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First Grade: Science is Fun!

First Grade: Science is Fun!

The students in Mrs. Satterberg’s 1st grade class were anticipating it all month – Pumpkin Science Week – and the activities did not disappoint! Each child was instructed to bring in a pumpkin of their choosing, so the variety was great. There were orange and white pumpkins, small and large pumpkins, pumpkins with smooth rinds and pumpkins with bumps. While the size and exterior varied greatly, there were (of course) some similar things as well. Mrs. Satterberg used all of this variety and similarity as she unpacked the lessons in her Pumpkin Science unit. The kids moved through several stations to [...]

2017-11-17T14:01:22-08:00November 17th, 2017|

Preschool Traditions: Pumpkin Patch

Preschool Traditions: Pumpkin Patch

Our preschool traditions are so important, and a visit to the Pumpkin Patch every fall is no exception! Read on to hear about the experience from one of our preschool parents, Stephanie Hui: "It was a crisp, sunny morning on Tuesday October 24th and kids were excited. It was the first field trip - to Fox Hollow Farm - for Mrs Rebecca, Mrs Becky/Mrs Amy and Mrs Brooke’s half-day preschool classes. Kids and parents arrived by 9:45am and were greeted by free roaming chickens walking past our legs. We enjoyed exploring the farm, which was decked out in glorious fall decor. [...]

2017-11-06T08:37:54-08:00November 6th, 2017|

First Grade: Reading for Life, with Mrs. Karkainen

First Grade: Reading for Life, with Mrs. Karkainen

Eastside Christian School students consistently demonstrate reading test scores (along with math scores) well above the state and local district levels. One of the reasons for this is the differentiated instruction that our teachers use, beginning in the earliest grades. Additionally, our First Grade teachers use reading curriculum from A Beka Books, which ensures that students are taught new material along with a daily review of previously-taught materials. Our first grade students spend time learning: · phonics (correlating sounds with individual letters or groups of letters) · rhyming words (and their related spelling patterns) · punctuation and capitalization · root words, [...]

2017-10-27T11:47:49-07:00October 27th, 2017|

Study Smart: Sharpening Your Study Skills with Mrs. Angela Gay

May is test month at ECS, as each grade takes their annual standardized achievement tests. With that in mind, we thought it would be a good time to talk about how to prepare for a test. The jury is still out among scientists on exactly how and why we forget certain pieces of information. However, it seems that, aside from injury or illness, the brain doesn’t necessarily “lose” information. Rather, it is a matter of it being stored correctly and/or fully committing the information to memory in the first place. If we can change the way we approach information, then we [...]

2017-05-23T11:10:55-07:00May 23rd, 2017|

Making Math Fun with Mrs. Morse

The phrase “Math is useful for everyday life.” is often repeated to students throughout the course of their education. However, demonstrating that fact in a creative way, so as to engage students, can be a trickier task. Angela Morse, our middle school math instructor, is constantly looking for imaginative ways to do just that. Her middle school students often talk about how she helps math “make sense”, so I visited her classroom to get an inside look at how she does it! Read on to see some of the projects they have done. • Geometry: The Pythagorean Spiral Students learned about [...]

2017-04-20T12:46:59-07:00April 20th, 2017|

“Why we love 5th grade!” – An interview with Mrs. Turella’s fifth grade class

The other day I had the opportunity to visit Mrs. Turella's classroom to ask the students a few questions about the fifth grade. They had some great answers and were so full of joy. Here is what they had to say! ---------- ME: “Ok, guys…what do you love most about the fifth grade?” STUDENTS: “We get to go on awesome field trips! This year we went to IFly and did “Mission to Mars” at the Museum [of Flight]!” “That was fun!” “Yeah and it’s fun going with a smaller class, because we get to do more things.” “Science is really cool. [...]

2017-03-31T15:30:06-07:00March 31st, 2017|

Eagle Times – Written by students of Mrs. Luce’s journalism class

EAGLE TIMES Written by the ECS Journalism Team Spelling Bee The Spelling Bee was on the 27th of January at Shorewood Christian School. Our representatives did a great job!! Our students won two 1st places, three 2nd places, and one 4th place. Shooting into Girls’ Basketball ECS is excited to introduce the 2017 Girls' Basketball season. This season is going to be filled with lots of fun and hard work. This season, the girls are looking forward to team fellowship and learning new basketball skills. They are planning on helping with the mini Eagles and having lots of fun!! Get ready [...]

2017-02-10T13:24:53-08:00February 10th, 2017|

What is DEEP? – By Mrs. Dalia Ibrahim

Written by Dalia Ibrahim - Middle School Science, Pre-Algebra and DEEP Instructor What is DEEP? Depending on the age of your child, the answer to this question will vary throughout the years they attend ECS. To a kindergartner, it is a fun time once a month where the older kids play games with them that are based off the monthly chapel theme. For an upper elementary student, it is a time where they get to join a small group and discuss the chapel message again while having fun. By middle school, the definition of DEEP takes on a whole new meaning. [...]

2017-01-31T11:28:00-08:00January 31st, 2017|

Biblical Allegories in “A Christmas Carol” – Mr. Mike Brown

Written by ECS English and History Teacher, Mike Brown As a child, my favorite Christmas programs included, A Charlie Brown Christmas (though we are not related), How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol. As an adult, The Muppet Christmas Carol replaced the Magoo cartoon as my preferred version of Dickens' famous tale. In what has become a biennial tradition, our 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts classes recently kicked off the Christmas season by watching the superb play, A Christmas Carol, at the ACT Theatre in Seattle. In addition to greatly entertaining the students and adults who [...]

2025-10-18T12:20:04-07:00December 16th, 2016|

Eastside Christian’s Christmas Program by Miss Adams

Enjoy this blog post written by our Elementary Music Teacher, Miss Adams, on our upcoming Christmas performances. Curtains up, ECS…it’s show time! That is my favorite phrase in the whole world; it always has been and always will be. The only other one that compares is "God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!" I love that we can say that here at ECS. I feel so blessed that every day I get to experience all of my favorite passions in one place: kids, teaching, and performing! The best bonus is that I get to do [...]

2016-12-07T23:24:20-08:00December 7th, 2016|

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