Elementary

2nd: Week of Jan 5

Math Q3 math kicked off with a pre-test (no stress!) for our next unit on time and measurement. After our first week back we’ve mastered telling time to “o’clock” and :30, next week we’ll work on solidifying: quarter past, quarter till, and beyond! ELA Book Clubs are charging ahead at full speed. All three groups will be starting a new novel within the next couple of weeks. I’m particularly impressed with the level of quality that I’m seeing in the Beta’s journals. In phonics this week we studied spellings of the long o sound: o, o_e, oa, oe and ow […]

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Two elementary students read together at private school in Austin.

K/1st: Week of Jan 5

New Quarter, New Table Team! We have been sharing what skills and talents we bring to our new buddies, as well as things we like to do, want to do, and don’t like to do. We are figuring out how to take turns sharing fun and not-so-fun tasks, and how to remind each other of our responsibilities in ways that aren’t harsh or hurtful. What’s Around Me? What happens when we go from land in any direction? Eventually, we reach the ocean… WATER, Water Everywhere… This week, we “walked” to the Gulf of Mexico. The first thing we noticed was

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Two kindergarten students work together at micro school

3rd/4th: Week of Dec 8

This week was full of fun things for the Gammas. We enjoyed hibernation day on Tuesday, and since we earned 100 Twiggy tickets, we also got to have hot cocoa with marshmallows! We said goodbye to our last butterfly on Wednesday, and we had a blast on our field trip to the Wildflower Center Thursday. The weather was perfect and we learned so much. Tons of thanks to our parent drivers and chaperones. We couldn’t have done it without you. Math Gamma 2’s dipped their toes into algebra this week, by looking at patterns in tables. We were blown away

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Elementary students look at project at STEM school.

2nd: Week of Dec 8

This week the Betas learned triple digit addition and subtraction with regrouping!! These are among the toughest skills we’ll tackle this year due to the number of steps involved. We’ll continue working to strengthen these skills all year, but having laid a strong foundation feels like quite an accomplishment. Book Clubs are wrapping up for the year! Flat Stanley has finished their first adventure and our Fly Guy girls are poised begin their third (and final) book from the Fly Guy series. Last but not least, our Ready Freddy group will continue with Yikes, Bikes! in the new year. In

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Elementary student works on paper at table at school with small classes.

K/1st: Week of Dec 8

What’s Around Me? We traveled North along the Appalachian Trail to meet the First Nation people who blazed it! We explored the Northeast Woodlands Region of the United States. The lands of deciduous forests, rivers, and the Great Lakes are rich with natural resources. It was also the birthplace of one of the world’s oldest democracies. The beautiful book Hiawatha and the Peacemaker guided our discussions this week. It is the story of the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse – they go by the name Iroquois too) comprised of five tribes, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and the Seneca, who agreed

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Kindergarteners sit together as teacher speaks at micro school.