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Students in the 2nd and 3rd grade dance classes were given a 3 digit number to create at the labeled place value ballet barres. They were encouraged to pair their place values to high, medium, and low levels of ballet poses. Can you guess their numbers?
Join us next week for the PTA Meeting!
Many classes have presented informances during Drama this week.
Informances are informal productions where students are practicing performing.
Each class that presented an informance had a student audience that provided positive praise and constructive critique.
This post features 103 presenting "It's Mine!" based on the book by Leo Lionni.
5th grade Parts of Speech Review, but with chopsticks: Students demonstrated how Word Smart, People Smart, and Body Smart they are by participating in a fun relay game. They also found out those who were masters at using chopsticks!
3rd and 4th Grade Students enjoyed a field trip to hear the South Dakota Symphony perform The Carnival of Animals while also meeting some friends from the Great Plains Zoo.
Students from Patrick Henry Middle School visited EFA+ to perform today. We heard from the orchestra, band, show choir, and jazz band. We saw many former eagles and felt so proud of them!
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We love celebrating our former Eagles as they continue to perform.
This group of EFA+ alumni recently performed in The Little Mermaid Jr. at Whittier Middle School.
Congratulations to our EFA+ students who placed 1st in PTA Reflections! Their entires will move on to the national competition.
1st place winners and their categories:
Film Production- Award of Excellence
Primary: Charlie Weerheim
Music Composition - Award of Excellence
Intermediate: Malena Clementson
Photography - Award of Excellence
Primary: Kenley Wynthein
Today our students participated in the SmART Bowl!
We appreciate the many volunteers who joined us to help our students test their knowledge and raise funds for our school.
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Plans are in the works for SFSD students and staff to bring electronic devices home over the weekend in the event that winter weather presents challenges on Monday. Refresh your memory now about the new remote learning plan by using the QR code on the image. We'll keep you posted if there are any schedule changes for Monday.
K01 celebrated World Down Syndrome Day today by wearing mismatched socks, reading a book about celebrating our differences, and learning about a classmate’s sibling!
In MI Exchange, students learned about Georgia O'Keeffe, and created an artist trading card inspired by her style of close up abstraction.
EFA+ is participating in Everybody Reads! We are tracking our reading to help reach the community goal of 300,000 books!
Click the link to learn more:
https://www.siouxlandlib.org/programs-and-education/all-ages-reading-programs/everybody-reads
First grade is beginning their new science unit on Earth. They worked as sky scientists this week. They went outside and made observations of the sky and then labeled their drawings.
Congratulations to these former EFA+ Eagles for being honored as Students of the Month at Whittier Middle School!
By the end of first grade, students should be able to read and write their numbers to 120. In honor of this, 103 celebrated the 120th day of school, which was on Monday. Students participated in people, self, nature, word, math, and art smart rotations.
The 5th graders have been preparing all year for the Monologue Museum. Tuesday evening they acted as museum docents and presented their collections to the art show guests.
Last week we welcomed future eagles into the nest at Kindergarten registration!
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