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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

K/1st: Week of Jan 22

This week we learned that the ocean has layers that are divided by how much light is in it. The first layer we explored is called the Euphotic Zone. We learned that most of the creatures in the ocean live in this layer, and just like all living things on land, these creatures require sunlight, air, water, and food to live. Alphas knew that many of the tidal zone creatures had adaptations that helped them capture microscopic food particles from the water, and we learned that those particles were actually living plants and animals called Phytoplankton and Zooplankton. We learned […]

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Kindergarten student displays project at project based school.

2nd/3rd: Week of Jan 22

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group worked on solving situations having to do with time. We created number lines to help us solve elapsed time problems and did another digital/analog mix and mingle to find new partners for the day (and for fun!) We discussed AM vs PM and completed different activities that take “about a minute” and “about an hour.” We made a human timeline and put ourselves in order based on the series of events in a daily schedule. After spending some more time figuring out situation problems involving elapsed time – they’re working hard and almost have

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Elementary teacher sits with students while they work together at private school with small classes.

4th/5th: Week of Jan 22

General News Big thanks to the Gilmores for donating egg cartons to each Gamma to ease/organize rock collections. What a thoughtful surprise! We’ll be sending those home with next week’s Monday folder. We are still looking for help with transportation on Tuesday, February 13th to InnerSpace Caverns in Georgetown.. Fill out this form if you are able to come along! Reading/Writing Update This week we continued to work with memoir writing. Personal narratives are always a tricky one so please do take some time this weekend to look through photos, tell family stories, and reminisce together! We spent a lot

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Two fifth grade students work together at micro school.

Middle School: Week of Jan 22

Math: This week Da Sprouts focused on application problems. They solved word problems in order to find “the part” and some to find “the percent”. Next week they will focus on finding “the whole”. Evershrooms completed a performance task that required students to order inventory for a lab and compare mixed solutions of disinfectant. This helped prepare them for the unit check in they took Wednesday. Polar Bears finished their unit on angles this week with a lesson on similar triangles. They then worked on mixed practice task cards to practice every principle they learned in this unit. Mountain Lizards

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Middle school student holds project in camera view at STEM private school.

K/1st: Week of Jan 15

Water, Water Everywhere! This week, we investigated what many rocky seashores offer…shelter and food for some of the world’s most adaptable creatures in the intertidal zones. (oh! how we wish we had tidal pools to explore in our neighborhood!) The ecosystem hangs on for dear life as the tides ebb and flow….and what creates tides? We learned that the ocean is always moving by the force of winds and currents and especially the pull of the moon’s gravitation creating 2 high tides and two low tides on earth each day. We looked at the Dr. Suess type animals that can

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Kindergarten student builds model sea creature at project based school.