Thursday, December 15, 2016

A Sampling of Second Grade Letters to Faraway Family At Christmas Time






Sunday, December 11, 2016

Merry Christmas To All...




We Love You Mrs. Thomas!!  Our Mandarin Teacher

Pre-K Small Group Instruction

Go Kayden!

Aren't you so cute!

Smart girls...

STEM Activities, 6th Grade

More STEM

More STEM

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Thursday, December 1, 2016






Middle schoolers using Inquiry to learn more fully about bias after reading a short story from their text





 Students in 7th grade at Academy of Hope Charter are learning how bias, whether from the media, technology or authors, contributes to popular/unpopular opinion and impacts our system of beliefs


 




This Wonder Table has magazine articles, photos and nonfiction texts for students to peruse to decide whether they are biased in any way.  Students will pair up to talk and try to come to some agreement after the fact-finding process, which may include researching using technology and texts, is complete.

Next step:  Persuasive Essays to make their point







Scientific Inquiry in 6th Grade

Using "Science WorkStations Friday" to learn more deeply the science concepts and ideas taken from curriculum--and incorporating Science Vocabulary















Inquiry-based learning in 2016-17 looks and sounds like "Directly involve me and I understand"










"Boys of Hope"  treated to Olive Garden to show off their etiquette
You must be literate to use etiquette




Pre-K Literacy Inquiry taking the form of The Gingerbread Man

Just who is the Gingerbread Man???

Let me illustrate...

On his body in the middle are what?  BUTTONS!!
And at the end of his legs are what?  Feet?

Students surveying their teacher drawing the feet




STEM:  Robotics Practice









Kindergarten STEAM
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math









Monday, October 31, 2016

Academy of Hope Character Parade
just got put on notice...
Viola Swamp and the Scarecrow needed to be included....

Wizard of Oz Scarecrow

The Infamous Viola Swamp from
Miss Nelson Is Missing

 Academy of Hope's 
Annual Book Character Parade
Book Character Parade,
here we come

G.I. Jane Air Force

playing the waiting game

parents and teachers watching the kiddos

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

The Giving Tree

The Magic School Bus
 Inside a Beehive (Bee)

The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland and one of the dalmations from 101 Dalmations

Cat in the Hat and Waldo's World

Paul Bunyan stopped by;
Waldo was amused, the Witch was not

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Staff looking on

Making announcements

Listening for coloring contest, art contest and costume winners

Not going to be your dinner

Mr. Emoticon?

Kindergarten Vampires

Cat in the Hat with a not-so-happy Thing Three and her Lawyer?


Pre-Kindergarten

Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops,
my book choice