6th Grade News: Happy New Year Edition
MATH:
Hello everyone, I am Katie, the new 5th and 6th grade math teacher! The first few days back at school have been great; everyone has been so kind and welcoming. I am excited to jump right into learning about percents with the 6th grade! We have already used m & m’s to estimate percents on a circle graph we created, and made predictions based on the patterns we saw. Coming up, we will be creating menus and changing recipes…all while getting a better understanding of percents.
BAR/BAT MITZVAH CLASS:
JUDAICS:
Please follow the 6th grade google photo folder to see amazing pictures from their Judaics Projects. https://photos.app.goo.gl/GKB9up9K6Jh2UVB47
As many of you saw during the Heroes Convention, the 6th graders worked so hard on their Arpiellera style art inspired by the Chilean women under Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Please enjoy photos of their work in the google photos folder. Bryan Sussman from Facing History and Ourselves came to talk about next steps and connections to non-violent heroism with 6th graders. The students presented their arpillera style art. Their arpilleras showed heroic moments of women in Shemot also acting in non-violent protest. Students explained their detailed artistic decisions that showed their kushiyot (text based questions). We used a Facing History technique that helps students feel connections to important moments in history. They discussed the text-text / text- world/ text-self connections seen in their Shemot Heroine text. I was so proud of how they spoke with Bryan in such a passionate and confident way. They came up with wonderful ideas of how we could take the lessons from these women and their non-violent, wise forms of protest, and act in upstanding ways in our own lives. We also looked at the context of these heroines’ lives and thought about where else in the world people live in these types of situations. We are now looking at how fear can be a motivating factor in people’s actions. On Fridays we will begin our 6th grade vocab challenges. Students have created Quizlet study games to practice for their first challenge. Students need to beat their score by at least two points each week. They can eventually “level up” and get a new list of vocabulary to work on.
I hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2019!
Shabbat Shalom,
Laura
HEBREW HERITAGE:
In HaKbatza Bet we will continue to practice various verbs in the present tense by discussing schools and their differences. Next, we will start exploring deserts.