What's New at Eisenhower Elementary
4th Graders Explore Ecosystems and the American West Using Green Screen
4th Grade students have been visiting National Parks, the California coast and many different ecosystems this spring! They have transported themselves there with the magic of green-screen videos. Use the links below to check out their adventures!
4D – Oceans
4L – African Savanna
4L – Rainforest
4L – Wetlands
4L – Ocean Ecosystem
4L – Desert Ecosystem
4D – Ecosystems
4D – The Rainforest
4L – Artic Ecosystem
Kindergarten Students Celebrate Special Moms!
Kindergarten students had many special guests at school last week for their Mother’s Day Tea! Each student contributed to a classroom video to tell their mom why they are special. The kids loved making the videos and couldn’t wait to share them with their moms!
Please take a look at our videos below.
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Eisenhower Students Full STEAM Ahead
Eisenhower has a new Maker Space in the library!
Magnetic Marble Run is a very popular activity these days in the Eisenhower library! When students have finished their work, you might see them:
- learning how to code with our Coding Mouse
- expressing their creativity at a crafting table
- creating works of art on the Buddha Board
- experimenting with electric circuitry with our snap circuit sets
- learning about physics with a balancing game
- engineering a bridge with a K’Nex set
- testing their logic and spatial skills with Logic Dots or Cat Stax
- planning a path through the Gravity Maze
Kids love coming to the Maker Space, an area where STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathmatics) activities are set up and changed daily in the library. They spend a few minutes experimenting and igniting their creativity and curiosity before heading back to class.
We’d like to thank our very supportive Eisenhower PTO for providing start-up funding for this initiative that we intend to continue expanding and improving in the coming years! We hope to build our crafting supplies next year, as well as add some additional digital creation opportunities.
Please watch our short video thanking the PTO for their support
Amazing Readers Battle it Out!
2017 Eisenhower Battle of the Books
Fifth grade students have been reading and studying the Iowa Children’s Choice Award nominee books since January. Six teams of five students competed in the Eisenhower Battle of the Books on Friday, April 28 in Eisenhower’s small gym to show what they had learned. The kids worked together with their teammates to make sure that all of the books had been read by someone on their team. During the Battle, they could work together as a team to answer each question. The Battle was very close with the final three teams tied up until the very end!
Congratulations to our wonderful readers! They ALL did a remarkable job!
A big THANK YOU to Mark Schmitt and Happy Joe’s on University for sponsoring trophies for our winning team and donating a luncheon pizza certificate to ALL participants! Our winning team, shown below, will be representing Eisenhower at the District Battle of the Books at Bryant Elementary School on Friday, May 12 at 1:30. We wish them good luck!
UPDATE:
The Eisenhower team had a very strong showing at the District Battle of the Books on May 12. They tied with Kennedy School for second place in the District Battle. Great job team!
Watch a video about the Eisenhower Battle
4th & 5th Grade Spring Music Program
4th and 5th grade students, along with the Eisenhower choir, performed their spring music program at Hempstead High School. They persevered through some technical difficulties and put on a great show! Congratulations to all!
Eisenhower and Lincoln Celebrate Earth Day
Watch how Lincoln and Eisenhower Elementary Schools celebrated Earth Week 2017!
Family Group Service Projects
Family groups at Eisenhower met to talk about what responsibility means and how they could help to take care of their school. Each group was responsible for cleaning up an area of the school, grounds or neighborhood. Students and staff all pitched in the make the Eisenhower community cleaner and brighter!
Watch a slid
eshow of the service projects at Eisenhower
Video: What are You Responsible For?
from Mrs. Dostal’s family group
1st Graders Learn that Rocks Rock!
First graders have been studying rocks in their classrooms this spring. Mrs. Dalton brought her rock collection from home to share with students in the library.