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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.

4th/5th: Week of Apr 28

General News We are thrilled to report that Apollo is heading home! Thank you again for your sweet support during what was certainly an overwhelmingly stressful stretch for Apollo and his family. The Gammas final project (Body Systems Amusement Park Posters) is due on Monday. We’ll present to the class in small batches starting Monday as we unroll a fun cumulative small-group project to finish the unit. ELA Update Poetry, poetry, poetry! This week we explored a different form of structured poetry every day. On Tuesday we talked about concrete poems (where the visual appearance of the poem takes the

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Elementary student meditates outdoors at private school in Austin.

4th/5th: Week of Apr 21

General News The Gammas are rooting for Apollo to be released from Dell! We will keep you posted as we hear updates.Thank you for your continued kindness and support. Ms. Ansley is dropping off the homemade card bag later tonight. ELA Update This week we launched our study of poetry! We discussed the purpose of poetry (to express emotion) and a few of the different types including lyrical, free verse, and narrative poetry. We also discussed the tone and theme of poetry and how an author goes about communicating these things in an abbreviated amount of time by using certain

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Two elementary girls dress up for project at GT school in Austin.

4th/5th: Week of Apr 14

General News Check out this link to view the project pacing guide for their Theme P&P this quarter. And this link to view the Gamma calendar for upcoming due dates. If your child is in Pets and Tech, we’d love to get some dog treat donations for Monday’s dog-treat-making activity. (Optional, of course!) We have Shipe Park day next week on Thursday! Remember to wear your shirts! You should have received an email about signing up for the talent show (optional) the last day to sign up for the talent show is May 8th. ELA Update This week we were

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Elementary students work together on math work at STEM school in Austin.

4th/5th: Week of Mar 31

General News Believe it or not, there is no new news! We have really good pictures this week – check them out below! And don’t forget to stay on top of your at-home research for your human body systems project! (We gave Gammas the option to eat in the classroom on Thursday if they wanted to watch their body system once at school to get ready for the at-home work! Six Gammas took us up on the offer—Yippee!) ELA Update We started our ELA this week with book club meetings. These are not generated by genre this time around since

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Elementary student works with teacher at school with small class sizes