Plan...Collaborate...Create...Reflect

Extended Learning Program

Monday, September 20, 2010

5th Grade ELP Applications Due Sept 30th!

We are getting started with ELP and can't wait for 5th grade to join us! See you soon!

Russian Alphabet Video Links

These are links to some videos for my Independent Study group that is learning Russian. You will not be able to play most of these at school, but can use them to study at home.

Russian Letters with Pronunciations

Russian Letters with English Equivalents

An Alphabet Song from Russian Sesame Street

A Russian Alphabet Song with a Mustached Dancer

Have Fun!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Welcome Back!

Welcome back GBS Bobcats and families!

       ELP sign ups are under way! Applications are available by the gym, on the Student of the Month board. 

    Don't forget! All applications are due by September 9th!
Come see Ms. C or email me at mcullinan@conval.edu with any questions or concerns.

There are lots of great ELP classes to choose from this fall...

Costume Design and Advanced Costume Design
In this class, students learn to design and create costumes. 
No previous sewing experience required!
Returning costume designers will learning more about fashion design
and using patterns. Later in the year we will costume a play and put on a fashion show. Here's a link to some costume designers at work.

Magazine
Students create and publish The Bobcat's Meow, our student run online magazine.
This year we'll be putting out print editions, too! Click on the link to see it!

Script Writing
The script writers work collaboratively to create a play that will be performed by the GBS Drama Club in the Spring! This is a 1/2 year course.

Improv and Public Speaking
Recycled Talent, our GBS improv team, creates and performs the announcements every day.
We also do improvisational comedy shows and have fun! Here's a video, containing one of our performances ( near the end)!

Griffins' Nest
This is our AES/GBS collaboration, in which GBS students partner with an AES student to play games, provide rolemodeling and learn about leadership and communication skills.Check it out here and here!

NEW CLASSES!

Greek Mythology
This is a half year class, exploring Greek myths and learning about the gods, goddesses, monsters, heroes and all of the comedy and drama of Greek myths and epic stories!
While you are waiting, you can learn something at this website!


Independent Study
If you have a passion about something, and want to learn about it, Independent Study is for you! 
You can choose to learn about anything you are interested in. Ms. C will help you get resources, and come up with an end product showing what you have learned.

Lego Robotics
Here's a link to the official site, which can give you a taste of what Lego Robotics is.
The site is for Lego Mindstorms, but we'll be using Lego Robolab software to program our robots, as it is requires more planning and learning.