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Middle School: Week of 10/21

Math: This week the Marionettes tackled subtracting integers with models. We learned how to take away counters in subtraction problems on Tuesday. Wednesday they completed a solve and color to practice. Once they were done they created their own integer subtraction equation and made a poster to model their equation. One Thursday we played speed dating. Each student was given a problem to become experts in. Next they partnered up to trade problems and try to model and solve their partner’s problem. After that everyone switched partners and repeated the process. Da Saplings worked on solving proportions using cross multiplication […]

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Two middle school students work together at private school in Austin.

K/1st: Week of 9/30

Alphas are prepared for anything! This week in Our Big Backyard… We started with ice. As ice melted we saw that it became liquid and as it got warmer it transformed into vapor! And presto! We learned the 3 states of water. We talked about how heat and cold affect the different states by speeding up or slowing down those tiny little water molecules. We created droplet art and left the drops on tables. When we came back the next morning the droplets were gone! Where did they go? Some of us thought that they had been absorbed into the

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A board with vowel sounds at private school in Austin.

2nd/3rd: Week of 9/30

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group practiced skip counting by 100s (forwards, backwards and mentally),, compared SO many numbers! We used our <, > & = symbols, and practiced reading inequality sentences. . We built numbers in the hundreds and thousands using place value blocks and played a riveting game of I Have, Who Has matching place value block cards to cards with the same number written in standard form. Next we learned a new game in which we compared two numbers written in expanded form. Everyone agreed that it’s easier to compare numbers when they’re stretched out because you

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Second grade student holds reading cards at GT school in Austin.

4th/5th: Week of 9/30

ELA Update This was finally the week where we finished our novel! On Monday we had a discussion about the very exciting culmination of events in chapters 16 – 18. We also took some time to do in-class reading of the book together this week for the first time. Chapters 19 – 21 are so important for character development and we needed to know how things ended up for our characters to thoroughly and accurately analyze them. Reading these chapters aloud together in a voluntary popcorn reading was a blast because we got to feed off of each other’s reactions

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Fifth grade student points at tv screen at STEM school.

Middle School: Week of 9/30

Math: The Marionettes tackled a check in this week! They should be checked and in their binders sometime next week! Wednesday they began adding integers. We added using both counters and number lines. At the end of class students made necklaces that represented integer addition problems that equal their age. The Saplings continued work on solving equations using the balancing scales on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday that learned how to solve and graph two step inequalities. Vroomshrooms took a check in over relations and functions on Monday then pushed toward into their linear equations unit. They learned how to find

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Two sixth grade students talk about reading project at progressive school.