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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

5th/6th: Week of Apr 20

General News Things definitely feel a little different in Deltaland without Ms. Lorrie, but it’s been smooth sailing, and the kiddos have adjusted to the change well! We look forward to hearing from her as soon as she is feeling better. The middle school dance is today! We can’t wait to see everyone dressed up and ready to have a coming-of-age event! ELA This week we flexed our creative and sci-fi writing muscles while also incorporating some of our discussions and vocabulary words we’ve been using to talk about theoretically colonizing Mars. We have been discussing common reasons for migration

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Middle school students work on computer at STEM school.

3rd/4th: Week of Apr 20

A great time was had by all the Gammas and Betas on Wednesday.  The Betas joined us for some fun Earth Day stations. The Gamma kiddos were awesome hosts, and we enjoyed our time together.  We will send home information next week about our upcoming field trip to Barton Springs. Math Gamma twos reviewed the hierarchy of quadrilaterals including parallelograms, rhombuses, squares, rectangles, trapezoids and kites.  They learned that some quadrilaterals have several names because of their attributes.  They also learned about symmetry and had a blast creating a “symmetry selfie” in class.  We wrapped up our geometry unit and

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Elementary students work with dirt at project based school.

2nd: Week of Apr 20

Math This week in math we dove into Graphs & Data! We made a t-chart, several tally charts and bar graphs and we learned about surveys. We surveyed each other on afterschool activities and then each Beta got to create their own survey question to explore. The creativity of these kids is astounding. ELA In phonics this week we met the diphthong /oy/. The spelling patterns for /oy/ are: oi (coin), and oy (toy). Our sight words were: great and means. Our vocabulary words were loyal, hoist, spoil and voyage. All three book clubs have started new novels! We’re reading

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Two elementary boys read together at micro school.

K/1st: Week of Apr 20

Nothing quite beats tent city on rainy days! Theme: Where in the World?! We headed to Europe this week!  Visiting the second smallest continent we discovered that the Ural Mountains separate Europe from Asia. And as we detailed our own maps we saw that there are several seas with interesting names that surround a good part of the westward jutting peninsulas. Names such as Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.. On Tuesday, Eliza (Malin’s mom) visited us to share many interesting facts, cool relics, and delicious treats from Scandinavia. Thank you SO much for indulging Alphas in some

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Kindergarten students work on project at private school in Austin.

7th/8th: Week of Apr 13

Editor’s Note: Our Epsilon and Delta students worked hard this week to complete the IOWA standardized test. Due to this testing window, our time in class was limited, and only a few activities were started and completed. Math 7th grade students tackled independent probability, 8th graders analyzed trend lines, and Algebra students sang the quadratic formula. It was a short, but fun week! Humanities Epsilon students explored the topic of space exploration this week  by researching real missions, technology, and discoveries about the universe. They learned about important events like the moon landing, space travel, and the challenges astronauts face.

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Middle school students cook together at school with small classes.