Elementary

2nd: Week of Mar 30

Math This week in math we reviewed quarters, learned a new version of the Macarena (“25, 50, 75, $1”) and did a lot of counting of mixed coins. These Betas are doing a fantastic job with this complicated task. We also held a couple of discussions about wants vs needs and saving vs spending. ELA In phonics this week, we continued our study of Bossy R, focusing on how it affects the vowel u! The spelling patterns we learned this week were: ur, ur_e, and ure. They all say /er/ but ure can also sometimes say /yer/, as in “cure” […]

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Elementary student works with plants at project based school.

K/1st: Week of Mar 30

Popsicle party!!! Thanks to the donors who helped us meet our Bowl-a-thon fundraising goal!! Where in the World?! This week, we sailed around our very own continent of North America, noting the landforms like islands and lakes, isthmuses and straits, and peninsulas and bays. We noticed that of the three largest countries in North America, the United States occupies most of the temperate zone. Peninsula…bay… We spent a lot of time north of the U.S.A., learning about the land the earliest people found there — like the biggest waterfalls, rainforests, bays…Here’s a link to some of the slides we looked at

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Kindergarten student works on geography at private school in Austin.

3rd/4th: Week of Mar 23

It was a pleasure to have our Gammas return to class this week.  They enjoyed seeing  friends and sharing spring break experiences with each other.  We also eased right back into academics with some fun activities. This quarter is going to be so much fun! Math Gamma 1’s reviewed multiplication, division and problem solving by working on a math mystery.  We  also started off our measurement unit by practicing telling time on analog clocks.  Gamma 2’s reviewed fractions and dove right into geometry by learning the first of many vocabulary terms including point, line, plane, perpendicular, parallel and intersecting. ELA

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Elementary students read together at school with small classes.

2nd: Week of Mar 23

It’s been a wild week back in Beta!! Math This week in math we reviewed pennies, nickels and dimes. The Betas carefully examined the heads and tails sides of each coin and did a lot of skip counting by 5s! By the end of the week we were counting mixed coins and playing store. On Thursday we held a game day! ELA In phonics this week we continued our study of Bossy R, focusing on how it affects the vowel o! The spelling patterns we learned this week were: or, ore, and oar. The best part is that they all

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Elementary student proudly holds bug at project based school

3rd/4th: Week of Feb 23

Another successful week in the books for the Gammas. It’s great to be in the final stretch before spring break, and we are proud of our class for finishing strong. There is a lot of fun learning still happening as we end Q3 and begin the month of March. Watch for an email coming soon about signing up for optional spring conferences.  Math  Gamma 2’s were a bunch of smarties this week learning to  simplify fractions by finding the greatest common factor of the numerator and denominator.  I have been very impressed with their work ethic during the math lessons, and

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Two elementary students smile in corner at GT school.