Ian Kicks It Up!

Ian tries out some scratch and the 'walrus' effects! Keep rockin Ian!

Jacob Scratches It Up!

Jacob plays the guitar uses scratch effects, and plays what sounds like the Jimmy Hendrix version of the National Anthem. Rock out Jake!

Nick Rocks Out!

Nick plays with the guitar and the guitar synthesizer. Nick and Mr. Wert try out echo effects.

Music Class - Guitar Synthesizer

Mr. Wert showing the students how to rock out with a guitar synthesizer!

6th Grade Exit Blog 10.28.2009

How are soils classified?

Please make your response 2-3 complete sentences. If you need to research this information, please make sure to include the website address that you used as source.

6th Grade Exit Blog 10.27.2009

What are some types of soils?

Please make your response 2-3 complete sentences. If you need to research this information, please make sure to include the website address that you used as a source.

6th Grade Exit Blog 10.26.09

What is humus?

Please answer in 2-3 complete sentences. If research is needed, please copy and paste website address to your answer.

6th Grade Exit Blog 10/23/09

How is soil formed?

Please answer in 2-3 complete sentences? If research is needed, please copy and paste website address to your answer.

10.29.2009 REWIND

What part in the cell holds all the DNA and blueprint for our bodies? Please respond with 2-3 complete sentences in your blog.  

Title this post 10.29.09 Exit Blog Response

Exit Blog 10.28.2009

Please review what you chose for your Kingdom layers for your last exit blog.  Please define those three layers.  For example, if you chose Animalia for one of your layers, you may want to define it  as being made of mostly multi-cellular Eukaryotic cell animals.

Title this post 10.28.09 Exit Blog Response in your blog.

Exit Blog 10.27.2009

Please list three different layers in the Kingdom level of the Taxonomic rank.  If you need a reminder,  please ask a friend or a teacher.  

You may make a list for your answer.

Title this post 10.27.09 Exit Blog Response in your blog.

Exit Blog 10.26.2009

Please list all 9 major levels in taxonomic rank.  If you need some help, visit this site to look at the diagram: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_(biology)

You make make your answer in a list-form.

Title this post 10.26.09 Exit Blog Response in your blog.

Exit Blog 10.23.2009

When you drove to school this week, why kind of rocks did you see on the way here?  You may not know the names, but what did they look like?  

Please make your response a list.

Title this post 10.23.09 Exit Blog Response in your blog.

Exit Blog 10.22.2009

Name 3 different cell parts and one role they have in the cell.  Please make your response 4-5 complete sentences.

Title this post 10.22.09 Exit Blog Response in your blog.

Exit Blog 10.21.2009

What are the differences between an animal cell and a plant cell?  Please make sure your response is in 2-3 complete sentences. 

Title this post 10.21.09 Exit Blog Response in your blog.

Tech. Ed 10.20.2009

BRONZE

AGE

3000 B.C Tools made from metal; development of the wheel

1900 B.C Plowing with animals

1500 B.C Grinding of grain

2.

Please take Cornell notes while Ms. Picard reads the following article:

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/timelines/3000bc.htm

3.

Please visit this site and look up your assigned topics. Take CORNELL NOTES on each one you are assigned.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/maps/bronzeage.htm

You MUST include the following: DATES, PLACE, NAME along with any other information you are given that you find important.

Tucker:

Chinook

Florida

Germans

Pyramids

Nick:

Iroguois

Kush

Knossos

Hittites

Ian:

Chaco Canyon

Goddess Temple

Mohenjo Daro

Sparta

4.

Write the name and date on a Post-It and put the Post-it on the LOCATION on the map.

5.

Read the following article and take Cornell notes please.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/earlybronze.htm

ARDI

Please write one fact about Ardipithecus Ramidus from Ethiopia (Ardi).  We will be watching a documentary on her later this week, but it good to know what you ALREADY know!

Make sure to write a full sentence.  If you do not know anything, please write that.

What was this dinosaurs name? It was a predator. What signs can you pick up from this animal that would make it a good predator?

Ian and Mrs. Tatro measure the length of a Deinosuchus, a prehistoric alligator. It was 50 feet long!

Ms. Picard checks out the dino's dental work!

Ian and Nick slice apart shale to find Trilibites.

The Bryant Academy looking at the Grallator and Eubrontes tracks.

Pleases view the video of Jobaria. It gives just a little insight into how large this animal was!

Tucker and the head of the African version of the T-Rex! It's name is Carcharodontosaurus!

What was this dinosaurs name? Where was it found? What is one fact that you remember about this animal?

Nick and Ian split shale stone to try to find more Trilibites. Mr. Picard did the same thing when he found the his dinosaur tracks, the only difference were the tools were larger when he found the tracks.

