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  • Whatever It Takes Award

    Our November Whatever it Takes recipient has served the Greenbrier School District and Eastside Elementary as a speech language pathologist for over 27 years. She holds students to high expectations and supports them both in the therapeutic setting, as well as the classroom setting. Her plethora of knowledge on language and articulation is particularly crucial for our youngest learners in ensuring they have the foundational skills necessary for reading and writing. One of the many reasons Ms. Elisha Strick is deserving of our recognition is because she advocates for her students and their growth every day. Recently, she dressed up as a pirate for a few weeks in honor of “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” and students practiced many of their speech and language skills wearing eye patches and giving their best pirate impression. Students all over the building wanted to go to speech so they could participate in the fun! She even read to kindergarten classes in full pirate attire! In addition to her services to students, Ms. Strick serves the staff at Eastside Elementary in a number of ways. She is a leader in the Special Services department, helping support newer special education teachers with paperwork and timelines. She also assists on the Sunshine Committee and with staff celebrations. Ms. Strick is a key member of the Eastside crew and certainly helps us build a legacy with our students! We are proud to present her with our November Whatever It Takes award.

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  • Coteaching Model

    Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Aitchison were trying out a coteaching strategy called parallel teaching! This is where the class is split into two parts and each teacher teaches one-half!  With this strategy, teachers can work with a smaller number of students, clarify misconceptions, and extend student's thinking based on individual needs.  

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  • A Boy Called Bat

    Many of our students in 2nd-5th grades are in a building-wide book study during PROWL and they are loving it! Sometimes students read independently, out loud to the whole group, or with a reading partner. Lately, they just like to read ahead!😅 Our book is called A Boy Called Bat, which is a story about a third-grader who becomes fascinated with an orphaned skunk and wages a campaign to convince his veterinarian mom that their family should care for the animal until it can be released to the wild. Bixby Alexander Tam, also known as “Bat”, is on the autism spectrum and while he is extraordinary, his experiences and emotions are quite ordinary and relatable. If your 2nd-5th grader is in the PROWL group in the inside recess building, be sure to ask them about their book study! 📖

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  • Math Chat

    Mrs. Farris’ third-graders used a strategy called Math Chat to solve an application problem today, followed by some carpet time where students explained and compared their solutions.

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  • Internet Safety Night

     Please make plans to join us for this very important educational night!

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  • 5th grade Mathlympics

    Mrs. Parker and her 5th-grade mathematicians had opening ceremonies for the annual EES Mathlympics! Students will begin competing in events to test their math knowledge! Make sure your 5th grader comes to school because they won’t want to miss it!

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  • Attention Getting Narratives

    We’re HOOKING readers in our narratives! Fourth-grade literacy is learning the magic behind grabbing a reader's attention by picking a strong hook that gets the reader to want to read what we have to say! Students researched various topics and had to analyze and decide which hook was the strongest and most attention-getting. Then we had a rich discussion on why we choose certain hooks over others!

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  • Porridge Tasting

    Mrs. Graham’s class tasted porridge and used the experience in their writing! The only background knowledge of porridge they had was from Goldilocks so this experience really unlocked their 5 senses!

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  • PROWL howl!

    Did you know PROWL is one of THE MOST important times of the day for our students? Pictured are kindergarteners learning to blend sounds into whole words, second graders practicing different short vowel sounds and blends (when two graphemes together blend into a different sound), and fourth graders syllabicating multi syllable words. These literacy interventions build students into stronger readers in a small group environment with immediate feedback. PROWL starts at 7:45 each morning, so get your kiddos here on time so we can GROW! #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud

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  • Sarah, Plain and Tall

    Mrs. McWilliams and Mrs. Revels hooked their 3rd-grade learners into their new read-aloud, Sarah, Plain and Tall by dressing in accordance with the era! Students also got to experience making butter the old-fashioned way, by shaking heavy cream in a jar! #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud

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  • Stay Tuned!

    Thank you to First Security Bank for their generous donation and reinvestment in our community! Stay tuned for BIG NEWS about an upcoming student wellness program coming to Eastside!🤩 #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud

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  • Unplugged Take 2!

    Guess what’s BACK! Eastside Unplugged round 2️⃣ is coming at you on Monday!🤩 You do NOT want your child to miss this. This time is even better because we want to challenge YOU to join us by staying unplugged AFTER school. Please share photos with us of your family enjoying some quality time together on Monday and use our hashtag in your post #EESlegacy for a chance to win ❗️2 TICKETS TO URBAN AIR❗️next week. Your child must be present on Monday for Unplugged Day and Tuesday for the drawing to win. Let’s do this!😁 #GreenbrierProud

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  • TAG Guest Speaker Through Zoom

    5th grade TAG students had the opportunity to be on a ZOOM call with Michelle Rathgaber, an Archeologist from the Arkansas Archaeological Survey! We learned about what archaeologists do and artifacts found in Arkansas that tell about the history of our state. What an awesome experience! #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud

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  • Fun Friday Clubs

    Every other Friday we have Fun Friday Club Day! Students selected from a variety of club options and were able to form connections with adults in the building who might not be one of their teachers but can teach them about something they are interested in! #EESlegacy #greenbrierproud

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  • 4th grade dialogue

    Ms. Martinez’s fourth-grade literacy is learning all about dialogue…with a nice view and great weather! Students are learning how to correctly punctuate dialogue depending on where the speaker tag is in the sentence. With enough practice, students will potentially build the confidence to use dialogue more in their writing prompts! #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud

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  • Eastside goes unplugged!

    Eastside Unplugged goes unplugged and we are so excited! Research reveals correlations between excessive screen time and dysregulation, lower levels of cognition, and depressive symptoms in children. It is our mission to raise awareness of the impact of excessive screen time by promoting healthy habits for our students, including "unplugging" and spending time engaged with peers doing hands-on activities. We promise to value your child's brain development and be an advocate for their growth! Stay tuned for updates tomorrow on all the exciting learning taking place.

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  • Compass of the Week

    Mrs. Daniels passed the Compass of the week to Mrs. Hogg! She said, "National Geographic describes a compass as one of the most important instruments for navigation. Our school could not stay on course without Mrs.Hogg. She provides the students and the teachers with tools that help us all navigate calm and rough waters. Mrs. Hogg spreads kindness and compassion like confetti!! Eastside is blessed to have her as our school counselor." #EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud

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  • Tops and Bottoms

    Students in kindergarten learn the parts of a plant and first grade builds on that by learning the function of each part. 🌱 Mrs. Lane hooked her students into their plant unit with Tops and Bottoms and a celery experiment. Students are already predicting that the leaves are turning the color of the water because the water is somehow traveling up the stem! 👩🏻‍🔬

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  • 2nd grade 'hooked' on Charolette's Web!

    2nd grade teachers ‘hooked’ their students into their new read aloud, Charlotte’s Web! As they enjoy this read aloud they will also be learning story elements and key vocabulary!#EESlegacy #GreenbrierProud #TLAP

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  • New School Resource Officer

    Y'all! If you haven't heard yet, we were blessed this year with OUR VERY OWN SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER! 🎉Students are already used to seeing Officer Poindexter around school but we wanted to officially welcome her to Eastside!! If you see her around say hello! 👋

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