3rd grade is studying inheritance and traits in science. Students are learning how genes and traits are passed from parent to offspring, and how traits can have variations.
Following a “code” from each parent, students created creatures that had the designated traits that were inherited by their offspring.
Kindergarten and first grade students built tables with Keva Planks after reading Our Table by Peter H. Reynolds.
In Art Integration, 2nd grade students practiced place value by choosing a 3 digit number to create visually. They used large circles for hundreds, medium circles for tens, and small circles for ones. Then they took turns identifying each other's chosen number by sharing their art.
Second graders created balance structures during Library.
AND....we announced our 2024 musical! May 10th and 11th, Eugene Field A+ will present Beauty and the Beast Jr.
5th graders who participated in last year's musical had the opportunity to participate in a workshop with two actors from the touring cast of Aladdin.
Last night the 4th and 5th grade students presented their winter concert, From Darkness Into Light.
It was an incredible night filled with music, dance, poetry, and visual art.
🎶🎤🖤🤍🎶🎤🖤🤍🎶🎤
1st graders are working on strength and balance during P.E. stations.
Some of our current eagles supported a few of our EFA+ alumni (Brayden Cambier, Ella Cambier, Luke Shrek) who performed in Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief.
The students in 103 learned about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Students designed and created their own balloon floats...and then had a parade!
3rd graders are working on STEM activities in Library.
5th graders reviewed using prepositional words and phrases in their writing and incorporated an element of drama using tableau. 
5th graders reviewed using prepositional words and phrases in their writing and incorporated an element of drama using tableau. 
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!
