Second graders used their Body Smarts and Art Smarts to build 3D shapes to help better understand vertices and edges. The marshmallows represent the vertices and the toothpicks represent the edges of the 3D shape.
Please join us for our All School Art Show on Thursday, November 30th from 6-7pm.
Every EFA+ student will have art on display!
103 recently finished their life science unit. Then they presented their aquarium exhibits and models. Their models showed how animals use structures to defend themselves from predators.
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The students in CLC (our EFA+ after school program in conjunction with The Boys & Girls Club) performed a play called, The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
The EFA+ CLC students were the performers and the director, Mr. Will is a former EFA+ student.
Students in 201 have been learning to tell time on analog clocks. They were presented with a challenge to work as a group to build a clock using the following materials: numbers 1-12, minute hand, hour hand, and 60 cubes (12 colors—5 cubes of each color).
They went through the process of creating & presenting why they built their clocks they way they did.
Then they were given another challenge. To use the cubes to represent something specific on the clock. They needed to observe the analog clocks in the classroom & noticed the small lines that went around the clock.
With small group and whole group discussions they were able to determine the 60 lines around the clock represent minutes & the numbers on the clock represent hours.
The students were able to work together to figure out that the 5 cubes of each color represent the 5 lines from each number around the clock. This helped them understand why we count by fives when telling time on an analog clock. They did a wonderful job working collaboratively and had great discussions.
While their goal is to be able to write and tell time to the nearest 5 minutes, many have began to understand telling time to the minute!
Intermediate students enjoyed mixing and mingling in this partner dance called, “Sasha”. They also learned how to count to 3 in Russian singing, “raz, dva, tre!”
Second graders have been learning about plant systems in science.
Thanks to Mrs. Weber EFA+ has an amazing nature area for students to experience plants close up.
During their visit to the Nature Gallery, students observed the different types of leaves plants can have!
Planning Ahead! If your current 5th grader is involved in Gifted Education at their SFSD Elementary, join us tonight from 6-7pm at Patrick Henry Middle School to learn more about the Middle School Honors Program!
Happy Veterans Day!
A+ learning is a life long endeavor! Each year Mrs. Laura leads a staff chorus that performs at the 4th and 5th grade concert. This year the staff chorus will feature soloists.
2nd graders read “Bink & Gollie”, then they acted out the problems and solutions from the story.
4th graders have been having fun learning about complete circuits with Makey Makey in Library.
Second graders used their Body Smarts and Art Smarts to build 3D shapes to help better understand vertices and edges.
The marshmallows represent vertices and the toothpicks represent the edges of the 3D shape.
We had a wonderful time celebrating reaching our Fun Run goal with magician, Travis Nye.
First graders in 102 perform their Tableaus for Making Meaning.
Their goal was to showcase 5 different scenes from the book ‘When the Cousins Came!’
Kindergarten & 1st grade students love to bring stories to life using dance. They compared the book, The Three Little Fish & the Big Bad Shark to The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf and created dances to tell the stories.
Remember when we shared that a community member donated pumpkins for our K-3 students?
Students in 201 used their pumpkins for A+ learning!
First they learned about the artist Yayoi Kusama and read the book “Gustavo, the Shy Ghost”.
They made text to self connections and wrote about something they do that makes them “glow”.
Yayoi Kusuma often used pumpkins in her artwork and considered the pumpkin as a symbol of childhood.
She used dots represent infinity.
The class discussed the meaning of infinity and how they can connect that to continuously looking for the positive things that make them "glow”.
They wrote about what makes them glow, and used that as inspiration for their pumpkin painting. They also used dots as a nod to Yayoi Kusama's style.
If that isn't all fun enough, their paint was glow in the dark.
It’s no surprise that many students wrote about Art, Nature, and Body Smarts as things they make them "glow".
The culminating Art Integration project for our 5th graders is The Monologue Museum.
Each 5th grader chooses a notable figure to learn about throughout the year. They also create a series of art projects inspired by the person.
They will present their collection of art, and perform their monologue based on their research at the spring art show.
