Mystery #1
The Secret Ingredient
Mr. Schmidt is missing. Someone wants information from him. Can you solve the mystery? This begins Monday, May 11th.
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Mr. Schmidt's Bed Time Stories
Every night for the duration of the quarantine. I will be reading bedtime stories to students on Youtube live at 7:00pm. Join in on the reading. I'll be starting with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Wednesday April 15th. For anyone who cares to listen!
Click on the link below to follow the stories:
and for those following along here is a study guide for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. http://www.cslewis.org/resources/studyguides/LWW%20study%20guide.pdf
The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe movie version
Now that we finished the first book you can go watch the movie!
Student Projects!
Solving the Cube
One of my first grade students challenged himself to solve the 2X2 cube! Whoo hoo! He succeeded
Grayson made a cardboard tv!
What are you going to make from cardboard?
Take the Cardboard Challenge
"Hey you found me!"
That is great! I'll be missing all your smiling faces and inquiring minds the next few weeks. I'll be updating and adding to this site over the next couple of weeks. I'll post projects and ideas you can try your hands at! maybe even a few videos!
Please click the links above to find all sorts of fun activities I have shared.
Mr. Schmidt
The Inquiry Center in the Primary Building is in room 178. The Inquiry Teacher is Mr. Schmidt and has been with the district for over 25 years. Mr. Schmidt services 1st through 3rd grade students. He travels between the Early Childhood School and the Primary School. In the Inquiry Center in grades 1st-3rd is mainly a pullout program with classes running from 4-8 weeks. Classes cover topics about art, math, science, literature and technology. Each year the Inquiry teachers look to add new and exciting offerings for the students. Course participation is based on teacher recommendations to the Inquiry teacher. In 2015 Victor Primary School was designated an Imagination Chapter and participates annually in the International Cardboard Challenge in October.
The following Goals shape Inquiry offerings:
- Inquiry offerings are called Explorations and are designed to develop creative and critical thinkers.
- Explorations will provide various types of STEAMS enrichment opportunities for students while maintaining flexibility in programming.
- Students who engage in Explorations will demonstrate above-average ability, task commitment and creativity.
- Offerings are through a push-in and/or pull out model.
- Explorations will be designed to be flexible and supportive to teachers’ individual classroom needs.
HOW DOES MY CHILD PARTICIPATE IN THE INQUIRY PROGRAM?
Teachers select one (sometimes 2) students for each Inquiry Exploration that is offered.
For each course there are specific criteria but overall, we want students to be INTERESTED, COMMITTED, and CREATIVE.
Classroom teachers select students based on these criteria and the student’s schedule.
It's helpful to let the classroom teacher know about your child's interests.
What is STEAM?
Victor Central School’s Inquiry Program begins with the whole child. We are proud to nurture these traits and attitudes in all students.
The Victor Central School District incorporates the tenets of the School-wide Enrichment Model into its Inquiry Program.
The following Goals shape Inquiry offerings:
* Inquiry offerings are called Explorations and are designed to develop creative and critical thinkers.
* Explorations provide various types of STEAMS enrichment opportunities for students while maintaining flexibility in programming.
* Students who engage in Explorations will demonstrate above-average ability, task commitment and creativity.
Renzuilli's Enrichment Model
