Message from the Elementary School
Grades K-5
Welcome! The HTA Elementary School team aims to teach, model, and encourage a love of learning and collaboration. Our highly qualified teachers are dedicated to delivering personalized instruction through HTA’s blended learning model. To us, blended learning means that students are engaged in purposeful learning experiences by way of face-to-face classes with teachers, guided lessons with a parent Learning Coach, field trips, and virtual classes.
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Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum
As a state public school, HTA teaches Common Core State Standards. These standards are designed to prepare students for college and career readiness. Common Core is not the curriculum, but is the collection of standards that define what each student should understand or be able to do at each grade level. The curriculum used to deliver instruction varies amongst grade levels and content areas. In grades K-5, K12 is the platform used as the primary source for online curriculum. K12 provides Learning Coaches (parents) with teaching guides, instructional resources, and supplies/manipulative needed to deliver lessons at home. Teachers also create their own activities and assessments and supplement with other online resources. These lessons are delivered through a variety of platforms, including Google Classroom. Teachers assign lessons and activities to students and Learning Coaches on a prescribed pacing guide.
As a state public school, HTA teaches Common Core State Standards. These standards are designed to prepare students for college and career readiness. Common Core is not the curriculum, but is the collection of standards that define what each student should understand or be able to do at each grade level. The curriculum used to deliver instruction varies amongst grade levels and content areas. In grades K-5, K12 is the platform used as the primary source for online curriculum. K12 provides Learning Coaches (parents) with teaching guides, instructional resources, and supplies/manipulative needed to deliver lessons at home. Teachers also create their own activities and assessments and supplement with other online resources. These lessons are delivered through a variety of platforms, including Google Classroom. Teachers assign lessons and activities to students and Learning Coaches on a prescribed pacing guide.
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Instruction
Instruction at HTA is delivered in a variety of formats, including face-to-face, virtual, and online instruction. Face-to-face instruction at HTA includes: whole group instruction, small group instruction, collaborative activities, labs, and much more. The same modes of instruction can be applied in the virtual instruction setting. Teachers use Adobe Connect as a platform for delivering virtual instruction. Online instruction at HTA includes K12 lessons, teacher-created activities and assessments, and teacher-selected online lessons. Students also take part in independent learning, through the guidance of a parent Learning Coach and support from a certified teacher. |
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Daily Plan
Teachers will provide Learning Coaches with a daily plan that outlines which lessons, activities, and assessments should be completed each day. The items on the pacing guide may come from a variety of sources to include but are not limited to:
Teachers will provide Learning Coaches with a daily plan that outlines which lessons, activities, and assessments should be completed each day. The items on the pacing guide may come from a variety of sources to include but are not limited to:
- K12 Online Curriculum
- Other Online Curriculum Sources
- Teacher-Created Activities
- Virtual Classes
Activities and Events
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HTA takes a "whole child" approach to educating our students. Beyond academics, enrichment opportunities enable students to develop social and emotion skills integral to demonstrating HTA's core values of collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, and character.
Field trips and club opportunities are abundant at HTA. We strive to offer a monthly field trip, including both social and educational activities. HTA offers a variety of extra-curricular clubs and enrichment opportunities that target a variety of student interests. |
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