Elementary

3rd/4th: Week of Feb 16

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” Even though it was a  short week, our classroom has been full of energy! Students loved exploring proverbs and learning about Confucious.   They had so much fun doing the  dragon dance in the AHB parking lot and learning about its cultural meaning.   Gaga ball has been a huge hit at recess, with students eagerly jumping into the pit for fast-paced fun.  What a great week! Math  All the Gammas explored problem solving about a real life scenario – planning a Lunar New Year party.  This was a great […]

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Elementary students perform at recess at school with small classes.

2nd: Week of Feb 16

Math Polygons! Quadrilaterals! Congruent vs similar shapes! This week we also investigated 3D solid figures, identifying their faces, edges and vertices. On Thursday we explored the hallways & gym on a 3D shape hunt! ELA In phonics this week we studied suffixes: er, est, full, less and ly. Our sight words were: become, before, behind, small, long and well. These kids have come so far this year – they are champions! Theme Book clubs are on a roll! Our Frog and Toad girls have finished their book. Meanwhile, the Here’s Hank and Ralph S. Mouse groups are reading their final chapters

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Three elementary students work under table at project based school.

K/1st: Week of Feb 16

Larry Alert!!! Larry Alert!!! We gave Larry back his boot — along with a lot of really kind notes of love and appreciation, and what does he do?  He hid all the composition books from Ms. Kim’s group and put all the math manipulatives into the Language Arts’ shelves, and all the handwriting and fine motor activities into the Math shelves … What are we going to do?! Water, water, everywhere… This week, we learned about whales! Thanks to Malin’s lovely Blue Whale, Alphas knew that they were not only the largest whale in the sea, but the largest animal

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Kindergarten student looks up from work at micro school.

3rd/4th: Week of Feb 9

February is shaping up to be a busy and productive  month in our classroom! Students are  exploring the beauty of poetry and discovering real-world connections through geometry and fractions.  We celebrated Friendship Day with a fun class party and  appreciate our Gamma moms who helped make this happen.  We look forward to our Chinese New Year activities next Tuesday..  It’s been a wonderful blend of academics and celebrations! Math  Gamma ones have entered the realm of geometry, learning about two-dimensional shapes and their attributes. They’re learning lots of new geometry vocabulary, including polygon, angle, vertex, line segment, ray, etc…  Gamma

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Elementary student works on project at micro school in Austin.

2nd: Week of Feb 9

Math The Beta’s first week of geometry flew by! We reviewed 2D shapes by looking at many street signs. Next, we sorted shapes several ways, based on their attributes. We used our pattern blocks to create bigger shapes out of shapes and some really neat designs. Next week we’ll investigate each 3D solid shape and hunt for them in our environment. ELA In phonics this week we finished our studied prefixes: re (to do again), un (not), mis (to do incorrectly), dis (not or none) and pre (to do before). Our sight words were: across, again, another, animal, after and

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Elementary teacher knights student as part of project based learning.