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January 12, 2018

5th Grade Week of 1/8/18

Hello 5th Grade Families! What a week in 5th Grade! We had our India Pavilion, which was a smashing success! We attended a Lower School tekes about Martin Luther King, Jr., participated in kindness activities during Advisory, and like every week, tackled new and challenging materials with curiosity and enthusiasm. Please enjoy the teacher updates below, and have a wonderful weekend! HUMANITIES: I am so very proud of our students for all the hard work and dedication they put into the India Pavilion. They spent a month and a half researching and putting together their amazing projects, and blew everyone away...
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6th Grade News: 1/8 – 1/12/18

HUMANITIES: This week in Literature, students created and shared collaborative projects related to the novels they read about ancient Egypt: Pharaoh’s Daughter and The Golden Goblet. Through original songs, posters, and digital presentations, students displayed their understanding of the literary terms “Plot Pyramid” and “Mood.” It was a pleasure to see their creativity on display today as they presented their work. In History class, students explored an incredible artifact from ancient Egypt: King Khufu’s funeral boat. The boat, which was buried at the base of the Pyramid of Giza, was discovered in 1954 and was painstakingly reassembled and reconstructed by a team...
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January 8th – January 12th

Science  Students this week started their unit about the properties of water. This week’s laboratory was hands on activities to discovery the concept of surface tension and cohesion. Students used pennies to see how many water drops can stay on top of the penny. Next they placed the penny in a soapy solution in order to discovery if this affects water surface tension. Then students conducted an experiment in order to discover the interaction of water with different liquids. We all had a great time learning these concept through hands on experimentation. Next week we will continue discovering properties of...
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MLK Tekes and Tzitzit

Community: Switching Groups and A Visit from Two Friends: Old and New Today at Kabbalat Shabbat we reflected on this past week which was our first full week in a long time, and our first week with new groups. Students were asked to say something nice from this week, or a challenge or a compliment. Sam said he was happy to be in a new group where he could work with new kids, like Zelig. Matan complimented the teachers that they made good groups. Rohan and Allie both said that they enjoyed math this week. All students participated in the...
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Dear Third Grade Families, What a week of change! First with the weather — can you believe how warm it has gotten, especially compared to last weekend? Then, more importantly, with the mixing of half groups! Third Graders rose to the occasion, and have smoothly transitioned into their new half groups. Academically this week, we have been diligent investigators in Social Studies and math by learning more about the Montgomery Bus Boycott and bar modeling (respectively). In Social Studies, we concluded our study of Rosa Parks and the Bus Boycott. After listening to a read aloud of Rosa, by Nikki...
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Week 18: Monday, January 8th – Friday, January 12th, 2018

Hi everyone, Because of the intense preparations for the musical, the 8th grade blog will look a little different these next few weeks.  It will focus mostly on showing the amazing work students are doing to make their production of Beauty and the Beast the hottest ticket in town!  We will return to our normal blogging style at the conclusion of the musical.  If you have a question or would like an update on what is going on in classes other than Humanities, please feel free to reach out individually to teachers with any questions. Warmly, The 8th Grade Team Humanities:...
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First Grade News: Week of January 8th

First grade writers have been diving into our new unit on nonfiction teaching books. This week we studied the book “Sharks” by Anne Schreiber and noticed how she uses pictures to add more information. She zooms in on important parts, and uses arrows and words to point out details.   In math we learned new strategies for addition with double digit numbers. We learned the “make 10” strategy and “doubles plus one.”   First grade scientists began a new unit on organisms. The discussed the differences and similarities between plants and animals.   Our Martin Luther King Tekes concluding our...
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Learning about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., snow exploration, shapes, fairy tales and much more!

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a great week back in Kindergarten! In Math, we continued learning about various geometric shapes: flat and 3D (or solid). The children reviewed the shapes that we learned last week: squares, triangles, rectangles, circles, ovals, hexagons, cone, pyramid, cube, cylinder, sphere, and rectangular prism. Please help your children continue to practice these shapes at home by playing “I Spy a …. (cone, cylinder, etc.).” We have been also reviewing numbers 0-20 and working on patterns. While learning about rectangular prisms, we read a book “Not a Box” by Antoinette Portis and acted out the story. The following...
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Mid-January

Hello Fourth Grade Families! Thank you to everyone who attended our Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tekes! The fourth grade put a lot of work into it, and they did an amazing job. We have exciting times coming up, including our first ever trip to the Brooklyn Autism Center (BAC) for our social action project. We’re really looking forward to it! Have a relaxing long weekend and Shabbat Shalom! -The Fourth Grade Team PEEK AT NEXT WEEK: Monday, January 15 – MLK Day, NO SCHOOL   HEBREW with Ilana: This week the 4th grade worked on Student Day – Yom...
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