Elementary

4th/5th: Week of May 12

General News We forgot to pick up your Q4 learning logs! Oops! Please bring those to school on Monday (Thank you!) The Gammas are busy working on POP and we hope to see as many of you as can make it next week for POP and Talent Show! Thank you to parent volunteers who are able to help out with our upcoming building transition! ELA Update This week we were focused on creating great informational writing pieces about all of our learning this semester for POP. This is where we really make “the invisible visible” for guests by writing about […]

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Elementary students work together at private school with small classes.

2nd/3rd: Week of May 12

This week was all about wrapping things up! Here are some of the highlights. Three of our book club groups finished their books!   Our Beta writers shared their nonfiction books with one another! We earned so much from one another.   Check out our Out of this World planet projects! Well done everyone! *** Want to see more pictures, videos and more details about each day? Don’t forget to check us out on Instagram! *** @ Beta_class

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Elementary student displays creation at project based school.

4th/5th: Week of May 5

General News Teacher appreciation was such a delight! The heartfelt video messages were really touching and went a long way to help us feel loved and appreciated. (Extra special thanks for the delightful sit-down lunch, with coverage! We love the chance to dine with our fellow staff members!) The Gammas spent our Community Meeting brainstorming new ideas and suggestions for next year. If you are curious about their feedback (or would like to add your own?) you can do so here! ELA Update We’re at the part of the school year where things get a little wonky and we blend

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Students use tape on table at STEM school in Austin.

2nd/3rd: Week of May 5

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group powered through their End of Year Assessment!! These Betas have worked so hard this year – we’re spending our last days together planning an epic space trip! So far this week we’ve reviewed qualifications and hired a team of astronauts and specialists for the mission, carefully planned a training schedule for them, and helped another team figure out which supplies they can afford to purchase for their trip. Needless to say, it’s been a busy week. We’re also making time for some targeted review of yearlong skills to ensure our math minds are as

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Elementary student works with paper at nontraditional private school.

K/1st: Week of Apr 28

Playing Lava Monster tag, Wyatt found a great strategy to remain lava-free!! In our Bigger Backyard…WHAT’S ABOVE US?! This week, we first finished our Moon Mission team projects. We finalized what our mission plans were, the name and emblem of our mission and we designed astronaut suits for our peeps. Each team presented them. We then traveled 193 million miles up to visit our closest star…THE SUN! We learned that it is HOT, HOT, HOT (12,000 degrees at its core) and GINORMOUS! (if we filled it up 1.3 million earths could fit inside). We saw where we’re located in our

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Kindergarten teacher plays with glasses she made at part time school.