ELP Mo. Valley

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...

"The Lorax" with Penelope, Kinley and LeeAnn and Mrs. Dickinson "Oh, the Places You'll Go" with Jasmine, Emily and Angel "The Butter Battle Book" with Carter and Claire More of "The Lorax" with Mrs. Straight too : )

Theodor Geisel was his given name.  Being Dr. Seuss brought him great fame..... In honor of Dr. Seuss and his lessons, wit and literary contributions, the Middle School ELP students will be sharing revised versions of some of Dr. Seuss' best loved children's book.  The students created or adapted versions of  Reader's Theaters and will be sharing at the MV Elementary on Thursday, March 13th.   Our objectives have been oral fluency, phrasing and prosodic elements (pitch, tone, inflection).  While Dr. Seuss may seem a bit "young" for Middle School students, we are learning his use of rhyming, alliteration and non-sense words can make for some tricky articulation.   We began our lesson with a choral reading of "Fox in Socks"-----not as easy as it sounds.  Give it a try, if you don't believe us : ) Please check the blog later in the week for photos and short video clips of our readers.  You can also find tid-bits on the Missouri Va...