The Caribbean
Social Studies To kick off our new unit, we participated in Caribbean station exploration! In one station the second graders tasted fruits that are native to the Caribbean, like ugli fruit, fried plantains, mango, and coconut! In this station we also explored a big map, where we matched the flags to the Caribbean countries we could find. We discussed the symbolism for the colors and patterns of some of the Caribbean flags, and began asking questions about the climate and location. We added some science in, discussing the kind of soil that might be needed to grow these specific fruits... Read More
6th Grade News: 3/12 – 3/16/18
HUMANITIES It was so nice talking with most of you this week at parent-teacher conferences, and I look forward to speaking with the rest of you next week. In History class, students took a final test on ancient Egypt. Studying for this test was an important learning experience, as students tried out and shared different study strategies and figured out which worked best for them. As part of our preparation for the test, we played a competitive and enthusiastic game of Jeopardy. The students should feel proud of themselves for all that they’ve learned about ancient Egypt this semester! In... Read More
March 16 — Glass, Glass Everywhere
Dear Third Grade Families, We had a wonderful time seeing so many of you last night, at Parent Teacher Conferences! Your students have made such strides in their work, specifically shouting out their progress in information writing from November to March, we were thrilled to share their endeavors with you. Math This week, in math, we tied our 2- or 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication unit together by figuring out that all of the strategies we learned (repeated addition, break apart method, using a place value mat... Read More
5th Grade Week of 3/12
Wow! What a week! We are so proud of our 5th graders for their wholehearted participation in the national walkout on Wednesdays. Their voices were loud and clear! They give us so much hope and optimism for the future. Please enjoy the updates below, and have a good weekend! HUMANITIES: So much to talk about in Humanities this week. We started our new book, Revolution is not a Dinner Party, by Ying Chang Compestine, and studied the history behind the book. Students dove into incredibly complex topics with zeal, such as economic theory, Communism, and the pitfalls of dictatorship. In Social Studies,... Read More
March 12 – March 16
Math 7X this week solved simple linear inequalities, such as ax + b > c, compared the solutions of inequalities with different inequality signs such as x > 3 and x ≥ 3, and represented the solution of a linear inequality on a number line. The unit test is currently scheduled for Thursday, March 22nd. 7Y this week found the area of a parallelogram and trapezoid, and solved problems involving perimeters and areas of composite plane figures. The unit test is currently scheduled for Thursday, March 22nd. Judaic Studies Students are working on their project for our Mishna Brachot unit: finding interesting... Read More
Week 26: Monday, March 12th – Friday, March 16th
Hebrew This week, the students practiced writing a flowing paragraph in Hebrew by writing a paragraph in the future tense about what they will do when they reach their special place one day. Next, the students started their prep unit for the Israel trip. Feel free to ask them to teach you all the new words, expressions and songs they learn in class! I wish everyone a nice weekend, Andreea Heritage הורים יקרים השבוע עסקנו ביחידה החדשה “זכויות הילד”. במסגרת זו התלמידים דנו בשאלה, מהי זכות? מי אחראי על הזכות שלי כילד? האם יש הבדלים בין זכויות הילדים בעולם? האם... Read More
The Ides of March
Hello Fourth Grade Families! It’s an intense time of year for us at Hannah Senesh. Pesach is fast approaching, Daylight Savings Time has kicked in, and Parent Teacher Conferences are in full swing. Thank you to everyone who came to Conferences yesterday. We are looking forward to seeing the rest of you on Monday evening. As a reminder, if you know that your child will be absent in the days before Pesach vacation, please let us know beforehand so we can make sure that they miss as little material as possible. Finally, we are looking forward to our class trip... Read More
First Grade News: Week of March 12th
Thank you to everyone who brought in books for Malawi! This week we learned more about Malawi and saw pictures of the library that our books will be donated to. We wrote a letter to the children who will receive our books. Our classroom neighborhood is almost complete! This week first graders painted their structures, decided where they should go in the neighborhood, and added details such as stop signs and trains. We still need to name our neighborhood and make people to live in it! We read another finalist for the Irma Black Book Awards this week:... Read More
Music, art and puppets!
Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! It was great to speak with all of you during conferences! We also talked about using kind words and being careful not to hurt others with our words. In Math, we began learning about Time. We had a discussion of what we know about time and talked about the fact that time can be measured in minutes, seconds, hours, days, weeks, months, years, centuries, etc. The children were practicing reading the names of the days of the week. We listened to a fun song by Eric Carle “Today... Read More