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Middle School: Week of 11/18

Math: The Marionettes started the week by exploring ratios. They sorted a small sample of Froot Loops by color, created ratios, and used that data to make conclusions about the colors in a whole box. After exploring they had introductory lessons on how to write ratios and using ratios to make comparisons. They ended the week with a solve and color to practice finding equivalent ratios. The Saplings spent the week taking a check-in. After completing their check-in, some students created mad-lib stories to practice finding interest and working with the simple interest formula as an extension assignment. The Vroomshrooms […]

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Sixth grader stares at vials of fluid at STEM middle school.

K/1st: Week of 11/11

Abundance: when you have so many things to share… This week in Our Big Backyard… TREES! TREES! TREES! We were all about the trees this week! Our Big Backyard at school has some great pecan trees planted in the early 1900s and across the street, we have examples of a native tree called a live oak. These are very different trees, but they still have the same parts. We went outside and sketched side-by-side portraits of each. We noticed these trees were shaped differently, in sizes, and colors. Everything in nature has a purpose – so we pondered, and inferred

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Kindergarten students work outside at part time school.

2nd/3rd: Week of 11/11

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group wrapped up Unit 3 by reviewing subtraction strategies and solving story problems with an unknown number at the beginning. Unit 4, More Addition and Subtraction, starts Monday! We will be doing LOTS of vertical math with regrouping! Ms. Kelly’s math group jumped into our new unit- Multiplication and Division! We began with a discussion about what multiplication actually is. It’s repeated addition! When we see the equation 3×5 we can read it as “3 groups of 5” or 5+5+5. This week the kids modeled how to read a multiplication equation and write it as

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Second grade student reads and writes at GT school in Austin.

4th/5th: Week of 11/11

General News ELA Update This week was filled with more reading and more book talks! We used some fun discussion cards to bring some new flavor to our conversations with questions like: what actors would play the characters from your book in a movie, what are the themes of the novel, if you were to run into the main character from the novel on the street what outfit would they be wearing, sharing about a character in the novel you admire and why, and so much more! Gammas also spent time in book clubs reflecting on the problem and solution

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Fourth and fifth grade students work on science project at progressive school.

Middle School: Week of 11/11

Math: The Marionettes worked through a scavenger hunt, a review, and pumpkin coloring review all to build up to their check-in this week. They did a great job reviewing integer operations. Expect check-ins in their binders next week. The Saplings learned about percent change at the beginning of the week. They completed an activity that calculated the percent change of the prices of household items in the 70s compared to the 10s. Wednesday and Thursday they complete their unit reviews. The Vroomshrooms had lessons over finding parallel and perpendicular lines and linear regression. After each lesson they worked on a

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Seventh grade student writes on paper on wall at alternative middle school.