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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

5th/6th: Week of May 4

General News Thank you for all the amazing teaching appreciations this week! The gifts of quiet time, food, and so much more in the middle of the hectic school day were so thoughtful and spot on! We are so grateful to teach at a school that recognizes teachers and put so much effort into a thoughtful, curated teacher appreciation week. ELA This week in ELA, we wrapped up our two writing projects from our Mars colonization discussion. We had thoughtful discussions about our book and P&P, finished typing and polishing our persuasive essays, and tied up some loose ends with […]

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Middle school work displayed on table at private school in Austin.

3rd/4th: Week of May 4

This week was amazing at AHB!  The Gammas loved their trip to Barton Springs on Tuesday and learned so much about Barton Springs and the Edwards Aquifer.  They enjoyed seeing wildlife, having lunch in the park, and had a blast playing on the playground! Thanks so much to our parents who were able to drive and chaperone. We appreciate you so much! YAY! We earned 100 TWIGGY tickets so Tuesday will be Crazy Hair Day Math Gamma twos wrapped up their study of data charts this week.  They were given  100 students’ birthdays and had to organize and display the data.

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Elementary students explore park on field trip at nonreligious school.

2nd: Week of May 4

Math This week in math the Betas continued on with multiplication! We can draw arrays, write and even solve multiplication number sentences! This is so much easier than we thought it’d be! So proud of all of these Betas!! ELA Our focus in phonics this week was on syllabication of words and a review of open/closed syllables. The skill of breaking words into chunks is a valuable one because it can help us identify and read new words, especially the longer words that we’ll encounter soon. We are finishing up our book club novels! These will be our last books

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Elementary student reads to class at micro school in Austin.

K/1st: Week of May 4

Planetarium visit! Theme: Where in the World?! This week we traveled to Earth’s largest continent – Asia!. We found the oldest and deepest lake (lake Bikhal in Russia), the highest mountain in the world (Mt. Everest), the Gobi desert, and a sea that has not a living plant or animal and 10x the amount of salt in the ocean – the Dead Sea – all unique to Asia. We learned that 4.75 billion people live on the continent! First we labeled and colored our maps of Asia… Then we took a tour through Japan from the eyes of Ms. Emma’s

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Kindergarten student works on math at STEM school.

7th/8th: Week of Apr 27

Math The 7th graders began their last unit over data and statistics this week. They learned the difference between a population and a sample and how to make population inferences based off of sample statistics. Additionally, they learned two measures of center, mean and median. The 8th grade and Algebra students were in review mode. Both were reviewing for upcoming check-ins over statistics and quadratics, respectively. Humanities This week in Humanities class, students combined creativity and critical thinking through activities inspired by space exploration and science fiction. Using hand-picked images from the recent Artemis program missions, students crafted original poems

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Middle schoolers use balloons to create project at STEM school in Austin.