Notes from Mr. Ed:
A great new resource for parents!
Click on the above link to watch an inspirational slide show that likens animals to students. It really makes you think about how we view children each and every day.
Niagara Swimming Link
USA SWIMMING LINK
There are some exciting new websites available to Genesee Valley Students and Parents. Please click the below links and check them out!
Scientific Learning
Born Learning
Study Island
T.A.G. Team Information
The T.A.G. Team (which stands for True Acts of Goodness) will be a weekly group of students who are on the look-out for other students performing helpful or good acts for other students. They can then give them a ticket which allows them to go to the Treasure Chest in the office. I can't wait to see all the good acts that our students get caught performing.
Medianet Kids- The Place to Go for Fun and Videos!
The above website is maintained by Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES and includes more than 14,000 digital videos that students can access both at school and at home. The school code is gvcs, and while I cannot write the password here, it is an easy one to remember (like maybe our mascot). Feel free to give this awesome resource a try!
Blasts from Last Year.....
6-1-2007
6th Grade Enrichment Original Recordings
Sorry I didn't post these earlier (and thanks Nate for reminding me!)
School Insurance Agency
Stay in School
School Rocks
5-31-2007
Fifth Grade Enrichment Original Recordings
Hannah and Tyler Poem
Old McEddy Had Some Nerds
Ode to Enrichment
5-29-2007
Third Grade Enrichment Original Recordings
Who Let the Kids Out? by Alexis, Jordan, and Cassidy
We Can Do Anything by Brooke, Amber, and Payton
5-23-2007
The Flip Flop Debate:
I have spent a good deal of time researching why flip flops are dangerous. Please take some time to read the articles below which outline some of the problems associated with prolonged wearing of these summer shoes. After looking at this today, with lots of input from students, faculty, and administration, I have decided that students in grades PreK-3 may not wear flip flops, while students in grades 4-6 are encouraged not to wear flip flops.
Web links to articles:
Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 Link 5
Current topics to discuss on the Blog
1. How much homework?
2. What can we improve?
3. Summer fun
***ALL NEW ***
Third Grade Enrichment students make their first MP3 File!
Drac and the Gremlin by Allan Baillie
Goods and Services by Amber, Brooke, Payton
Adventures of Harry Carry by Duane, Ben, Mykaela
Big Birthday Fight by Cassidy, Jordan, Alexis
New Enrichment Topics Started 3-19-2007
Kindergarten-2nd Grade- Sign Language with Mrs. Duttweiler
3rd Grade- Audio production using Audacity
4th Grade- Business models using Monopoly Video Game
5th Grade- Becoming a Good Worker- via Sponge Bob
6th Grade- Rise of Nations- learning about how civilizations grow
Enrichment Notes 3/12/07
It's here! The first Clay Animated movie is now available below! The 6th grade Enrichment group finished their movie, The Clay Tricks, today. I feel that I must explain the nature of this movie a little so that there is not a misunderstanding about the content. The students had to research what type of movies people (the intended audience) wanted to see. The results came in that they wanted to see a "Matrix-style" movie so that's what they created. Instead of the "Matrix" we have "The Clay Tricks." This is a movie about a heroic group of inter-stellar travellers who save the Earth by destroying evil Martians.
THE CLAY TRICKS
The Animal's Revenge is now available to watch! This story was created by 5th graders using stop action photography. The story takes place in a disco, around the farm, Seattle, and the woods. It's about mutated animals taking revenge on a Disco-owning Farmer.
THE ANIMAL'S REVENGE
School Gone Wild is now available to watch! This story was created by 6th graders using stop action photography. The story takes place in the school. Main characters include Mr. Ed, Ms. Presutti, Mr. Olham, Ms. Burger, and the Evil Custodians. The school has truly gone wild in this movie!
SCHOOL GONE WILD
What I Did in School is now available to watch! This story was created by 5th graders using stop action photography. The story involves Edgar, who has head issues, and other friends. There is also a somewhat crazy dinosaur involved. Enjoy the movie!
WHAT I DID IN SCHOOL
READING FIRST NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Students at GVCS have reached and exceeded their Reading goal of having our Kindergarten through Third grades at 80% Benchmark! In September, I told the kids that if they reached 80%, they could shave my head and paint it to look like the charts that we keep track of the reading scores on. The combination of our awesome teachers, our hard-working students, and the many hours of parent help made this accomplishment possible! I am incredibly blessed to be a part of so awesome a school!
More pictures from the Shaving....
A B C
More photo's from the Trick Photography group!
ENRICHMENT
Kindergarten- Podcasting (making Audio books)
Sample Podcast (made by Kindergarten kids)
PODCASTS BY KINDERGARTEN!
Shay DJ
Chelsea Josh
Nicholas Kennedi
Isaac Aaron
Christmas Songs by Kindergarten
Jingle Bells
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Rudolph
Dashing Through the Snow
January- Students have made audio files to show what it might sound like if you were feeling:
Happy or funny
Sad
Complaining
Sick
Sleeping
Hurt
Cold
1st Grade- Mini-plays- I will be writing a play around a topic that the students chose, we will then perform the play and it will be able to be viewed on this website. We will have parts ready for next week (Dec. 21) and perform the play right after break.
2nd Grade- Trick digital photography
PICTURES FROM 1/23/2007
A B C D E F G H I J K L
PICTURES FROM 12/05/2006
A B C D F G H I K
Pictures from 12/12/2006
A B C D E F H I J K L M
Pictures from 12/19/2006
A B C D E F G H I
3rd Grade- Roamers (programmable robotics)
ROBOTS AND ROAMER PHOTOS
A B C D 12/12 Photos- A B
Pictures from Robot Races 12/19/2006
A B C D E F G H I J K L
4th Grade- Contribute and website design
4th Grade sample web pages
5th/6th Grade- Script writing and movie making using clay animation
Fifth Grade Cast Pictures
What I Did in School
The Animal's Revenge
Sixth Grade Movie Promotions
Clay Tricks Cast Picture
School Gone Wild Cast Picture
Please read and send comments to Mr. Edmister at bedmister@gvcs.wnyric.org.
Enrichment Photo- look how one student can hold another in the palm of his hand....
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