Elementary

4th/5th: Week of Feb 26

General News Reading/Writing Update In ELA this week we continued to plug away at our opinion writing. On Monday we spent time brainstorming a list of things we have strong opinions about. We discussed that your writing will be better and more fun if you pick something you’re genuinely interested and passionate about! Some Gammas picked topics they already know a lot about and some picked topics they will need to spend a little time researching to learn more about. On Tuesday we started writing an introductory paragraph. This introductory paragraph is deceptively tricky! It contains a brief hook for […]

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Fifth grade students chart functions at STEM school.

K/1st: Week of Feb 19th

Larry Alert! Larry Alert!!! Our leprechaun has returned with more mischief! It is looking more and more like we are going to have to build some traps again this year. Please bring in any 3D recyclables to help us in this math project! In the past we have appreciated receiving any cubes, rectangular or triangular prisms, cones, and cylinders (oatmeal boxes are AWESOME). 2024 could be our year! Larry mixed up our supply bins this week! Our intrepid early birds put things back where they belong! This week in the Ocean… Alphas know that the food chain and webs in

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Kindergarten and first grade students at micro school work on science project together.

2nd/3rd: Week of Feb 19

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group delved deep into geometry by looking at 2D & 3D shapes, noting attributes, and asking some key questions (what makes a rhombus different than a square?) We also updated our math journals with key vocabulary for the unit. We reviewed polygons and quadrilaterals and whizzed through several sorts! We learned new geometry games and enjoyed a couple of game days. Some chose to use this time reviewing math facts! Ms. Kelly is so proud of her math group! Word problems are the HARDEST! Everyday we practice. And practicing everyday is not easy! But it’s

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3rd grade student works on science project at STEM School.

K/1st: Week of 2/12

This week in Alpha… Alphas enjoying the movie Ezi made to cheer up our friend Anna when she was in hospital! Best medicine ever. This week in the Ocean… This week we learned how important the motion in the ocean is to the health of our planet and how global warming is putting that circulation in danger. If we put water in a tray, the water is very still – is the water at the shore still? Here’s how waves land on land – it doesn’t stay there, it moves back out, UNDER the swells! No Alphas were hurt in

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Kindergarten student at private elementary school displays math work.

K/1: Week of Feb 5th

HE’S BACK!!!!!!!! As you all are aware, we switched classrooms with the Gamma class this summer. What you MAY NOT know is that for YEARS, starting in February we have been pestered and tricked by a little Leprechuan who calls himself Larry. Last Monday, Larry made his first appearance in the new GAMMA room! Our our former Alphas knew that shamrock and wisely called a class meeting to kindly, but firmly redirect the mischief-maker to his proper domain. (…uh…thanks a LOT Gammas…) This week in the Ocean… We explored the deepest layer of the ocean: The Aphotic Zone! Ms. Kim

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Kindergarten student inspects leaf at STEM school.