Elementary

4th/5th: Week of Feb 10

General News Sadly, the weather wasn’t on our side this week for Shipe Park day but we had a lovely friendship day anyway! There were crafts, Valentine cards, and treats! Remember there is no school this coming Monday for Presidents Day/Family Field Day! ELA Update This week in Gammaland ELA we had our usual Monday discussion about last week’s reading. We are quickly approaching the climax of the book! On Tuesday and Thursday we spent a little more time on figurative language and looked at more quotes from the text to really solidify our knowledge of what different literary devices […]

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Elementary students work on math at table at GT school in Austin.

K/1st: Week of Feb 3

Is that a Wyatt or is it a beaver? This week… In our study of Texas Regions we turned back from the deserts and mountains of the West, back across the Great plains, Hill country, and Blackland prairies to arrive in East Texas where we discovered…woods! Piney woods! In this primarily flat land of nutrient-filled soil from eons of flooding and receding waters, we find an ecosystem filled with trees, rivers, and thousands of oxbow lakes. This rich landscape supports a huge variety of flora and fauna. Creatures we haven’t met in other regions live there such as alligators, beavers,

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Kindergarten project on display at STEM private school in Austin.

2nd/3rd: Week of Feb 3

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group wrapped up their unit on time & measurement by reviewing straight line measurements and the technique of “marking the spot!” We did some more measuring of large items in the room, this time in inches AND feet. Then we practiced converting our mixed measurements into just inches using vertical addition and regrouping skills from past units. We even had some time to break out our analog time games for a little bonus practice before we took our unit test on Thursday. Ms. Kelly’s math group attacked tough perimeter problems with missing sides, moved from

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Three elementary students point at board at micro school in Austin.

4th/5th: Week of Feb 3

General News ELA Update This week in ELA we started to spend more time diving into our novel. On Monday we went over P&P and got into small groups for discussion about our reading response questions. On Tuesday and Wednesday we explored figurative language and vocabulary from the novel. We learned about how to make an inference about the meaning of an unfamiliar vocabulary word through the equation of schema + context = inference. We did a little storytelling about times we were in a situation similar to characters in the book. We talked about our worst injury ever, a

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Elementary students walk outside at field trip at private school in Austin.

K/1st: Week of Jan 27

Last week… WE explored the landscape and habitats west of the Great Plains and Panhandle. We found the Chihuahuan desert…home to many amazing creatures and cacti , the Davis and Chisos Mountain ranges with their juniper, small oak, and pinon trees, and Beautiful Big Bend National Park along the Rio Grande. We discovered that creatures adapt to their environments. Like the Kangaroo Rat that doesn’t drink water…it gets enough of it from it’s food AND it can kick a rattlesnake like nobody’s business! The javelina, a collard peccary whose favorite food is the prickly pear and guess what?! The cactus

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Kindergarten student plays on parachute at private elementary school.