January 14, 2022 — We Shall Overcome
Humanities with Hilary These first two weeks back have been a WHIRLWIND of activity for these kiddos, and they have been up for the challenge. Our main goal, last week, was to film ourselves saying an excerpt of Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream Speech,” which he gave on August 29, 1963 at the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” Students rose to the challenge of being able to tape one another, and support group members in speaking with expression and — as Dr King says — with “the urgency of now.” As you saw during... Read More
3rd Grade: 1/14
Welcome back to school! We hope you had a wonderful and restful break! Reading We started a new book, Because of Winn Dixie. We will be focusing on the characters. To start, we notice what our main character, Opal, does and says. We think about what that tells about her character and personality. So far we’ve notice that Opal loves animals and her father, the preacher. She looks out for those less fortunate than her. She is kind and brave. Writing We began our new writing unit, opinion writing. We all know this class is full of opinions! To start we... Read More
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other significant Civil Rights leaders 1/14/22
Happy new year! It’s been great being back with the children in the classroom. Since our return from vacation we have been learning about the Civil Rights Movement and people who were instrumental in it. We have been busy learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , Rosa Parks, and Ruby Bridges. The students have been engaged in many read alouds and rich conversations about each person and how they were key figures in the movement. In this study children also learned about what a quote is, how to use it and also about character traits during reading and writing... Read More
Kindergarten Blog 1/14
Dear Kindergarten Families, This week, we learned the last part of the song The Dream of Martin Luther King to sing for Friday’s Tekes. We had a very special visitor, Professor Joel (Nitzan’s grandfather) Zoom in to talk about what it was like to be present at Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech. Here is a recording of part of his presentation. Link In addition to learning the song and Professor Joel’s visit, we spent time reading about and learning about Dr. King’s work. Children learned a lot about the unfair laws that he tried to change... Read More
First Grade News
Dear Families, In math, we have been learning how to split shapes into equal parts! We are practicing using fraction words, such as one half, one quarter, and one fourth to describe the equal parts. Students learned how to fold paper shapes so that they are even. We decorated the shapes and labeled the fractions to show off our work. In science, we showed how the Earth revolves around the sun using flashlights and a globe! Students took turns holding the flashlights and spinning the globe to recreate a year! In Music class, First Graders read and had a discussion... Read More