Eighth Grade Blog

Hebrew  Dear parents, This week the students are watching an Israeli movie named “Apples From the Desert”. the movie is based on a short story by Savion Liebrecht. While watching the movies, the students learn new vocabulary, discuss dilemmas and conflicts that the characters deal with in the movie. After watching the movies, the students will be able to read the story and lead class discussions on the differences between the movie and the story. I wish everyone a relaxing weekend, Andreea Heritage להורים שלום, השבוע המשכנו לשוחח על יחידת ההגירה אבל מההיבט של ילדים בלתי חוקיים. במסגרת זאת אנו ממשיכים... Read More

Blogger Note: Because of the continuing rehearsals for the musical, the 8th grade blog will not include posts from Hebrew, Heritage, or Science. Please reach out to Andreaa, Ilana or Mike directly for any specific questions you have about those subjects.  Humanities ELA: Students are preparing for their performances of a scene from The Crucible. Students will be assessed on how well they bring their character to life and infuse the subtext of the larger themes of the play into their performances. They will also be asked to reflect on their performance and the choices they made as a performer. Social Studies:... Read More

Blogger Note: Because of the start of rehearsals for the musical, the 8th grade blog will not include posts from Science, Math and Humanities this week.  Please reach out to Shana, Mike, or Michael directly for any specific questions you have.  Hebrew Dear parents, The month of January is here! This is an exciting month, rich in emotional growth for our students. During this month, due to play rehearsals, the students will need to practice individual responsibility and accountability. The Hebrew learning is posted weekly on google classroom. The students must complete the assessments making sure they are following directions.... Read More

Hebrew Dear parents, Last week the students finished presenting their verbal projects describing a place of their choice a hundred years ago vs. nowadays. All the students put a lot of effort into their presentations and did a wonderful job! This week, we started a new unit on “Weather and Mood”. We have been looking at the ways in which we can describe what people do in the various seasons of the year. we also learned how to present the weather forecast in Hebrew. Next week, we will continue to explore how to make predictions in the future tense related to... Read More

Hebrew These past weeks, the students have been working on preparing presentations comparing the past and present of a place of their choice. The main goal of the activity is to offer the students an opportunity to give a presentation in Hebrew, without reading. I wish everyone a good week, Andreea Heritage להורים שלום השבוע סיימנו את היחידה שלנו על החלטות והתחלנו יחידה חדשה על הגירה. התלמידים התבקשו לשתף עם תלמידי הכיתה סיפורי הגירה משפחתיים שהיו מעניינים מאד. סוף שבוע נעים, אילנה Humanities ELA: Students have finish writing their personal narratives and started their study of The Crucible. Students are engaging in theatre... Read More

Heritage להורים שלום,  השבוע התלמידים עבדו על היחידה “קבלת החלטות”, הם למדו מודל לקבלת החלטות אשר יאפשר להם להשתמש בו להחלטות קטנות ביום יום או להחלטות גדולות. ביום שישי ערכנו בחינה על החומר שלמדנו מתחילת השנה. סוף שבוע טוב, אילנה Humanities ELA: These past two weeks students have completed first drafts of their own personal narratives. They have met in peer conferencing groups to give each other praise for what is working in their narratives and also suggested areas to polish for their final drafts . Revisions are already underway and their final drafts should be completed by the end of... Read More

Hebrew This week the students took the Avant Hebrew Assessment. Avant is an online proficiency-based assessment which looks into all 4 skills: reading writing listening and speaking. The assessment allows us to track students’ ability to function in Hebrew. This is an accumulative knowledge test, therefore, students did not need to prepare for it.  The results will not affect students’ grades but will provide precious information. I wish everyone a relaxing weekend, Andreea Heritage  להורים שלום השבוע התלמידים התחילו לעבוד על מבחני אוונט שימשכו כשבועיים. מבחנים אלה בודקים ארבע מיומנויות למידה, כתיבה, שמיעה, הבנת הנקרא, דיבור. המבחן הוא כלי מדד המאפשר לנו... Read More

Hebrew Dear Parents, This week the students focused on using all the vocabulary we learned in the unit on the five senses in order to describe various experiences during the holidays and in everyday life. We ended the week with a test on the unit. Next week the students will take the vocabulary and structures and use it verbally in order to interview each other on a memorable day through the things they smelled, tasted, saw, heard and touched. Next, we will start our first unit in the neta program. Have a wonderful weekend, Andreea Heritage להורים שלום, השבוע התחלנו... Read More

Hebrew Dear Parents, These few days students continued to explore describing things in their world through their senses. Students watched an Israeli TV program about the 5 senses, practiced having conversations in the Shuk describing what they see, hear, smell, taste, and touch. Students also wrote and acted out short skits using the new vocabulary, using both present and past tense. I wish you all Hag Sameach, Andreea Heritage להורים שלום, השבוע המשכנו לעבוד על היחידה “מעשה טוב” במהלכה תלמידים שיתפו במעשה טוב שהם עשו במהלך החגים כלפי חבריהם, בני משפחה או בכלל. למדנו את העקרון “תעביר את זה הלאה”,... Read More

Hebrew Dear Parents, Welcome to an exciting year! The 8th grade started the year by discussing the five senses and the ways in which we can use them to describe our memories and experiences. This year the focus is on conversational Hebrew. The students started each class by practicing for 15 minutes in Hebrew how to introduce themselves to a new person. I look forward to meeting everyone at back to school night and wish everyone Shannah Tovah ! Andreea Heritage ,להורים שלום השבוע עבדנו על הסיפור “הסיר של סבתא” המתאר כיצד סיר אחד מעניק לאנשים רבים כל כך מענה... Read More