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3rd-grade semantic gradients
Clutter Mess Disorder Confusion Destruction Chaos Semantic gradients are a great way to deepen students' understanding of related words! Today, 3rd-grade readers warmed up their brains by trying to organize words from the least amount to the greatest amount of "disorder", one of our newest vocabulary words. We even tossed in a few antonyms at the end to enrich our discussion! #eeslegends #GreenbrierProud
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Goal setting!
Our Eastside Legends have waited all year for this moment! They have been reflecting on their learning this week and setting their goal for their end of year testing that starts next week for Grades k through 3rd grade! Student self reflection is a huge component of what we do at Eastside to build student self efficacy! We are so proud of all their powerful growth and can’t wait to see how they rock that test and GLOW! #eeslegends #GreenbrierProud
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Test Bash 2023!
The test bash was truly one for the books!! These kids are ready to GLOW! So many people to thank! Thank you Coach BJ for your powerful speech! Thank you Mr. Michael Davis for running sound! Thank you Matt Stell for the inspiring words! Thank you Mr. Rodgers for letting us borrow the fog machine! Thank you Jessica Farris for choreographing the dance! Thank you Greenbrier Band for pumping us up! #eeslegends #GreenbrierProud
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Sunshiny Day!
2nd grade is working on adding and subtracting within 1,000. To mix things up, Mrs. Suarez’ class went outside and used chalk to solve some math problems! They used number lines, base 10 blocks and even the standard algorithm to regroup when subtracting.
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Kindergarten Registration is coming!
📣We are excited to meet our incoming KINDERGARTENERS and their families. We will be holding kindergarten registration on April 11th from 4-6! To prepare, families new to our building can gather a few things that will ensure you complete your registration: ▪️a copy of your child’s birth certificate (We can make the copy for you if need) ▪️a copy of your child’s social security card ▪️2️⃣ proofs of residency in the EES zone (Drivers license may serve as one form of proof.) ▪️your child’s most recent physical and up to date shot records If you are still awaiting shot records, the 5 year checkup, or have any other issues, we can help! Come by that evening so we can get you registered and in our kindergarten numbers. Please share this post to pass the info along to others in our school community!
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Book Fair is coming!
Book Fair is coming on March 13th! You can visit Eastside to purchase books with your kiddo, send cash, or put money in an e-wallet! Scan the QR code to learn more!
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Dr. Seuss Guest Readers
Eastside celebrated Dr. Seuss's Read Across America by inviting several of our community members, businesses, and district staff to read to our classrooms! Students were able to make a reading connection to future careers!
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Continuing Education Partners
Dr. Treadway from Arkansas Tech and Ms. Hardnett from Arkansas Department of Education OERZ came to observe a guiding coalition meeting and ask questions about how our district supports novice teachers! We love to help our partners in continuing education prepare future teacher leaders!
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Data Binders
All students at Eastside have data binders! Throughout the year, they conference with their teacher, graph their growth, and celebrate. These kindergarten kids from Mrs. Berry’s class can’t wait to share their growth with their families at conferences on Thursday. We hope to see everyone there!
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Roots and their meaning
Did you know math teachers even teach reading? Mrs. Parker, 5th-grade math teacher, was working with her group of word study students on a new word part! Today they were learning about the word part dem. After brainstorming words with that part, they had to decide if it meant “people”.
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K-5 Music
K-5 Music Classes this week have been learning about the Lunar New Year. They have learned about traditions around the New Year, instruments specific to Asian countries, and have learned how to sing and dance to several Lunar New Year songs. Here you can see them performing a traditional Lunar New Year fan dance with fans they made themselves. The video shows them playing a traditional Japanese game called "Se, Se,Se." Can you guess what the game would be in English?
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C and K rules!
Kindergarten was learning about the letter k and the phoneme /k/! They have already learned that the letter c can also make the /k/ sound. The teachers were introducing that letters a, o, and u often come before c with the cat graphic and letters e and i often come before k with the kite graphic! The c and k rule is important when spelling words that begin with the /k/ sound!
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4th grade energy!
4th grade scientists tested out what they’ve been learning in class - How does the speed of an object affect how far it travels? Using a race car and ramp, students released the car from different heights and measured the distance they traveled. They identified patterns and made a conclusion. What they learned in class about potential and kinetic energy was proven!
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Sign of the Beaver
3rd grade readers in Mrs. Salazar's class tried their hand at bartering goods to survive in the wilderness! Each team had to strategize together and discuss with other teams to make wise trading choices on their quest to secure food, clothing, and shelter. This hands-on experience built background knowledge to prepare them for our new extended text, "The Sign of the Beaver."
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Winner, Winner!
Noah won Bonnie Plant’s 3rd Grade Cabbage contest for the state of Arkansas this past year! Check out her cabbage! Her teacher, Mrs. Salazar led this project, and Noah was selected as the winner and received a $1,000 scholarship!
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Read Aloud with Mrs. Lane
Read Aloud is one very important part of our literacy block each day! This is a time used for leaning new vocabulary and background knowledge! Mrs. Lane’s class is reading, What Would You Do With Animal Teeth? They will use their new new knowledge of animal teeth to create an animal power suit! #eeslegends #GreenbrierProud
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Highly Effective Schools Accreditation
Greenbrier Eastside Elementary School announced today that it has earned Highly Effective Schools Accreditation from Solution Tree. This accreditation is a significant achievement that reflects Greenbrier Eastside Elementary School’s commitment to reaching and maintaining the highest levels of educational quality. Greenbrier Eastside Elementary School earned this accreditation by maintaining and growing identified areas having the biggest impact on student learning and growth. These areas are directly aligned to the Professional Learning Communities at Work® (PLC) process and the High Reliability SchoolsTM (HRS) framework. PLCs are schools and districts that recognize the key to improved learning for students is ongoing, job-embedded professional learning for educators. The 3 Big Ideas of the PLC at Work process call upon educators to: (1) focus on learning, (2) build a collaborative culture, and (3) create a results orientation. The complementary HRS framework serves as a long-term strategic planning tool that guides school improvement in five key areas: 1. Safe, Supportive, and Collaborative Culture 2. Effective Teaching in Every Classroom 3. Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum 4. Standards-Referenced Reporting 5. Competency-Based Education Cameron L. Rains, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for Solution Tree and co-author of Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability SchoolsTM: Cultures of Continuous Learning, explained, “In order to receive Highly Effective Schools Accreditation, schools must put a laser-like focus on the things that really matter and make a difference for students. We commend Greenbrier Eastside Elementary School for achieving this designation and for going the extra mile for the learners they serve.”
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
5th grade students have spent the beginning of the week building background knowledge for their upcoming novel, Island of the Blue Dolphins. On the first day, students had to build a canoe or raft to gain understanding of what the main character will face throughout the story. The background knowledge continued to be built when the students read the true story of the Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island, who Island of the Blue Dolphins was based on. The students used the instruction strategy JigSaw to make inferences and identify the main idea and supporting details. They made collaborative posters with their home groups to teach the new information to their peers! It’s been a jam packed few days of learning!!!!!
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Theme Song
Ms. Martinez and her class are exploring Theme! It has been a focus recently and today they put their skills to work! Students where given a theme and they had to write lyrics to describe it! Last they had to choose a song to perform their lyrics to! Tomorrow the other groups will try to guess the theme based on the performance! #eeslegends #GreenbrierProud
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Phonics with Ms. Dather
🔦Ms. Dather’s second graders are learning about the trigraph igh! They were using flashlights to find pictures around the room that used igh in the spelling! After finding each picture they had to dictate the spelling in their phonics notebook!
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