Elementary

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.

3rd/4th: Week of Apr 13

Thank you for sending in all the cool trash.  We are excited to turn it into an artist creations next week.  Save the date and stay tuned for information about a May 5th field trip to Barton Springs.  Next Wednesday, we are going to combine with the Beta class for some fun Earth Day activities! Math Gamma twos put their geometry and measurement skills to work this week learning to identify types of triangles – equilateral, isosceles and scalene.  They will wrap up geometry next week learning about symmetry and reviewing categories of quadrilaterals.  Gamma ones learned about the difference

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Elementary students proudly display work at private school in Austin.

2nd: Week of Apr 13

Math This week in math we completed our money unit by playing lots of games and taking our post assessment! Next up is Graphs & Data. ELA In phonics this week we met the diphthong /aw/. Diphthongs are special types of sounds that glide from one vowel sound to another. The spelling patterns for /aw/ are: au (taut), and aw (paw). Our sight words were: think, thought and through. Another book club has finished their novel! TWO clubs will be starting new books on Monday!! Stay tuned… Theme Our insect fictional final drafts are almost complete! All we need to

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Elementary student labels parts of worm at STEM school.

K/1st: Week of Apr 13

Jon and his Hojalata self portrait… Where in the World?! This week we headed further south. We could see on our big wall map that we were in Equator-territory, once we made it to the continent of South America. All first year Alphas take a trip around the Sun when we learn about patterns and cycles like the seasons – but we reviewed it in order to see what happens to the seasons in the Southern hemisphere… Have Dolly, Will Orbit…Here we find our Earth (played by Max) heading into Spring, in the Northern Hemisphere, and Fall in the Southern.

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Kindergarten student works with dirt at half day school.

3rd/4th: Week of Apr 6

We appreciate  the interesting (clean)  trash donations and will be collecting for a few more days. Thank you if you’ve already donated.  The Gammas have been hard at work so far this quarter, and it is flying by….only 5 ½ weeks left! Math Geometry is going great in Gamma 2.  This week we reviewed  vocabulary and practiced finding the measurement of different types of angles.  We concluded our study of lines and angles with a fun “Alphabet Angle” project. Gamma 1’s refined their perimeter skills, including  finding the length of a missing side when given the perimeter of a shape.

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Elementary students work together at micro school.