Elementary

K/1st: Week of Apr 13

Jon and his Hojalata self portrait… Where in the World?! This week we headed further south. We could see on our big wall map that we were in Equator-territory, once we made it to the continent of South America. All first year Alphas take a trip around the Sun when we learn about patterns and cycles like the seasons – but we reviewed it in order to see what happens to the seasons in the Southern hemisphere… Have Dolly, Will Orbit…Here we find our Earth (played by Max) heading into Spring, in the Northern Hemisphere, and Fall in the Southern. […]

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Kindergarten student works with dirt at half day school.

3rd/4th: Week of Apr 6

We appreciate  the interesting (clean)  trash donations and will be collecting for a few more days. Thank you if you’ve already donated.  The Gammas have been hard at work so far this quarter, and it is flying by….only 5 ½ weeks left! Math Geometry is going great in Gamma 2.  This week we reviewed  vocabulary and practiced finding the measurement of different types of angles.  We concluded our study of lines and angles with a fun “Alphabet Angle” project. Gamma 1’s refined their perimeter skills, including  finding the length of a missing side when given the perimeter of a shape.

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Elementary students work together at micro school.

2nd: Week of Apr 6

Math This week in math we were introduced to the half dollar. We also did a lot of counting of mixed coins and played a lot of games along the way. Next week we’ll wrap up our Money & Financial Literacy unit! ELA In phonics this week, we met the diphthong /ow/. Diphthongs are special types of sounds that glide from one vowel sound to another. The spelling patterns for /ow/ are: ou (cloud), and ow (howl). We had no sight words this week :) Another book club finished their novel – the Eerie Elementary group will be starting a new chapter

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Elementary students play in gym at private school.

K/1st: Week of Apr 6

YAY Division I is going to the tournament this weekend!  Not every Math Pentathlete will be able to go, but every member of Math Pentathlon practiced good gamesmanship and showed up each week to learn and have fun learning new strategies and games. We LOVE Math Pentathlon! Where in the World?! This week was full of fabulous guest speakers who educated Alpha students on our bordering countries – Mexico and Canada! First, we explored Mexican tradition by making cascarones (confetti eggs) with Ms. Emma’s step mom and assistance from dad. Step 1: Hollow out our shells…. Step 2: Add some

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Two kindergarten students make cascarones at project based school in Austin.

3rd/4th: Week of Mar 30

Spring was in the air this week in the Gamma room, and April Fool’s Day was a lot of fun. Both Gamma math groups enjoyed outdoor learning this week in math, and our class garden is thriving! This quarter is off to a great start. Math Gamma ones figured out elapsed time using clocks and a number line strategy. They also started learning about perimeter. They applied it by measuring the perimeter of some of our playground areas in the AHB parking lot.  Gamma twos used their knowledge of lines and angles to design a robot with certain geometrical attributes.

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Two elementary students work together at micro school.