When using the Student Research Centre on EBSCOHOST use the Lexile Reading Level in Advanced Search to find easier material or use Detailed Search in Kids Search – Middle & Elementary School to limit the Lexile Level.
Here’s a guide to Lexile Levels
1 Up to 300L
2 140L to 500L
3 330L to 700L
4 445L to 810L
5 565L to 910L
6 665L to 1000L
7 735L to 1065L
8 805L to 1100L
9 855L to 1165L
10 905L to 1195L
11 and 12 940L to 1210L
This is kind reminder for the Announced Evacuation @10.00am on Wednesday 09 September 2015 for whole school.
Thanks/Myra
如果中文是你的母语就看下面吧。
We are looking for a native Chinese speaker to help interpret for drama sessions on Wednesdays (3.30-5.00) for the next 5 or 6 weeks. There will be a group of NIS students and 2 groups of students from other schools here practising a play – but we need someone to interpret! 你愿意不愿意帮助我们？两个人也可以。This could be a Service and / or creativity activity. 如果你愿意的话请跟我联系吧。
This Prototype, Student Choice – Student Voice unit runs on the following four dates: October 16, October 28, November 10, November 20
So far, we have five activities offered:
Danny C – Volleyball
Jacqui W – Tai Chi
Sam B – Presentation and self-presentation
Paul U and Martyn N – Circus Skills
Neila S – Mindfulness
With only 5 options, and 47 students, this could make for some larger-than-anticipated groups. Please email me with suggestions if you have an activity you would like to offer. Another two, at least, would offer a wider and more authentic choice.
As a reminder, if you are not an Advisor, the hope was that you would find two courses across the whole Life101 programme to offer. If you are only currently offering only one, could you please see you way to offering a choice activity for Grade 11 in this slot? (If you are an Advisor, you are hopefully offering at least one Life101 course during the academic year – if you see that you are not, please let me know!)
It’s a great opportunity for you to teach / interact with a new grade level if you haven’t had much to do with grade 11 before.
(The Grade 10 Choice Unit runs on the following dates December 14, January 14, January 26, February 22, and currently has five offerings: DannyC- Gardening, AmyK – Garageband, JacquiP – Vegan Cooking, SamB – Improv and VickiR – Chinese Watercolours. This is a larger year group, and so an even wider range of activities would also be welcome.)
Thank you to those teachers who have already jumped into the breach, as it were!
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There are still a few vacancies for students to join the local school English tutoring group who will go to the Middle School next door and give some informal English tuition. I expect we will start (the Wednesday) visits in about two weeks. Please email me if you would like to join or simply sign up on the C&S / CAS signup link.
Grade 11? Thinking of applying to the US to study?
Any other grade, considering the USA?
Put Monday October 19th in your iCal, Diary, agenda NOW.
At 9.00am, we have Boston University coming to visit (in my office). If you want to come along, you’ll need to get yourself excused from class and email me ahead of time.
At 10.40, in the MYP LGR, we have 6 US colleges setting up a mini-fair (as last year). These are:
Widener University, Western New England University, College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John’s University, University of La Verne, Northern Kentucky University, Loyola University Chicago
If you are thinking, ‘I’ve never heard of them, why should I bother?’ STOP thinking that, this instant! Having never heard of them is a good reason for coming – you are going to learn something new. In addition, they will all have something to say generically about the US application process. In short, if you are thinking of applying to the US, you should definitely be coming to this event.
After break, I will be asking the reps to present on The College Essay, Scholarships for International Students and Living and Studying in the USA. These mini-seminars will eat into the first half of Block 3, so please make sure you have permission from your teacher to be absent.
A reminder that there is a whole cast read through today straight after school. During this time you will receive scripts, rehearsal schedule and other information. Please do not be late.
3:15 start – Black Box.
This week’s bell is “Waiting for Love,” submitted by both Mello and Synder advisories – two groups with great tastes. “Waiting for Love” was produced by Avicii (Tim Burgling), a Swedish DJ, remixer, and music producer. A 2015, this song is sung by Simon Alfred and is about a dog searching for its lost owner during a war.
To find out when your bell will be played, go to Office365.
Hello MYP/DP Superstars.
Thanks for making the shift to using your locker at the start and end of lunch, for waiting for the bell to head upstairs for Block 5, and for not leaving your bags in the library, games room, or in various other places around the gym/cafeteria. Well done.
Now, the question has become: what should students who are using the library for academic purposes and/or games room attendees do with their backpacks when it’s time to eat lunch?
The answer is simple. These students should take their bags to their directly to their lockers at the start of MYP/DP lunch quietly and independently, then head to the cafeteria. Keywords: directly, quietly, independently.
Thanks for your continued contribution in making NIS a safe, happy, and secure learning community!