CURRICULUM
| Curriculum Department Staff
Pamela Nascimento
Interim Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
PNascimento@thomastonschools.org
| State Assessment Information
- Introductory Information for Parents, Educators and Community Members
- Smarter Balanced and NGSS Interim Assessment Content Presentation
- Smarter Balanced Parent Guides: Parent resources for understanding what their children should learn and be able to do this year, and helpful suggestions for supporting children’s learning at home. The Smarter Balanced Parent Guides for each grade are linked below: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, and Grade 9.
- More Resources for Parents: Smarter Balanced Sample Individual Student Report: Sample Smarter Balanced Individual Student Reports that will be shipped to districts at the beginning of the school year.
| i-Ready Diagnostic
What is i-Ready? i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year. Click here to find out more.
For information about mathematics domains covered by i-Ready click here.
For information about reading domains covered by i-Ready
click here.
| Curriculum Guides
PreSchool
ELA
MATH
SCIENCE
SOCIAL STUDIES
UNIFIED ARTS
Art
Physical Education and Health
Physcial Education Grades 7 & 8
Physical Education Grades 9 & 10
Music
Grades 4-6 First Year Concert Band
Grades 4-6 Second Year Concert Band
Grades 4-6 Third Year Concert Band
Spanish
Introduction to Spanish Grades 7 & 8
Library Media Science
Information Literacy (Library Media 7-8)
Information Literacy (Library Media 9-12)
Industrial Arts
Introduction to Industrial Arts I
Introduction to Industrial Arts II
Business
Sports Entertainment Marketing
Digital Arts
Family and Consumer Science
Grades 7-8 Family Consumer Science
Portfolio and Senior Project
| Connecticut Public School Choice Information
Thomaston Public Schools offers excellent academic, social, athletic and club opportunities for students. However, some students have a specific interest that may be served through the public school choice system. The links below provide you with full access to information on Connecticut's public school choice system. If you have questions about Connecticut's public school choice system, please contact: Parent Information Center, Connecticut State Department of Education, Regional School Choice Office (RSCO), 450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite P28, Hartford, CT 06103-1841; Email: rsco.sde@ct.gov; Phone: 860-713-6990.
Sec. 10-220d. Student recruitment by regional and interdistrict specialized schools and programs. Recruitment of athletes prohibited. Each local and regional board of education shall provide full access to regional vocational-technical schools, regional agricultural science and technology education centers, interdistrict magnet schools, charter schools and interdistrict student attendance programs for the recruitment of students attending the schools under the board's jurisdiction, provided such recruitment is not for the purpose of interscholastic athletic competition. Sec. 10-220d. Student recruitment by regional and interdistrict specialized schools and programs. Recruitment of athletes prohibited. Each local and regional board of education shall provide full access to regional vocational-technical schools, regional agricultural science and technology education centers, interdistrict magnet schools, charter schools and interdistrict student attendance programs for the recruitment of students attending the schools under the board's jurisdiction, provided such recruitment is not for the purpose of interscholastic athletic competition.