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Weekly View of Why Students Love Learning at AHB

2nd/3rd: Week of Jan 20

For a two day week, we sure got a lot done! Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group wrapped up their discussion of schedules and activities that are done in the AM vs PM and dove right into measurement! We began with non-standard units of measurement, using items such as coins, chains, cubes, etc. to measure classroom items. We learned the proper way to measure and the importance of always estimating before measuring, because we won’t always have a measuring tool with us, we want our estimating skills to also be top notch. Ms. Kelly’s math group leaped right into division […]

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Micro school elementary student holds up language arts work proudly.

4th/5th: Week of Jan 20

General News All Subject Update In the spirit of the funky week, we’re keeping this section consolidated as all classes took a slight curve in the road to accommodate the holiday, snow day and Flu-Fest 2025. With half the class out (teachers included!) the name of the game was flexibility. For kiddos in class, we accomplished a long division scavenger hunt to practice those pesky long division steps. In theme, we explored the Underground Railroad to follow-up on last week’s exploration of the abolitionist movement. We did a mapping activity on Wednesday and followed it with a “meaningful quote” technology

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Two part time elementary school students do math together at table.

Middle School: Week of Jan 20

Math: This week the Marionettes finished up their percent unit. They started their review on Thursday and will finish it next week. The Saplings started a performance review to assess if they can calculate area and work with scale values. The Vroomsrooms had lesson over negative exponents on Wednesday. Thursday they played Koosh Ball to review the product rule, power rule, quotient rule, and negative exponents rule. ELA: We spent the two school days this week talking about our class novels. All classes have passed the halfway point and the action is rising! In each class, students teamed up to

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Middle school students hold opject together at nonreligious school in Austin.

K/1st: Week of Jan 13

This week in Alpha… Wicked? No WAY! This week in Our Big Backyard… Alphas have a good understanding of the prairies and high plains’ resources, flora, and fauna but we haven’t talked much about the first humans who lived in Texas – particularly in that eco region! Alphas learned that when Europeans discovered Texas about 500 years ago, but didn’t explore the land for about 100 more years. They learned that they were NOT the first people to inhabit this state! Scientists have determined that human beings evolved in Africa around 2 million years ago and began moving into Asia.

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Kindergarten student holds electric creation at part time school.

2nd/3rd: Week of Jan 13

Math – Ms. Andrea’s math group reviewed telling time: to the hour, half hour, quarter past, quarter till, in 5 minute increments and down to the exact minute! We learned new time games and created a “Day in the Life of a Beta” schedule as well as a dream schedule! This week was full of lots of practice telling time to the minute WITH PRECISION for the Beta 1s! Ms. Kelly’s math group began the week working so hard on one and two step word problems that incorporate addition, subtraction and multiplication, moved into reviewing all of our multiplication strategies,

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Second grade students create circle on rug at private school in Austin.