Alpha

This Week in Alpha… We learned that one way people take care of their homes is to protect them from the elements! Wood decomposes and people learned that if they mixed minerals into a paste and spread it on their houses, it would help waterproof them, and keep insects from burrowing, and fungus from gobbling it up! So we got busy painting our abodes. We also got excited about the animals that we had on our property! It was a challenge to follow step-by-step instructions, but the rewards were great! In Language Arts… This week we started putting our knowledge

This Week in Alpha A Note About Show & Tell… Due to its popularity, we are going to add a little structure to this very fun opportunity to practice public speaking AND add a nice layer of SEL sense of “influence” and “connection” at the same time – we would like for Show and Tell to run as follows: We’ll host Tuesday: Cherries in the Snow Table Wednesday: Blue Table Thursday: Red Table Please limit your Show & Tell to ONE item (which might be a rock collection – if it is a “type of toy collection” take a photo

This Week in Alpha What a great week to practice flexibility! We had no school on Monday, Ms. Kim taught on Tuesday, and Ms. Alexa and Ms. Alyssa were in the classroom for the rest of the week. The students got to guide their substitutes in finding supplies, learning classroom procedures, and following the classroom schedule. We are super happy to report that they have their Alpha routines down pat! In Language Arts, we reviewed vowels and consonants, and we fixed our very jumbled classroom alphabet by rearranging the letters into the correct order. The students practiced writing the letters

This Week in Alpha What’s this?! This Week in Alpha… Thanks Everybody for holding down the fort while I bounced between Austin and Lincoln, Nebraska last week! Part of building community involves teamwork. Through teamwork, we build trust. Our table team challenges right now help us explore how we work together, collaborating, negotiating, and compromising. We’re all really good at knowing what we personally want, but it gets very sticky for us to figure out how we can work together towards a common purpose. So the first exercise for us Alphas is to practice keeping our eyes on the purpose