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This Week in 4th/5th

Week 3 Update This was a short week, but we packed in lots of action! We had almost all of our Gammas back for class, which was nice to see that we are on the mends from last week’s sniffle-fest. Gammas were able to utilize a new music room we get to use during Language Arts class and also ventured to our first music class (which is held on Wednesday afternoons!) The Gammas looked gleeful on their first visit to music.. We are excited to add this experience to our weekly schedule. Memorable Moments Ms. Lorrie’s friend and former teaching […]

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This Week in 2nd/3rd

Math Ms. Kelly’s math group has been working so hard on their Unit One learning that they officially wrapped it up with a post assessment and are ready for Unit Two, all about Place Value! This group has really enjoyed playing math games with partners – games are such an awesome way to reinforce our learning! They ended the week with a quick pre-assessment for Unit Two. Way to go, mathematicians! Ms. Skylar’s math group worked diligently on wrapping up their unit on Place Value, post assessments coming soon! The kids in this group have been LOVING shape challenges as

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This Week in K/1st

Be sure to check out our brand new AHB Library! You and your child can check out books before and after school until 3:30. We have some Alphas who are already familiar with the check-out system! Finley and Paxton’s family helped build shelves for the books and James’ mom, a real live librarian, organized! A big thank you to you all! This week in Our Big Backyard… This week we took the Way-Back Machine to learn about our baby Earth and how its crust rose from the water that covered our planet. Some of us remembered from last year that

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Energy and Music

The Gamma class had a special visitor this week. Ms. Lorrie’s friend brought her harp in to talk to the students about the science of sound energy. We always love having community experts (including our parents) sharing knowledge with our students, so if you or someone you know has experience that can enrich a Theme unit, please let our teachers know. Don’t limit yourself or your contacts to your own child’s classroom, here is what is being studied in Q1 across the school: Alpha — My Big Backyard (a nature study) Beta — Electricity & Magnetism Gamma — Energy Middle

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