5th Grade Week of 5/29
What a week! We are winding down the year in style, and finishing up our final units and projects. Please enjoy our classroom updates below, and have a good weekend! Humanities: Another successful week in Humanities! We are wrapping up our book club units, and exploring some final themes and elements of fantasy stories. We are also preparing for the China Museum. We are looking forward to seeing everyone Tuesday!-Tony Math: Fifth graders are working with decimals and the unit test is currently scheduled for Monday, June 11th. The topics for this unit is listed below.-Kelly Unit Seven: Decimals Tenths, Hundredths, and... Read More
May 29 – June 1
Science This week in science we are finishing the building of our custom solar cars. Students have been comparing their design with other groups. They have naturally tested the function of their cars in direct sunlight and went back to improve on their design so the car can move in a straight line. Next week we will be testing these cars for maximum velocity and how straight they can travel using the power of the sun. Exciting times with our final weeks in science. Judaic Studies 7th graders are reading and translating chapter 13 of Bmidbar/the book of Numbers. Moshe... Read More
Week 36: Tuesday, May 28th – Friday, June 1st
Heritage הורים יקרים, השבוע התלמידים סיימו את מבחן אוונט הבודק מיומנויות בכתיבה, דיבור והאזנה בעברית. תוצאות המבחן הינן פנימיות ואינן משפיעות על הציון בתעודה. מטרתם לעניק תמונה כוללת ולאפשר לנו להמשיך ולסייע לתלמידים במיומנויות השפה הנדרשות. כמו כן, התקיימה בחינה מסכמת הבודקת מיומנויות של הבנת הקריאה, כתיבה פסקאות ומשפטים עם מילות קישור והשוואה והטיית פעלים בעתיד. כמו כן, תלמידי כיתה ח’ השנה הם המחזור הראשון של בוגרי התוכנית לדוברי עברית, כאות הערכה לכך בית ספר יזמין את התלמידים בשבוע הבא לארוחה במסעדה ישראלית במנהטן. מאחלת לכם סוף שבוע נעים, אילנה Humanities Literature and Writing: This week, students finished their... Read More
June 1 – Our Journey Through Ellis Island
Dear Third Grade Families, “This is the best trip we’ve ever had!” “Look how big the Statue of Liberty is!” “28 people waved to me on the boat!” “Can I have another peppermint?” “Not the button hook!” “I’VE BEEN DETAINED?!” These are just SOME of the phrases we heard out of our third graders during the trips to Ellis Island, over these past two weeks. The students began their journey at Battery Park, where they embarked on a ferry. We sailed past the Statue of Liberty and were able to see and discuss all they have learned about her... Read More
Beginning June
Hello Fourth Grade Families! We’ve arrived at the last calendar month of the school year, and the last two weeks of classes. In many classes, we are wrapping up the last of our curriculum and turning our attention to end-of -year celebrations, especially next week’s Songs of America and Israel performance. We hope we will see all of you there on Thursday at 9 am! Shabbat Shalom! -The Fourth Grade Team PEEK AT NEXT WEEK: Thursday, June 7 – Fourth Grade Songs of America and Israel – 9 am Friday, June 8 – Spirit Day (Students are invited to wear... Read More
First Grade News
June 8th is Spirit Day! Students are invited to wear orange and white to school. This week in First Grade we went on a field trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. We learned all about flowering plants and planted our own geraniums to take home! In Social Studies, we made reusable bags out of old tshirts. First graders will use these bags at our Shuk next week. In math we started exploring multiplication and division! They added groups of the same number to multiply, and practiced putting larger numbers into equal groups to divide. We’re... Read More
Planning our last weeks of Kindergarten!
Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a fun week in Kindergarten! We could not go to the new park on Thursday because of the rain, but we promised our children that we will go there next week. We are also very excited for our field trip to the Prospect Park Zoo on Tuesday! For the next two weeks, our kindergartners will plan their own schedule (led by their teachers, of course). They brainstormed a variety of activities, lessons and events that they would like to do, learn and explore while closing their kindergarten experience. We will organize these ideas into a... Read More
6th Grade News: 5/22-5/25/18
HUMANITIES This week in History students focused on ancient Greek wars and battles, learning about the Persian Wars and Peloponnesian War. We examined the “phalanx,” an ancient Greek battle formation, and made inferences about its effectiveness. We also talked about the “big ideas” and themes that came out of these wars, such as the notion that small groups can come together to accomplish large, seemingly impossible goals. Lastly, we listened to a fun, musical video that narrates the Peloponnesian War through art. See the video at this link if you’re interested! In Literature class, students are nearing the end of The Graveyard Book, by Neil... Read More
5th Grade Week of 5/22
What a week! The sun is out, and we are winding down the year with a few more weeks to go! Please enjoy our classroom updates below, and have a lovely long weekend! Mindfulness Advisory this week: Partner Yoga! Humanities: This week in Humanities, we continued our book club unit, and explored elements of fantasy, themes, and the concept of friendship in fantasy books. We also concluded our essay portion of the China Museum project. Can’t wait to see everyone June 5th!-Tony Math: This week, the fifth graders learned to express fractions as decimals, multiply and divide decimals by 10s, 100s, and... Read More
First Grade News
In writing, we started a new unit on book reviews. First graders recalled all the ways they know how to convince your reader and used this knowledge to share their opinions on books they have read. They watched videos of other students giving oral book reviews and practiced this skill as well. In Social Studies, first graders explored the idea of recycling by making paper. First graders learned how paper is made out of trees and used the same process to make new paper out of paper scraps and water. They were so excited to bring their new papers... Read More