017-04-04T21:39:40.643-04:00From the School Nurses<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Hello All, </span><br />
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We hope you are well. Here is the health round up for March! </div>
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In the month of March we saw almost 400 students in the Middle School. Out of the students we saw, <b><span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: medium;">93% stayed in school </span></b>:). Like the past months, our Middle School kiddos' top three complaints were Headaches (25%) , Cold/Sore Throat (20%) and Stomachaches (15%). This month in the <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwRNC-rBAmLpN0lIR2RvaHBvYU1SMGVrM29oMl9BZ3A3Q19n">school health newsletter</a> we are highlighting sleep and electronic use, as fatigue can be a major player in headaches. </div>
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Great news, each month the nurse's office will be highlighting a health topic in the Milton Independent. You will have to check us out in on the health page. This is in an attempt to increase our collaboration with the community and reach out on trends and data we are seeing in the school. </div>
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Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! :) </div>
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The School Nurse Office </div>
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