Grades 7-8 Learning

Your student's teacher is the first and best resource for their learning. In addition, students can visit these web sites to continue or enhance their learning.

  • Read for 30-60 minutes

  • Write for 20-30 minutes

  • Grow their vocabulary

  • Read about science and technology

  • Conduct inquiry and experiments

  • Engage with math

  • Listen to and talk about music

  • View and produce their own artwork

  • Engage in physical activity

  • Share their learning with others

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Reading

Reading: Our local library has books you can access digitally. You can log into Evergreen, the Whittemore library's resource, with your library account. You can also login to CHMS Overdrive with your student login credentials. As students read/listen to a book, they should use their reading journals to jot down:

  • Questions they have

  • What is happening in the story

  • Ideas they have about characters and their actions

  • What the author wants us, as readers, to learn at the end of the story

  • Grade 7 and Grade 8 students can access learning through Khan Academy, as well

  • Use your Naugatuck School Google Account to login to Actively Learn for high interest articles are different grade level and Lexile levels!

  • Participate in Middle Grade & YA Book Club Podcasts

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Writing and Social Studies

Using their notebooks, students should write about their opinions, thoughts and ideas every day. They can use the read-aloud texts they engage with above, or read and listen to nonfiction texts, as well, that promote Social Studies learning.

  • Using their notebooks, students should write about their opinions, thoughts and ideas every day. They can use the texts from the Whittemore Library's Evergreen system, or read nonfiction texts, as well, that promote Social Studies learning.

  • At Actively Learn, students can sign up for a free account and access news articles.

  • At NewsELA, students can sign up for an account and access hundreds of articles. They can adjust the reading levels, too, to meet their needs.

  • Run for president at icivics.org.

  • More digital games are available with a learning focus.

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Mathematics

At Naugatuck Public Schools students engage in math learning with Pearson's enVisions 2.0. Through their PowerSchool login, students can access their math learning. They can also visit ST Math and IXL, an online program used in our classrooms.

Students can visit Greg Tang's math site for games and other math learning opportunities. Students can also visit Jo Boaler's math site to take a free online math mindsets course for students.

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science

Inquiry and the observation of phenomena provide us with insights into our world. Students can continue to explore science concepts with these web sites.

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Visual arts

Students can still engage in visual arts learning. Visit these museum web sites to view art and create art inspired by the works you see.

Mattatuck Museum Yale University Art Gallery

New Britain Museum of American Art Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Frick Collection: virtual tour The Wadsworth Athenium

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music

Listen to music and write about what you feel and think. Create music, too!

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health and p.e.

Play games and get exercise every day to maintain healthy habits. Here are some suggestions. NPS does not endorse any one way for students to be active.