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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

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.

K/1st: Week of Dec 1

What’s Around Me? This week, we traveled to the Southeastern region of North America. We learned that the mountains there are ancient and used to be taller than the Himalayas! What happened to them? We had some great ideas…some thought maybe they were so heavy, they sank back into the Earth’s crust! Others thought that animals may have worn them down with their endless climbing on them. And some hit the nail on the head: weathering broke them down, and water and wind carried away the detritus! Alphas knew that when rain falls, gravity makes the water flow downward, so

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Kindergarten student work on math at private school in Austin

7th/8th: Week of Dec 1

Math: The 7th graders worked on finding the constant of proportionality this week. They can identify the constant of proportionality from verbal descriptions, tables, graphs, and equations. The 8th graders started their geometry unit with angle relationships. They had a lesson of 7 angle relationships formed by parallel lines cut and a transversal line on Monday. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday they used those relationships to find missing angles. The algebra students took their check-in over system of equations and inequalities on Monday, then began reviewing for their midterm. Humanities: Short stories were turned in before the break, and students

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Middle school students study together at private school in Austin.

5th/6th: Week of Dec 1

General News It’s a busy time around Delta Land! Monday we’ll head to the library for free-reading and hot cocoa/cider. Remind your Delta to bring a book that inspires some pleasure reading! Wednesday, we’ll head to the Bob Bullock Museum for a field trip to see the T. Rex exhibit (and watch a documentary on the IMAX screen!) The Epsilon class will join us, which will add to the fun! (Huge thank you to our parent volunteers!) Reading/Writing Update We were busy finishing up our creative writing pieces this week and learning the value of editing and peer editing. On

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Teacher helps students with project at micro school.

3rd/4th: Week of Dec 1

Gammas had a super week! Our tadpoles are growing fast and showing the first signs of legs. One of our caterpillars emerged from its cocoon and on Thursday, we set it free! Observing and learning about nature firsthand in our classroom has been extremely exciting. We are looking forward to our field trip to the LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center next Thursday! Math Gamma 2’s polished up their long division skills. We focused on remainders and what they represent in real life problems. Sometimes we can ignore the remainder, and other times the remainder calls for adding one more to the

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Elementary teacher shows students butterfly at STEM school in Austin.