We’re Back on Track with a Busy Full Week
Dear Third Grade Families, What a whirlwind of a first full week in October! Our Third Graders were ready to jump right into the flow of school, and were focused and dedicated workers all week. Over the last couple weeks we started working in partnerships across three of our subject areas. They include: Social Studies → We partnered together in order to create a definition AND draw a picture of a specific landform or waterform that can be found in New York State. In our group, we had to decided the important characteristics that define each specific water- or landform... Read More
October 16th – 20th
Judaic Studies This week the 7th grade completed our study of our unit on Mishna Yoma. To prepare for our end of unit quiz, students created amazing review activities for each other online — from Kahoots to Who Wants to Be A Millionaire to Pacman! We also began our study of the book of Bmidbar/Numbers. Students looked at the first 3 verses: God commands Moshe and Aharon to count all the men who are over 20 and capable of fighting. But surely God is capable of saying how many of those men there are — this seems like unnecessary labor!... 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
6th Grade News: 10/16-10/20/17
HUMANITIES Our first full week back after the many holidays was a productive one, now that we have more time to really dig into the material. In Writing class, students wrapped up their final drafts of their narrative essays, in which they all told true stories of obstacles in their lives. They spent some time peer-editing as part of the writing process, which allowed them simultaneously to learn more about their peers’ lives while also gaining valuable writing tips. In Literature class, students finished reading The Epic of Gilgamesh. The final chapters sparked sophisticated discussions and questions: Did Gilgamesh reach his goals? Did he find true fulfillment... Read More
Sukkot, Simchat Torah and Back to Regular Schedule
Dear Kindergarten Families, We had an exciting first full week of school! Our kindergartners feel really comfortable, confident and engaged with their friends and learning activities. In English Language Arts, we learned the letter E and the sound /e/ it makes (like in /egg/). We practiced forming upper and lowercase letters Ee using Handwriting Without Tears books, wooden planks, dry erase boards and wiki stix. We encouraged the children to draw pictures of things that begin with letters D and E and try to label their pictures. We worked on Words Their Way spelling activities practicing beginning sounds M, L,... Read More
A Cupcake Extravaganza Under the Sukkah
Dear Families, Please enjoy the follow photos, taken during our cupcake decorating activity under sukkah with our Seventh Grade buddies.
First Grade: Week of October 16th
We had a fun and productive full week in first grade! First grade writers are almost ready to publish their small moment stories. This week we studied the book “Night of the Veggie Monster” by George McClements to try and see how he makes his writing exciting. We noticed that he uses ellipses to build excitement and tells exact motions to help the reader make a movie in her mind. We also picked out stories to publish. We revised them on Thursday, and will start to edit on Monday. In Math we are working on addition. First graders... Read More
Back to a Five-Day Week
Hello Fourth Grade Families! Thank you all for coming to the Sukkot Parent Breakfast and for praying together with us last week. It feels like it’s been such a long time since we had a five day week of school! As we get back into the full schedule and the days get colder, we would like to remind parents to send kids to school dressed in layers. Unless it’s raining, recess is always outdoors, and we want our students to keep warm. We hope you have a restful weekend, and we’re looking forward to next week. Shabbat Shalom! -The Fourth... Read More
Tashlich and Learning
Tashlich We read the book Tashlich at Turtle Rock in class about a family that completes a four part Tashlich ceremony. In class we created books with personal reflections about something good from the past year, something we want to throw away, and something we promise to try in the next year. Ask your child what they wrote about. Today we emulated the family’s trip with a four stop walk around the neighborhood and to the park. Thank you to Elliot’s mom Shirley for joining us! Writing and Reading We started reading our class read aloud- a true classic story,... Read More
September 25 – 28
Judaic Studies This week the 7th graders explored the holiday of Yom Kippur. We began by looking at what is said about Yom Kippur in the Torah, and were surprised to discover that the Torah mentions nothing about fasting or about asking for forgiveness. Where did those ideas come from? We turned to the Mishna to find out. Students translated and discussed their ideas in chevruta (pairs) and then shared questions about the Mishna with the whole group. If you chew on your fingernails, does that count as eating? If you put something in your mouth and then spit it out... Read More