ELP Mo. Valley

2nd Grade ELP scholars created their own basic coding scripts to move a Bee-bot from one good deed to the next.  Students collaborated to create their own good deeds, then using basic coding commands, they programmed their mini-bot.  Once completed, students exchanged boards and scripts and "tested" the validity of the coding scripts. 2nd Grade ELP scholars presenting their Bee-bot and coding scripts to the Missouri Valley School Board (March 2016). In addition, MV ELP had 3 scholars p articipate in the Iowa State Fair Youth Spelling Bee on Friday, August 11th.  They were:  Bobby Barnard, Noelle Rand and Kate Graeve.  These 3 students represented themselves, their school and their community with great skill and poise.  I was so very proud of their extra efforts and enthusiasm! During the 2016-2017 school year our ELP blog will be much more student directed.  I have no doubt their learners in our group will have plenty to say about ...

Medieval Times Report                 Third grade, Fourth grade, and Fifth grade are doing projects about Kings, Queens, Knights, and more! 3 rd grade has been reading “Door in the Wall”, while 4 th grade is reading “Castle in the Attic”, and Fifth grade is reading “King Arthur”. All three of these talented grades are learning medieval words, such as chivalry, portcullis, and grotesque. In the display case, you can see a castle with people, and a life sized “Long Sword”! There’s also 3 rd grade’s “Coat of arms”! Here are two facts about medieval times: Purple was the most expensive dye, and the Caste system (when you are born to something, you stay that thing, such as being royalty means you stay royalty)! We still have projects in progress, like a courtyard and a kitchen. We are also making a master chamber and a dungeon. There is a poster hanging in the display case. It has a timeline of the medieval...

It is hard to believe but we are 1/2 way through the final quarter of the school year!  My goodness, how the time is flying by.  As the year winds down, we want to post an update on our ELP happenings: K/1st Grade ELP---We meet 2 times a week for 20-25 minutes each time.  Our focus has been research on a wide variety of topics and creating an informative poster.  A few of the poster topics have been:  the circulatory system, magnets, black holes, The Titanic and The BP Oil Spill (Deep Water Horizon). 2nd Grade ELP---We recently finished "Pippi Longstocking" and "Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor" where our focus was visualization, vocabulary and figurative language such as, idioms and words with multiple meanings.  Our final project for the year will be a novel study of "The Hundred Dresses" where we will connect with our school's Character Education program and continue to develop inference skills. 3rd-5th ELP-- Currently we are working on a cross-curricul...

The Giving Tree Project for MV Elementary School                                                 By Olivia Haynes                     Hello!  The Missouri Valley Elementary is hosting its annual Giving Tree Project! It’s a project where we collect canned goods and other needed materials, make sure they are non-perishable items so they won’t spoil, for the Harrison County Food Pantry. Here are a few items the food pantry can always use: ·          Laundry detergent ·          Soap of any kind ·          Toilet paper ·     ...

The Ronald McDonald House! Hi I’m Anthony and I’m a member of the 5 th Grade ELP (Extended Learning Program) and I’m here to tell you, When you drink a soda or something that has a Pop Tab on it give the Pop Tab to the 5 th Grade ELP And we’ll give it to the Ronald McDonald House, the Ronald McDonald is a place where families go when their child is sick and the hospital there in is really really far away from home. So donate and help families in need!!                   -Sincerely, Anthony

Pop tab information By Peyton Richardson           Hi, I’m Peyton, and I’m part of the 5 th grade ELP (Extended learning program) and I’m here to tell you about pop tabs. Before you recycle the can, remember to take off the tabs, put them in a plastic baggie, and take them to room 209, or the office. We will give them to the Ronald McDonald House, and no, I’m not talking about the French fry place, I’m talking about the place where people go if they can’t afford a hospital room. We are good people.                                                           Bye!

Welcome back!  Our ELP groups hope everyone has gotten off to a great start with the 2014-2015 school year. As the year progresses, please look for updates about events and happenings written by ELP students.  Articles may be written in small groups or individually.  We will post about the units of study or topics we are working on. To begin the year, here are the major themes for 3rd-5th grade groups: 3rd Grade:  will be extending on the SWH (Science Writing Heuristically) topic of "Plants and Animals Adapt to Change and Depend on One Another and Their Environments"  Students will be reading and researching about various ecosystems and/or animal groups.  Then they will create a power point slide show to share with their classmates.  We will also be working on vocabulary and fluency with a few fun Reader's Theaters. 4th Grade:  our group will be extending the Science curriculum with research related to the Solar System, Planets and other a...