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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

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

7th/8th: Week of Feb 23

Math 7th graders spent all week working on building cardstock robots out of nets and then calculating the surface area of each shape to determine how much foil they need to cover their robot. The 8th graders also jumped into surface area this week. They learned formulas to find the lateral and total surface area of prisms. The Algebra students finished learning how to factor. They can factor the GCF out of polynomials, factor by groups, factor trinomials using the AC method, and factor difference of squares. Humanities/Theme Epsilon students REALLY got the message this week as they jumped head

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Middle school student sits in cockpit at history museum on private school field trip.

5th/6th: Week of Feb 23

General News We will be out of the building traipsing around Austin on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week visiting houses of worship. We’ll be visiting a Buddhist temple, Hindu temple, and Catholic church on Tuesday. On Wednesday we’ll visit a Jewish synagogue and a Muslim mosque. The Hindu temple and Muslim mosque have requested “modest attire” (no bare shoulders or knees) so remember to wear long pants and your AHB t-shirts on both days. Reading/Writing We started out the week going over our homework (aka sharing our beautiful picture book creations). These students have gotten so good at giving positive,

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Two middle school students work at table together 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.