Week of Nov. 13
What a week! The Thanksgiving break is approaching fast, and our students are working as hard as ever! We are excited to share our updates with you, and we hope you have a wonderful holiday. This week in advisory we made place mats for our buddies for the Thanksgiving feast, did a mindfulness lesson and had a full class meeting to brainstorm how to make recess bette HUMANITIES: Before I provide my Humanities update, I would just like to thank Casey, Cheryl, and our amazing 5th grade team for all of their love... Read More
Oct 30 – Nov 3
This was a very exciting week in 5th grade! Students received additional lockers to share with a partner for their bags and coats. We worked on organizing our materials so we can maximize our 5 minute break in between each class. We also worked on using kindness and empathy while at our lockers and sharing the space in the best way possible. Our second Mindfulness advisory occurred on Thursday. Students learned about Mindful Listening. They spent time listening to the sounds around them as they laid on the recess roof. On Friday students participated in a team building game. We... Read More
What a Week!
Hello 5th Grade Community! We are very excited to share our updates with you. Our students engaged in engaging and rigorous academic work, and started Mindfulness during Advisory periods this week. We hope this curriculum helps our students become more mindful, reflective, and relaxed as the year progresses. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! HUMANITIES: In Reading, our students continued to read Wonder, and explored what it means to have different narrators across a text. In Writing, students began researching for their Research-Based Argument Essays, exploring issues such as LGBTQ rights, police-civilian relationships, and the effects of climate change on our planet.... Read More
We’re Back!
Hi 5th Grade Community! We are so excited to update you on what has been going on in 5th grade these past few weeks. Our students have not only progressed wonderfully in their classes; they also have participated in a few thrilling events, including our amazing NYC Challenge and our super fun Simchat Torah celebration. We hope you enjoy reading our updates, and we look forward to seeing you on November 9 for Parent-Teacher Conferences. Judaics -Maya “This week on Monday and Tuesday we prepared for a shuk in our classroom by making slide shows of one of the four... Read More
Our First Full Week of 5th Grade!
What an amazing first full week of 5th grade! We are so excited to share our week with the Hannah Senesh Community, and we hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Shabbat Shalom! HUMANITIES: The 5th graders were truly tested this week in Humanities, both with challenging material and the new realities that come with being a middle school student. I am happy to say they rose to the challenge every day! In Writing, students started their Personal Narrative Unit by choosing small moments from their lives to develop into full narrative stories. In reading, students read more short stories, learned about... Read More
What a First Week of 5th Grade!
Wow, what a week! Our new 5th graders have gotten off to a tremendous start this year. They are using the amazing energy they brought from summer into the classroom, and have shown lots of enthusiasm for their new classes and subjects. We as teachers are so excited to see all of their happy faces, and to see everyone start so strong! Below you will find a quick recap of the week from each teacher. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Shabbat Shalom! HUMANITIES: What a week in Humanities! In Reading, we began our short story unit by examining the... Read More
Welcome to 5th Grade!
We on the 5th Grade Team hope everyone has had a wonderful summer. We would like to introduce ourselves and tell you a little bit about what we are doing in each of our classes: HUMANITIES: Welcome! My name is Tony Buonomo, and I am the new 5th Grade Humanities teacher here at Hannah Senesh. I am coming from Explore Charter School in Flatbush, where I spent the 2016-2017 school year teaching special education. Before that, I lived outside Boston and taught English Language Arts at a high school for students with special needs. I am looking forward to this... Read More