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'Y' swatter!
1st graders were learning the phonics rule for when to use a y for a long i sound! Mrs. Berry committed this sound to memory by having students listen for words that ended with the long i sound. When they heard a word that followed the pattern they would swat their ‘fly’ with their ‘y’ swatter!
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Veteran's Day
We were able to celebrate some special people who served in the military. Thank you Colonel John Tate for speaking to our students and guests about responsibility and integrity! Gracie, Meadow, and Anna authored some heartfelt words of appreciation that they shared with our guests and the Eastside Entertainers put on a show! We concluded the morning with a parade of heroes!
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Whatever It Takes Award
For our October Whatever It Takes award, we want to show specific appreciation to an important staff member of Eastside Elementary School. “Ms. Stacey” is an exemplar of calm, focused, positive support for young learners experiencing difficulty with self regulation. She serves as their guide, model, counselor, instructional aide, and confidant. The love and support she has poured into Eastside students for the last few years has resulted in many students becoming successful learners and leaders. Her empathy shines through some of the most challenging moments with students and has led to teachers and other staff being more thoughtful in how they interact with students when they are not “learning ready”. Mrs. Kinsman has enhanced a culture of kindness and high expectations for staff and students at Eastside. Her legacy will have a long term impact on our school! We are #GreenbrierProud to present her with the October Whatever It Takes award.
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Coteaching with Mrs. Daniels
🔦 This week Mrs. Daniels, our library media specialist, is coteaching with kindergarten! She is focusing on shadows! Students got to listen to a story about how shadows are made and then got to experiment! #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud
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Kindergarten 50's day!
50 days of school means 50's day in kindergarten! We are so proud of all the progress our kindergarten teachers and students have made thus far!
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day!
September 19th was International Talk Like a Pirate Day! So Mrs. Strick and students have been working on story elements, following directions, vocabulary, rhyming, sentence, structure, and grammar. Today the students participated in following directions and looking for a treasure chest through the school. It was so much fun! #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud
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Goal Getters!
Mrs. Burcham’s 2nd grade class got to RING THE BELL last week after reaching their class goal! 🔔 94% of her students can officially read multisyllable words with short vowel sounds fluently! This is a very important skill for the rest of their year as they begin to transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn” and we were so excited to cheer them on for their hard work!👏🏻 #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud
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Laban's 8 Themes of Movement
Kindergarten and 1st-grade students are working through Laban's 8 themes of movement in Mrs. Wickless' music class. Rudolph Laban was a Hungarian-born dancer who studied human movement and inspired several generations of dancers and educators. He summed up movement into 4 major categories- space, body, relationship, and effort. Students tried Paper Plate Balancing while listening to different types of music this week to discover how they could move individual parts and not just their whole body. They played a game where they had to balance on different parts and move around but when their plate fell, they had to freeze and wait for someone else to come and give them their plate back and then balance it somewhere new.
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Character Kids!
These students were selected as our Character Kids of the Month for showing Heart! Each month, students and staff focus on a character word and students are chosen for leaving their Eastside Legacy!
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Relay Run of the Week
From Mrs. Revels, "Change is uncomfortable. But, it is when we are uncomfortable we see ourselves grow. This teacher has embraced a new role this year that has been out of her comfort zone to say the least. It has been challenging, but she has, and continues to put in the work with a smile and a grateful heart. She has truly taken the baton and ran this year in her new role. Paulo Coehlo said, 'When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.” This week, it is my pleasure to pass the Relay Run of the Week baton to Mrs. Berry."
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Prideopoly
Did you know that children can suffer academically if they miss 10 percent of the school year? That’s just 16 days or 2 to 3 days a month. And that can add up before you know it. Eastside Elementary is working to give a renewed push to get all kids to school—on time, every day. This year students will earn a square on their PRIDEOPOLY game board for each day their class has 95% percent of students present. After 5 squares have been earned, the class will get to move their game piece to the next incentive! We are so excited to reward students for coming to school!
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Ms. Martinez and her 4th graders kicked off their first read aloud of the year, Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing! The setting is New York City so they went on a virtual tour to gain background knowledge! #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud
