Elementary

3rd/4th: Week of Feb 9

February is shaping up to be a busy and productive  month in our classroom! Students are  exploring the beauty of poetry and discovering real-world connections through geometry and fractions.  We celebrated Friendship Day with a fun class party and  appreciate our Gamma moms who helped make this happen.  We look forward to our Chinese New Year activities next Tuesday..  It’s been a wonderful blend of academics and celebrations! Math  Gamma ones have entered the realm of geometry, learning about two-dimensional shapes and their attributes. They’re learning lots of new geometry vocabulary, including polygon, angle, vertex, line segment, ray, etc…  Gamma […]

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Elementary student works on project at micro school in Austin.

2nd: Week of Feb 9

Math The Beta’s first week of geometry flew by! We reviewed 2D shapes by looking at many street signs. Next, we sorted shapes several ways, based on their attributes. We used our pattern blocks to create bigger shapes out of shapes and some really neat designs. Next week we’ll investigate each 3D solid shape and hunt for them in our environment. ELA In phonics this week we finished our studied prefixes: re (to do again), un (not), mis (to do incorrectly), dis (not or none) and pre (to do before). Our sight words were: across, again, another, animal, after and

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Elementary teacher knights student as part of project based learning.

3rd/4th: Week of Feb 2

So many exciting things happened in our class this week.  It was nice to have a full week of school with our sweet Gammas.  We have been enjoying the nice weather at recess and are looking forward to a fun Friendship Day celebration next week.   Math  Gamma 1’s wrapped up our study of fractions.  We did a fun activity dividing paper cookies that showed us how fractions relate to division.   They really seemed to get it and did well on the fraction check-in.    Gamma 2’s reviewed all things decimal with a  Starbucks menu assignment and knocked the

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Two elementary students work together at project based school.

2nd: Week of Feb 2

Math This week we completed our math unit on measurement & time! We also took a detour on Tuesday to focus our math minds on some logic puzzles and try our hand at writing story problems to match given answers. It took many attempts but we preserved – with creativity! ELA In Phonics this week we finished our study of the syllable: “consonant+le.” Our sight words were: answer, people, and sentence. Book clubs are charging ahead! Two clubs began new books this week! Our girl group is on their second book of Frog & Toad stories while the Here’s Hank

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Elementary student proudly displays outfit at project based school.

K/1st: Week of Feb 2

This Week in Alpha (Photo credit: Kristin Vrana, Ezra’s Mama!) Water, water, everywhere… Alphas continued their journey into the deep by admiring an incredible quality that many Twilight Zone creatures have: bioluminescence! We oohed and ahhed at their pulsating and flashing lights that they use to defend, mate, camouflage, and capture prey. Then, we used neon paints to create our own jelly fish, salps, vampire squid, ghost fish, and siphonophores, to name a few. Then we took an even deeper dive into the Aphotic Zone! We did a demonstration with salt water and flashlights to see for ourselves how light

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Kindergarten teacher demonstrates science at STEM school