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2nd/3rd: Week of Oct 23

Math This week, Ms. Andrea’s math group dove into the “meat and potatoes” of 2nd grade math – addition and subtraction! We reviewed addition strategies and practiced several subtraction strategies. We spent the most time with Make a 10 since our place value knowledge base makes it a very friendly number for our brains to work with. We also discussed equations and the meaning of the equals sign. We practiced balancing both sides of an equation. We closed out the week solving lots of word problems. We practiced reading them, identifying known & unknown parts, plus building and solving number […]

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Second grade girls hold word cards while learning language at private school.

4th/5th: Week of Oct 23

General News Mother Nature wanted us to spend lots of time inside this week, but we enjoyed ourselves in spite of some schedule disruption. Next week, Gammas are welcome to come to school in costume on Halloween. (Be sure not to wear anything too scary for our Alphas!) We planned a host of fun activities: candy pumpkin catapults, dissolving candy corn lab and Halloween-inspired coordinate graphing. It should be a really fun day at school, and rain can’t stop that! Reading/Writing Update Biography writing research got into a great flow this week! We spent more time finishing our bullet pointed

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Fifth grade girls sit together on sofa at social emotional learning school.

Middle School: Week of Oct 23

Math: On Monday Da Sprouts each wrote an integer subtraction problem and created a poster to model the equation using counters. After a week of learning how to model integer addition and subtraction, they started learning the algorithm to add integers. They practiced integer addition using whichever method they wanted (counters, number lines, or the algorithm) on Wednesday. EverShrooms practiced writing inequalities on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday we were down to only two EverShrooms, so they worked on reviewing the inequalities unit. Thursday, Da Sprouts and EverShrooms had a Stock Market Game lesson on diversification and then applied that strategy

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Middle Schoolers get outdoors and put hands on street at project based school.

K/1st: Week of Oct 16

WELCOME TO QUARTER 2!!!!! A Golden Compass What’s Around Us?! The Regions of the United States of America! There was a wild flurry of activities this super-short week! We got new table teams, celebrated two birthdays, and started learning about the land and resources that make up our country. Alphas add oceans around our country… Alphas making their own compass roses… Each table team is studying a different region of the country; they are a team of explorers! We did some team-building and we made portraits and added interesting information we learned about our table mates. Meet the Southwest Art

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2nd/3rd: Week of Oct 16

Math This week, Ms. Andrea’s math group dove into Unit 3! We’re going to focus on addition and subtraction through the end of the year, highlighting and practicing strategies as we go! This week we practiced “making a ten.” By the end of the week, we were attempting this feat using mental math. Ms. Kelly’s math group reviewed and practiced adding two 3 digit numbers on a number line as well as using the standard algorithm. We added a Math Power Journal this week to squeeze in just a little more challenge for those few extra minutes we have left

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