December 11th – December 15th
Judaic Studies Your 7th graders blew me away this week! We hosted our conference on the Future of Judaism: Perspectives from the Year 90. Students presented the thoughts of their historical group about whether Judaism could continue after the destruction of the Beit haMikdash. Using technology to express their ideas — including Instagrams, websites, and powerpoints — students argued passionately and challenged each other, all in character. We celebrated their hard work by designing (and then eating!) cookie coins for each group, modeled on the Roman coin issued after the defeat of Judea: 7th graders visited with their 3rd grade buddies,... Read More
6th Grade News: 12/11 – 12/15/17
HUMANITIES This week in History, we moved on from Mesopotamia and launched into our unit on ancient Egypt. We began, as we always do, by looking at carefully at maps and drawing inferences. Students discovered how geographical features like deserts and the Nile River shaped daily life so long ago. They considered, too, how geography and climate continue to impact our lives today. In Literature class, students learned all about the literary term “Mood.” We analyzed mood across a variety of art forms, including video, pictures, and texts– and discussed how artists of all kinds intentionally convey particular moods. Students noticed that artists and authors... Read More
Chocolate Factory and Touring the North of Israel
Field Trip Preparations Most of our writing this week was spent preparing for our field trip to Cacao Prieto, a kosher chocolate factory in Red Hook, Brooklyn. We began the week by learning how to make chocolate, and took turns reading each slide in a slideshow. Check out the slideshow we created and learned from here. We practiced putting the steps in the correct order, and made illustrations to show what we learned. Then, we focused on the who of chocolate making, taking time to recognize each person and each job that is involved in making chocolate. We thought about... Read More
5th Grade Week of 12/15
Happy Hanukkah, 5th Grade Community! We had so much fun celebrating the first days of Hanukkah with each other and our buddies! Here is an update on what we’ve been up to this week: HUMANITIES: This week in Humanities, students continued to do amazing work on their India Pavilion Projects. This includes working on their writing pieces, activities, and trifolds, which they were so excited to get! We also continued our deep dive into Homeless Bird; we had rich discussions about topics such as widow’s lives in India, systemic poverty, and how we can be kinder to those less fortunate us during... Read More
Week 15: Monday, December 11th – Friday, December 15th
Hebrew: Dear parents, This week HaKbatza Aleph practiced using STAMI sentences verbally and in writing. In addition, we practiced switching from infinitive to present tense. HaKbatza Bet learned new vocabulary related to using internet, phones and social media and they practiced using the new vocabulary verbally and in writing. I wish everyone Hag Hanukah Sameach and Shabbat Shalom, Andreea Heritage: הורים יקרים, השבוע המשכנו בדיון בו התלמידים הביעו את דעותיהם בנושא היתרונות והחסרונות של קבוצה. כיצד תלמידים מרגישים חלק מקבוצה? אם הם יהיו מוכנים לערוב לתלמידים שנמצאים איתם בקבוצה? ואם לא, מדוע? כיצד זה תלמידים אחרים מרגישים עם זה. על מנת לענות... Read More
Candles and Dreidels and Doughnuts, Oh My!
Hello Fourth Grade Families! It’s hard to believe that we’re wrapping up for winter vacation already! As we approach our time off, please remember to let teachers know if your child will be missing school either before or after school vacation time. Also please remember to come to our Lower School Hebrew Play on Monday! Fourth graders are the stars of the show and have been working very hard on their parts. We hope to see you there! Finally, Thursday is our class field trip to Fraunces Tavern. If you haven’t yet sent in the permission slip, please do so.... Read More
Happy Hanukkah!!
Dear Third Grade Families, Can you believe it’s already Hanukkah? The year has really flown by! We are coming to the end of our subtraction study. Students practiced solving a variety of problems, including story problems and missing number problems. We used base-ten blocks to represent four digit numbers and for solving subtraction number sentences. In Reading, we are working on making meaningful predictions. When making predictions about what will happen next for Opal and Winn-Dixie, the main characters in in our read aloud, Because of Winn-Dixie, students predicted that: Winn-Dixie is really Opal’s mom’s dog, and that he will... Read More
First Grade: Happy Hanukkah!
We’ve had a busy and festive week in first grade! First graders have been busy rehearsing for the Hebrew playing, attending school wide candle lighting, and having special Hanukkah time with their 5th grade buddies. Our lower school director, Shelley, came to read the first graders a special Hanukkah book. This week first graders focused on perfecting their lowercase handwriting. Students are expected to use lowercase and uppercase letters appropriately when writing. In Math, first graders learned about ordinal numbers, practiced position words, and began exploring numbers 0 – 20. We noticed that when counting numbers greater than 10,... Read More
Celebrating Hanukkah with our friends!
Dear Kindergarten Families, Happy Hanukah!! We had a fun and busy week in Kindergarten. Every day, we enjoyed lighting candles with our Fourth grade buddies! We have been practicing our song and dance for the Hanukkah Play! We even got to play in the snow! In Math, we are learning numbers 0-20. We have been using ten frames to help us count. We are practicing counting to and writing numbers from 0-20. Please practice counting with your children at home! In English Language Arts, we learned the letter Mm and the sound /m/ it makes (as in ‘moon’). We practiced forming... Read More