East Elementary School

Save the Date for the East Elementary Winter Concert December 5 - Grades 1-4 Concert, 6:30pm HS Gym Please note the date, time and location!! There was a typo when the district calendar was printed! What to wear Please have your musician dress up for this event. Concert Format Students will meet at 6:00pm the night of their concert. A high school classroom will be assigned for each section to use as a homebase. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their hats and coats. All students will all perform in the gym for one BIG concert! *Image made by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #winterconcert

Tomorrow's voting locations. #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs #voting

4th grade students at East Elementary are working on learning their number place values. *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #math

Registered voters in O'Brien County can vote early today at East Elementary School! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #bondissue

The Monsters are Done! The Sheldon High School FCS class practiced their sewing skills by creating monsters for students at East Elementary. Elementary students created a monster drawing and then the high school students took that drawing and turned it into a stuffed monster. Thanks to Mrs. Popkes FCS class for this fun collaborative project! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #monsters #FCS #sewing

Mrs. Fischer’s 2nd graders and Mrs. Fitzgerald's classrooms get together weekly to do reading buddies. Students get to listen and read to their buddy each week. Our students love getting to meet with their reading buddies to show off their skills and enjoy good books together. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #reading #read #readingbuddies

Don’t forget if you are registered voter in O'Brien County you can vote early at East Elementary School today and Thursday! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldon #voting #schoolbond

Congratulations to the East Elementary October Student's of the Month! *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Gerardo Vieyra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #studentofthemonth

Third graders worked on their teamwork, creativity, and problem solving skills during a marshmallow and toothpick challenge in Ms. Whittrock's room! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #building #STEM

Updated lunch menu for this week. We are sorry for any confusion.

This week at Sheldon Community School District! Reminders: Monday 1 hour early out due to conferences Wednesday 1 hour early out due to Teacher PD Thursday 1 hour early out due to conferences NO SCHOOL FRIDAY The Middle School will have the book fair open during conferences #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs #thisweek

KB and 1B classrooms at East Elementary paired up for inference animal bingo during Wild About Reading Day on Friday! Students used animal crackers as chips on their bingo boards! After the game, students watched the book “The Gingerbread Girl Goes Animal Crackers” as they ate their animal crackers. The students had a great time! #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs

Reminder of the schedule changes for next week! There will also be NO SCHOOL on Friday. #Leadon #orabs #sheldonorabs

4th graders in Mrs. Reinking's room played a variety of math games to review multiple digit addition and subtraction skills with a partner. Students had a lot of fun reviewing these skills together! *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media, Lizeth Cabrera-Bautista* #LeadOn #orabs #math #learning #mathgames

The Little Orabs Preschool students enjoyed getting to paint pumpkins brought over by the Sheldon High School FFA group this week. Our students had a great time and showed off their creative skills! *Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra* #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #preschool #pumpkins #halloween #fall

At the beginning of the year, 4th graders read the book, "The Richest Man in Town" by V.J. Smith in writing class. After finishing the book, students wrote letters to V.J. Smith expressing gratitude for his story and asked him questions about the book. This week all 4th graders received a personalized letter handwritten by V.J. Smith himself answering their questions! Thank you V.J. so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to write to our students! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #thankyou #elementary

The second graders at East Elementary led the October school assembly and focused on Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind! Students did a skit to share how to imagine, plan, and succeed in a future career. They also shared posters of what they want to be when they grow up! Great job second grade! **Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media student, Lizeth Cabrera-Bautista** #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #eastelementary #orabpride

Students in 1st grade at East Elementary colored thank you signs for the custodians as a way to say thank you for all of their hard work! We appreciate all of their hard work in keeping our school clean, beautiful, and ready for our kids! **Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Heather Honkomp** #LeadOn #thankyou #orabs #sheldonorabs #leadership

Please note today is the last day to request an absentee ballot. You can find more information about voting under the "Bond Info" tab on our website: www.sheldonschools.com

First graders at East Elementary had Disney Day on Friday to celebrate all success and growth in reading throughout the first quarter. Students learned who Walt Disney was, how he started Disney, played reading review games, went on a virtual field trip of the Disney parks, took in a few rides and a parade! We are so proud of how hard our students have worked this first quarter. Keep up the great work! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #celebrate #sheldon #eastelementary