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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

2nd/3rd: Week of Apr 14

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group wrapped up our unit on $ & financial literacy by counting & comparing sets of coins, solving coin riddles and story problems, and learning & playing a lot of new games! We also worked on balancing scales, by counting the coins on one end of the scale and building the same amount on the other end using a different combination of coins. Our Beta 1s have become expert coin counters. On Thursday they ROCKED their unit assessment. Way to go, Betas! Ms. Kelly’s crew continues to practice mapping fractions greater than one on number […]

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Elementary student uses post it notes on ELA work at private 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.

Middle School: Week of Apr 14

Math: The Marionettes and Saplings started their week with unit reviews and check-ins. They then dove into their next units, geometry and probability, respectively. The Vroomshrooms started factoring quadratic functions in order to find roots this week. They ended the week with an activity where given a graph they had to write the vertex, standard, and factored form of the quadratic function. ELA: On Monday we discussed what’s happening in our novels and finished the idiom paintings we started last week. Tuesday we kicked off class with a quick write about their novels. Marionettes, a wise person once said, “Every

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Middle school student places paper on mirror at micro school.

K/1st: Week of Mar 31

In our Bigger Backyard…WHAT’S ABOVE US?! We asked ourselves…what are clouds and where does WIND come from? We found out that the power of the sun and temperature has everything to do with how clouds and wind form. We revisited our knowledge about the 3 different states of water we learned about earlier in the year. We thought, again, about the water cycle and how water when heated transforms into vapor and moves upward it bonds together to form clouds. We conducted an experiment to see if we could make a cloud…and we did! Often we love to look at

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Kindergarten teacher assists student on science project at project based school.

2nd/3rd: Week of Mar 31

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group was reintroduced to the dime and the quarter! We practiced skip counting by 10s (easy peasy), and learned a new version of the Macarena, quarter style! “25, 50, 75, $1” – repeat & add hand movements! Then we played store and took turns buying items and paying for them using a combination of coins. After that – you guessed it – game day! We learned a new one and brought out several others. These guys and gals are doing an excellent job of counting mixed coins!! 🎉 Ms. Kelly’s crew kicked off the week

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Elementary student smiles proudly at private school in Austin.