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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

2nd: Week of Aug 25

The Betas were very busy this week! In math, we continued our exploration of odd/even numbers and built the world’s tallest ice cream cone! It was filled with dozens of scoops featuring even & odd numbers. We also worked on ordering and comparing numbers using the symbols <, = and >. We played Mystery Number using clues like, “My number is greater than…” On our last day with the mystery bags we worked with a partner to count the number of items in several bags and record the number using digits and words. In phonics this week we reviewed digraphs. […]

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Two second grade girls work on assignment together at micro school.

K/1st: Week of Aug 25

Monday Gym offers a little sumpin’ for EVERYONE… Parents Please Note- No School on Monday! Our BRAIN is “What’s Inside Me” this week… This week, we explored some of the evolutionarily ancient parts of our brains: the parts that keep us alive, and parts that protect us and keep us safe, and the parts that help us learn. The medulla oblongata lives in the brainstem. Alphas knew that to stay alive, their bodies needed food, water, and most of all AIR. The medulla oblongata takes care of that, so our thinking-brain doesn’t have to remember to do those things! It

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Two kindergarteners inspect model brain at private school in Austin.

7th/8th: Week of Aug 18

Math: This was a wonderful first week! The 7th graders classified rational numbers on Tuesday and created their own nested diagrams. On Wednesday they reviewed how to add and subtract integers, and on Thursday they completed mazes and a solve and color to continue practicing. The 8th grade class reviewed how to convert between fractions and decimals on Tuesday, then dived into square roots. Wednesday they learned how to find the square root of perfect squares and on Thursday they learned how to estimate non-perfect square roots. The Algebra class jumped right in and covered four lessons this week: distribution,

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Two middle school girls work over candlelight at part time school.

5th/6th: Week of Aug 18

General News We had a great (we mean capital G-R-E-A-T!!!) first week! Considering the amount of change we’ve all ingested, it was actually a freakishly wonderful first week. The honeymoon may end, but we said that the entire last year and it STILL continues. Thank you! Here’s a snippet from our first week’s student survey that will give you an idea of how the kids are feeling. (We’re off to a good start! ❤️) Reading/Writing Update Same as math, we didn’t have a ton of time devoted to structured ELA class this week as we were busy with community building

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Teacher uses iPad as part of assignment at STEM school.

3rd/4th: Week of Aug 18

We are off to a great start! We spent much of our time this first week getting to know each other, our space, and our new routine. We focused on community building and by midweek we were splitting into math and reading groups. Math We worked on place value with notetaking and games. ELA We began learning about character traits by reading books and looking for what characters say, do, think, and feel. Theme We just dipped our toes into Vikings by watching a video and discussing it. We listed interesting facts we learned and came up with questions we

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Elementary students stand around tree with clipboards at private school with small classes.