6th Grade Field Trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum!

Today March 16th 2011 some of our 6th Grade group accompanied Ms. Tanya, Mr. Abbey and me to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.   What a wonderful day!

Students learned all about the early space program and got to experience the feeling of being suspended without the force of gravity on the G-Force ride! What a cool experience.

Mr. Abbey took our students on a mathematical tour where they explored the many ways in which Math and Science have practical real life applications in our world. 

Students also enjoyed the rare experience of seeing aircraft carriers and the original living quarters on board the retired Intrepid Navy Ship which now serves as a museum for all to experience and enjoy!

Such a great day and wonderful learning experience!!

i-ready.com

All Archimedes students have been given a username and password to access the program

www.i-ready.com

As an ongoing assignment I would like each student to work on the ELA and MATH portion of this program for a minimum of 30 minutes a day for each subject.  You should have already taken the pre-tests in both subjects.  However, if you have not completed them, you are required to do so right away!  

Once you have completed them, individual assignments which target specific areas you need help in will appear under your 'assignments' page. You should be working on these assignments daily!

I will be checking to see how often you are using this program for practice.  The more you practice, the better you will get and it will help you improve your skills overall and for the exams coming up in May!

your username is your first and last name (lowercase) 
    ex:  John Smith = johnsmith

your password is your OSIS # (student id)

6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Grade Student Portfolio's

All Students will be responsible this year for maintaining a complete portfolio of all assignments that we do in class!

Each student must have a 2" binder along with loose leaf paper for this class. All handouts and classwork as well as homework assignments will be kept in this binder which will be left in class at all times.

If students needs to complete any missing assignments he/she may take the portfoliohome to finish the work and catch up. 

However, all students are responsible for ensuring that their portfolios are complete by the end of each quarter for grading purposes.  Each student will be given their binder at the end of the year!

It is strictly the student's responsibility to properly maintain his/her own portfolio!

9th Grade ESL Class

Due Nov. 1st 2010 - The House on Mango Street written by: Sandra Cisneros

All 9th grade students should have purchased their own copy of the book and should be working on the reading log packet that was distributed in class.  Each student must submit a completed packet along with all work including the essays on the various themes within the story no later than Monday November 1st!

We will also be working on this story and the themes discussed within the story during class. 

Welcome to my new Blog!

Welcome to the 2010/2011 School year Archimedes ESL students!

Hope you enjoyed your summer and are settling back into the new school year!

In honor of our new school year welcome to my new ESL Blog where you will be able to find all of your daily assignments and information regarding our class!

Happy Blogging!