First Grade News
First grade had another joyous holiday week in 1st grade! We have been busy celebrating Sukkot with one another and their 5th grade buddies. They ate lunch in the Hannah Senesh sukkah on the roof, and another day had a special activity with buddies. Each child created a sukkah out of graham crackers, marshmallow fluff, chocolate chips, sprinkles and licorice. Delicious and sticky! The first graders also celebrated the holiday by learning and saying the brachot (blessings) with the lulav and the etrog. Carolyn, the lower school counselor, came to our classroom to read “The Color Monster: A Book of... Read More
Sukkot and Simchat Torah!
Simchat Torah We celebrated the upcoming holiday of Simchat Torah with the rest of the school and our buddies! Second graders had the special job of presenting two different types of Torahs to the school. In class we explored the two types of Torahs up close and compared how they are similar and different. Sukkah Making with our Buddies! We met our sixth grade buddies in the school sukkah to build our own sukkot out of treats. Thank you to the PA for organizing! Two Sukkah Visits! We visited two different sukkot in second grade! The students... Read More
Kindergarten newsletter
Dear Kindergarten Parents הורים יקרים, It was great to have you all in our Sukkah for breakfast yesterday. This week was a very busy week in our classroom, as we learn about Sukkot. The students made a long paper chain to decorate our Sukkah that we built in class. Each student made their own lulav, etrog, hadas, and arava. In addition, they learned the bracha for the lulav. Today, the kids met with the eighth graders in the Sukkah, and together, they built a candy Sukkah. They learned the song “Patish Masmer” and “Sukati HaSukkah.” Hebrew Vocabulary: Patish... Read More
6th Grade News: 10/2 – 10/18/19
ADVISORY: 6th graders had a great time these past few weeks getting to know their 2nd grade buddies. We participated in ice breakers, drawn together, celebrated kaballat Shabbat together, and spent time together in the Sukkah. The 6th and 2nd grade pairs will continue to strengthen their bonds throughout this year, and they’ll continue the buddy relationship next year as well! Enjoy the photos from one of our buddy activities below. Best, Mike and Naomi, 6th grade advisors HUMANITIES: The past few weeks in humanities have been full of ancient Greek history and mythology. As we launched into... Read More
October 17, 2019
Advisory On Friday, October 4, 2019, students traveled to Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School as part of their year-long social action project. We read the book, The Empty Pot, and asked kids to put the events of the story in order. After that, 7th graders asked students to think of moments in the book where the main character displayed honesty, determination, and courage. Volunteers from the organization Repair the World assisted us in classrooms. The volunteers, as well as Sarah Kay and myself, were so impressed with the thoughtfulness and care put into interacting with the kindergarten and first grade students.... Read More
4th Grade News: October 18
Last Friday we celebrated twenty five years of the Hannah Senesh Community Day School. A highlight of the day was fourth graders having the opportunity to interview Jonathan and Rebecca Katz. I have to say I was really proud of the students, both in terms of the questions they developed and their engagement during the interviews. Jonathan was one of the founding parents and his daughter Rebecca was in the first graduating class in 2002. Students had prepared questions ahead of time, and each child had the opportunity to ask one of them. We learned of Jonathan’s vision of a... Read More
October 18th – Chag Sukkot Sameach !
JS with Ariana It’s been a lot of fun in third grade. After learning about Rosh HaShana, we went together to perform Tashlich. It was beautiful and meaningful to see all students engaged in this important mitzvah to seek a new beginning and work towards self improvement. This past weeks we have been learning all about Sukkot. We learned the blessings we recite when dwelling the Sukkah as well as the blessing we recite when we shake the Lulav. We spent time learning about the 4 ha minim, the four species, their significance as well as the fact that one... Read More
Kindergarten Newsletter
Check out our busy week! Shabbat Shalom, The K team
First Grade News
This week in first grade there was a lot to celebrate! From Lavi and Ethan’s birthday, to the 25th birthday of our school! First, we started the week off with an apple taste test. We used our observations in Science to describe what different kinds of apples looked like in terms of color and size. We tasted Empire, Honey Crisp and Ginger Gold apples, and decided if they were sweet or sour. The entire first grade voted on their favorite and the Empire apples won! We also looked at the core of the apples and seeds. Students noticed that after... Read More
First grade news
This week in first grade was full of learning about our environments. Whether it was by practicing recycling or practicing routines! We had a fun filled short week! In Reading this week, we received our book baggies and practiced picking a just right book. We continued reading books about apples, by reading the book “Mr. Peabody’s Apples” by Madonna (yes that Madonna) The students loved the illustrations in the book. One of the main lessons of the book is the importance of telling the truth. In Math this week we focused on one more and one less. We also really... Read More