These creative 4th graders created Nature Art in the fresh snow!
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Mark your calendar! One month from today is our All School Art Show and 5th Grade Monologue Museum
3rd grade is learning about survival and variations in traits. The students got to do an experiment with “humming bird beaks” and collecting nectar. Each "beak" had a different variation that may have created a challenge to collect enough nectar. Each student had 1 minute to collect as much nectar as they could with their chosen beak.
Yesterday EFA+ students learned about Wassily Kandinsky and Arnold Schoenberg during MI Exchange.
Kandinsky was a painter and Schoenberg was a composer.
Kandinsky experienced a neurological phenomenon called "synesthesia"--he could "hear" color.
Schoenberg's music inspired many of Kandinsky's paintings.
Students listened to one of Schoenberg's pieces and then created an artist trading card inspired by what they heard.
Our 3rd Quarter student designed cupcake collaboration with Oh My Cupcakes! is:
Lemon Burst Man by Malia
This cupcake is made of lemon cake, lemon filling, lemon frosting, topped with gummy bears, and edible glitter!
Lemon Burst Man will be available for purchase at the Art Show on March 4th and in both Oh My Cupcakes! stores March 10th-15th.
The 2nd graders visited Oh My Cupcakes! for a bakery tour.
Miss Melissa shared the story of how she had a dream to start a cupcake business where families could come enjoy cupcakes and time together. Her dream started in her kitchen and has grown to two store fronts in Sioux Falls!
Miss McKenna and the Cupcake Ninjas gave the students a tour of the bakery kitchen. They learned about the ingredients, tools, and techniques that the Cupcake Ninjas use to keep the bakery running.
Each 2nd grader got to bring a cupcake back to school to enjoy! It was a sweet experience for everyone.
On Friday, the EFA+ students competed in the SmART Bowl!
Many volunteers from our community joined to quiz and support our students.
Thank you to our volunteers, and everyone who supported our students before the event through study help and donations!
Students in K01 learned about Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 96th birthday (January 15th).
Former EFA+ Eagle, Alex Strawn is part of the cast of "Fuddy Meers" a 2024 theater production at SDSU. "Fuddy Meers" has been selected to present at the 57th Annual Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) is a national theater program. It gives college students the opportunity to have their work critiqued, improve their dramatic skills, and receive national recognition for excellence.
Congratulations to Alex and the SDSU Theater Department!
We had our final SmARTy drawing, and here are the winners!
Tomorrow EFA+ students will participate in the SmART Bowl!
This week in Physical Education, students are learning how to play Pickleball.
5th grader practiced quoting accurately after making an inference. They took inspiration from the book “It Jes' Happened” which is about the artist Bill Traylor.
Bill Traylor was a self taught artist who began creating art at age 85. He used limited materials and simple lines and shapes, so the 5th graders did too.
3rd grade learned about Tetrominoes. They learned that “tetra” means 4, then created 5 different shapes using only 4 cubes. Using those 5 shapes they tried to figure out how to fill their page with no open spaces.
Can you hear the Tetris music?
The cast of Elf the Musical gathered for a read through today.
They will be singing loud of all to hear very soon!
In science 5th graders explored the water cycle and evaporation by analyzing salt water and fresh water.
Tonight was the 2nd Annual HeART of the City Art Show!
This show features art made out of snack wrappers and found objects inspired by LOVE.
The EFA+ 2nd and 3rd grade classes entered collaborative pieces out of found objects.
2nd grade made a low relief mosaic out of cardboard. Each student made a piece of the project and painted their piece using a color they love.
3rd grade used discarded CDs (remember those?) that were painted black, then used for engraving. The students engraved "doodles" about things they love.
A fun bonus for the evening was that the piece created by 2nd grade won "People's Choice"! Some of our 2nd grade friends were able to be there to celebrate.
Here are the "winners" of our 2nd SmARTy award drawing!
These students won a certificate to 605 Ninja.
The 3rd and final SmARTy award drawing will happen on January 15th.
Keep practicing the SmART Bowl questions.
The EFA+ 2nd and 3rd grade students created collaborative pieces out of found objects for the upcoming HeART of the City Art Show.
The 2nd graders used cardboard to create a low relief piece and the 3rd graders used discarded CDs for an engraving piece.
The event will take place Friday, January 10th at Whittier Middle School from 5:00-7:30pm.
Click the link for more information:
https://artssiouxfalls.org/heart/