Mr. Picard hows students the stride length and foot placement of the Grallator. It is said that each inch of the footprint length equals the a foot length in the animals height. The print that Mr. Picard found shows that the Grallator that made it was approximately 5 feet tall.

Students compare illustrations of Coelophysis to the Grallator footprints. The Grallator supposedly looked very much like the Coelophysis.

Days of Dinosaurs: Fossils and Tracks

Mr. Picard teaching Bryant Academy students about the different dinosaur strides and stride length relation to animal height. The two animals that made the prints Mr. Picard found were the small carnivor, Grallator and the large carnivor, Eubrontes.

Exit Blog: 9.24.2009

Please write a CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE on the following prompt:

Use complete sentences!

1)What has been the hardest thing for so for during this school year.

2)What was the most interesting thing you have learned so far during this school year?

3)If you could change one thing about The Bryant Academy, what would it be?

Exit Blog: 9.23.2009

Please reflect on what you did today in Art class with Mr. Merrill. Please write two to three sentences.

In conjunction with Mr. Merrill's art lesson, please do a one-minute WikiHop, and write down each hop.

Good Luck! You all had a great day today! Nice job working hard and staying focused!

-Ms. Picard & Mrs. Tatro

This an example of a Wiki-Hop. Here are the steps:
Step One: Go onto Wikipedia.com
Step Two: Type in any word into the search bar.
Step Three: Click on the links in the article, and travel through Wikipedia through clicking on links.
Step Four: Keep track of the links, and record your travels.

Exit Blog 9.22.2009

We are going to submit our written work to the Valley News to publish. The work we are going to publish this time is based on yesterday's field trip. Please write all the senses you were aware of on the trip. Write all your ideas in blog post.\

They do not have to be full sentences-- clauses and phrases work.

Ms. Picard -

-the rumble of the train starting

-the squeaking of the train cars clashing

-I remember the taste of the warm sugar and cinnamon buried into the soul of apples.

Mrs. Tatro:

-the smell of diesel fuel

-shaking back and forth like a roller coaster

-the delicious apple pie we made

Dear Bryant Academy students,

During our New England Foliage Appreciation field trip, please remember to be aware of the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of your environment. We will be reflecting on the experience through written responses which we will send to the Valley News to publish.

Please make sure to take your writing journal with you on the trip.

Thank you,

Ms. Picard

9.18.2009 Exit Blog

What a great week! Good work everyone, I am so proud of your patience and positive attitude.

Please write a 5 sentence paragraph on the following prompt. You may use a graphic organizer if you would like.

Prompt: What does Autumn look like, smell like, and sound like?

Please post your response below, using the 'comment' section.

*sigh*

well i learned more about mac's system. some about vcccv words, AND how to read them faster.

Exit Blog 9.17.2009

Please write 3 things that you learned today:

Use complete sentences.

Please bring a free-reading book to school tomorrow.

9.15.2009 Exit Blog - Writing Journal Exercise

Please do a constructed response in your writing journal on the following question:

Where do you think your ancestors came from?

Remember, a constructed response is made up of at least 5 sentences.

1 Introductory Sentence
3 Supporting Sentences
1 Concluding Sentence

9.14.2009 Exit Blog

9.14.2009 Exit Blog:

Please describe the difference between a root word and a base word. Your answer should be 1-2 sentences.

• An example of a base word is GREAT.
• An example of a root word is JECT

Sept. 11th, 2001

Please view the following video. We would like to honor those whose lives were lost on Sept. 11th, 2001. We will have a moment of silence and view the video.


http://google.nationalgeographic.com/search?access=p&entqr=0&output=xml_no_dtd&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&ie=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&q=9%2F11&ud=1&site=default_collection&oe=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&ip=10.11.30.252&start=0

The Bryant Academy Grammar Resource

Grammar Units and Lessons

6th Grade Grammar

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/grammar_gr6/la_0078205395_01.pdf

7th Grade Grammar

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/grammar_gr7/la_0078205409_01.pdf

8th Grade Grammar

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/workbooks/language_arts/grammar_gr8/la_0078205417_01.pdf

Teacher E-Mail

In case you need to e-mail Mrs. Tatro and/or Ms. Picard for academic purposes, you may use the following addresses:

Mrs. Tatro: Evelyn.Tatro@gmail.com

Ms. Picard: stacy.picard@gmail.com

Welcome to the Bryant Academy WorkPlace!

The Bryant Academy WorkPlace is for middle school students enrolled in The Bryant Academy. Here you will be able to access and answer assignments, find and use online resources, and post questions about material related to what is being learned at the time.

This site is regulated daily. Just as you are accountable for your voice and actions during school hours, the same is upheld on this site. This is an academic resources, not a social networking tool.

This site is password protected.

New Place!

The Bryant Academy temporarily has moved to The River Valley Community College in Claremont, N.H. What are some differences between a college and a middle school?