Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Search Engine

What a find!  A search engine that will be perfect for our students.

Duck Duck Go

Veterans' Program

A thank you to our veterans and GES families for attending the 4th and 5th grade "Salute to Veterans" program.

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" - Maya Angelou





Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Thanksgiving Sites

http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/thanksgiving

4th Grade is Sailing to the New World

4th Grade is Sailing to the New World - Animoto

Thanks to Sydney and McKenzie (aka Lou)   :)

Monday, November 12, 2012

Hosting the Quarterfinals!

GES is proud of our football team! Fireworks.. Let the game begin! Final score: GHS -14-  South Pitt -13 .. Go Blue!

6th Grade Science Glogs

Taylor: Riley:

Friday, November 9, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012

Tiger Tracks

Thank you to the students, parents, and community for supporting our Tiger Tracks Walkathon.  $29,000.00!!!!!!

TOP TEN 
 Ready for the limo ride!


 Mrs. Williams... a good attitude after the 'pie' was thrown!
 One pie for Mr. Vaden!

 A room filled with blue!




Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Candy Time!

I know how chocolate will be enjoyed tomorrow night!  Watch the video clips from Hershey's to learn  the process from cacao seeds to the Hershey's candy bar.

Rubrics

Creating a rubric for our glogs is now as easy as a few clicks.. and takes less than 2 minutes! This free site is a time saver for teachers:

Rubistar

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Tiger's Den


The scavenger hunt assignment:
On the hunt!







Mission Accomplished!


Thursday, October 18, 2012

Tiger Tracks

GES students have enjoyed participating in Tiger Tracks Dress Up Week.
Monday:  Pajama Day
Tuesday:  Crazy hat/sock Day
Wednesday:  Neon Day
Today:  By this photo, we can determine it was Crazy Mix Match Day here!!


And for Friday:









We love our blue and white!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Tiger's Den

Tiger's Den participants,
Click on the following link:

Brain Child

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Typing Site

Typing Pal

Click on "Existing User" and type in username/password

Storybird

Third grade students,
Click on the following link:

Storybird

Your topic is PETS

Remember your story elements.

Have fun creating!!!!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Second Grade Picture

http://boston.com/bigpicture



Second Grade Students,
Examine the picture and determine:
  1. who
  2. what 
  3. when
  4. where
  5. why


Type your answers in Microsoft Word
  • use bullets
  • blue font
  • font size- 24



Thursday, September 27, 2012

Stellaluna

First grade students,
Click on the following link and listen to the story.

http://www.storylineonline.net/stellaluna/fullscreen_yt.html


Then, go to wallwisher and type one difference between bats and birds.

http://wallwisher.com/wall/firststellaluna

Thursday, September 20, 2012

First Grade Wall Wisher


First Grade Students,
Click on the link below:
The Rainbow Fish
Listen to the story. Put a sticky note on the wall telling something that happened in the story.

Wall Wisher

The Big Picture

Second Graders,
Look at the following picture. Using Microsoft Word, do the following:
Title in Red, size 24 font
bullets in blue...  18 font
  • Who
  • What
  • When
  • Where
  • Why
Type every noun in orange font

When you finish, Save in your folder.





www.boston.com/bigpicture



Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Title I Annual Meeting and PTO Meeting

Please make plans to attend our Title I Annual Meeting

Gordonsville Elementary 

September 12, 2012

5:30 p.m.

with a PTO meeting to follow

also....

another PTO meeting is scheduled at 3:30 p.m. 

on 

September 12, 2012