Proud moments at GHS
Yet another reason to love living in Goochland County! These teachers and children are incredible – look at that pride! Check it out: GHS Blog Mrs. Grigg’s Blog Mrs. Parker’s Blog
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The Importance of 4-H – Especially with Girls!
Read it here! By Alyssa Morones on January 15, 2014 5:35 PM By guest blogger Alyssa Morones Developing a formula for effective out-of-school programs is no easy task. The 4-H organization, though,...
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Here’s a great post on it! The students love it! Check out this video. And . . . a bit more!
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Stuart Little – ODOB: One of the COOLEST things EVER!
So here’s why we do it - Picture an entire community embracing the same book. The conversation among students and teachers and parents spreads out to include other members of the community – within...
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How Boys Learn – Read on . . .
Check out these articles on how BOYS learn differently than GIRLS. How Boys and Girls Learn DIfferently What’s the Problem with School? How Boys Learn Really informative articles. Please read and...
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Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes
by Hunter Maats and Katie O’Brien (Edutopia) (Good for the home, too.) SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes MARCH 20, 2014 Photo credit: Paolo Camera via flickr (CC BY...
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Meet and Greet . . .
singing (yes, singing in 4th grade!), fire drills, marshmallow team-building, and even more “Compass” singing. Yes, we did learn a lot today about patterns, scientific investigations, and friends....
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Compass and Buckets of Water
This has been an incredible first week. Students are learning my expectations as well as figuring out how to set and reach their own goals. It’s pretty complex when you think about it. Being 9 or 10...
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Friday – ahhhh
Just another incredible day of singing, learning, discussing music as literacy, taking a geometry test, being friends, problem solving, exercising, organizing ourselves, getting recorders for the first...
View ArticleRoadrunner on the Run
SO – - – - We tied with Ms. Abbott’s class for highest participation! YAY! EXTRA RECESS! Thank you for your support! Remember to send out those emails so the donations will start to arrive! Times for...
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Feel free to read it here. By Megan Wallgren: Once, I walked out of the store without giving into my child’s tantrum for a cookie. A woman stopped me in the parking lot and told me I was the …...
View Article11.10-11.14
Mark Your Calendars~ 11/11 Veteran’s Day Assembly 8:30 AM – WEAR RED, WHITE, and BLUE 11/18 Steve Cotler: Cheesie Mack Author Visit – see earlier post about ordering books 11/26-11/28 Wednesday -Friday...
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Living Wax Museum – STEAMing learning
The 4th graders at RES have spent a couple of weeks learning about Famous Black Americans. Students researched a favorite Famous Black American, collaborated with peers and teachers discussing and...
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Food for Thought . . . .
Here’s a read for you. The Impact of Technology on Curiosity by Terry Heick Curiosity is the “complex feeling and cognition that accompanies a desire to learn what is unknown,” according to Min Jeong...
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So much is going on as we wrap up for the end of the school year. Testing wise - First grade through Fifth have completed their MAPS testing. Kindergarten through Second is finishing up the PALS...
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Partners in the Arts – Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Vaughan Mr. Camden & 4th Grade
We were honored to be asked to participate in a collegial partnership with Mrs. Edmonds, Mrs. Vaughan, and Mr. David Camden this spring. RES was awarded a grant that allowed for our students to share...
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