April 16 – April 20
Math 7X this week found areas of parallelograms and trapezoids, and solved problems involving perimeters and areas of composite plane figures. The unit test (also a due date for extra credit) is currently scheduled for Tuesday, April 24th. 7Y finished learning the materials on Unit 13: Volumes and Surface Areas of Solids, and are working on their unit project, making a mobile of solids. This project is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, April 25th. The following unit (unit 14) is on Proportions. Progress report #3 was sent out today. Hebrew This week in Hebrew we dedicated our... Read More
April 20 – Yom Ha’atzmaut
Dear Third Grade Families, Spring is starting to come, as the weather gets warmer. We want to thank everyone for their patience in re-rescheduling our Brooklyn Bridge trip. We hope to have that in our books VERY soon! Math In math, we have come to the end of our bar modeling unit. This strategy for reading word problems carefully and organizing information can be successful for some students, though we know it is not the best strategy for all. During the week, we discussed the positives of drawing a picture to represent the word problem, be it a bar... Read More
6th Grade News: 4/16-4/20/18
Reminder: May 18th: Student health and emergency forms due –> Forms can be downloaded HERE. Forms should be submitted to Rivkey Nigen, School Nurse at nurse@hannahsenesh.org. HUMANITIES This week in History class, we focused on the ancient Greek agora, or outdoor marketplaces. The agoras of ancient Greece were a sort of combination of today’s farmer’s markets, universities, and downtown areas. Students imagined and acted out what it might have been like for politicians, scientists, shoppers, and philosophers to come together in one central area in order to conduct business and discuss ideas. In Writing class, students finished their outlines for their ancient Greece research... Read More
Fractions and Yom Ha’atzmaut
Yom Ha’atzmaut Second graders celebrated with the rest of the school with many special activities. Our morning started with a school wide takes led by the fifth graders, followed by an Israeli snack. Next, we turned our classrooms into the Dead Sea and Eilat! Students got creative, making the entrance to the Dead Sea into a cave and creating a salty Dead Sea. Transforming the Hebrew room to Eilat! Exotic fish, hotels, and beach chairs! We joined third grade in going to stations where we made salt scrubs at the Dead Sea, enjoyed artikim (popsicles) and learned about fish in... Read More
5th Grade Week of 4/16
What a week! We celebrated Yom Haatzmaut on Thursday. We and our 4th grade friends turned our classrooms into Israeli cities, ancient and modern. The 5th Grade also did an exceptional job performing a play for our whole school tekes on the last 70 years of Israel’s history. Thank you, Nir, for all the hard work you put in to making Thursday amazing! Please enjoy our classroom updates, and have a good weekend! HUMANITIES: Another successful week in Humanities! We are wrapping up our whole class text, and are looking forward to future writing assignments by introducing the art of expository... Read More
First Grade News
This week in first grade we learned numbers up to 120, reviewed place value, and practiced estimating. In Writing Workshop, students got their realistic fiction stories ready to be published! We will celebrate their stories at a mini publishing party next week. Next week on Arbor Day, April 27th, first graders will welcome the new tree outside our building! As part of our social action, we take care of the trees outside our school. To get ready for this celebration we read “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss, and discussed cause and effect. This week in our Hebrew classroom,... Read More
2 great movies!
This one is from yesterday — Yom haAtzmaut! Israel’s 70 Birthday! This one is from today — the 8th graders visited Shuk haCarmel and Nahalat Binyamin in Tel Aviv: IMG_7652 from Hannah Senesh on Vimeo.
Yom Ha’atzmaut Week
Hello Fourth Grade Families! What an amazing week at school! Fourth graders got to experience Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day), with a little extra celebration for Israel’s 70th anniversary! Right now the whole grade is busy preparing for Oregon Trail Day next Friday. We are looking for parent volunteers to help with food preparation in the days leading up to our event. Please see Alisa for details. Shabbat Shalom! -The Fourth Grade Team PEEK AT NEXT WEEK: Tuesday, April 24 – Delet P’Tucha/Open Door – 8:15 am Friday, April 27 – Oregon Trail Day... Read More
Yom Haatzmaut, Earth Day and more!
Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! The children were very excited to celebrate Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day! During the week, we learned many things about Israel: its cities, seas, history and more. We read a book “Our Jewish Dream” written by Helena Solomon and illustrated by Regina Katz. As we followed the book about Israel’s growth and development, we created our own map of Israel together. On Thursday, we began our day with a Tekes about Israel’s history. We ate an Israeli snack of Bisli and chocolates, decorated our room with our own... Read More