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March 9, 2018

Week 25: Monday, March 5th – Friday, March 9th

Advisory Dear parents, This week in advisory we practiced relaxing and re-setting through mindful coloring, mindful journaling, Yoga, and dance. Hebrew Dear parents, This week we finished the unit on the future tense. We practiced leading conversations in the future, wrote short paragraphs and read short texts. We also learned a new song. On Friday, we took a culminating test on the Future tense. I wish everyone a restful weekend, Andreea Judaic Studies We completed our exploration of Jewish sources and their perspectives on drinking alcohol. On the one hand, we looked at the Maharal, a 16th century commentator from Prague,...
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5th Grade Week of 3/5

What a week! Please enjoy the class updates below, and have a good weekend! HUMANITIES: Another wonderful week in Humanities! Students finished their exceptional Tuck Everlasting essays, and were able to design their own extra credit assignments. I’m so proud of how much their writing has improved this year! In Social Studies, we studied the Great Wall, the Ballad of Mulan (the same Mulan!), and some of the other distinct cultural features that China has to offer! Shabbat Shalom!-Tony JUDAICS: This week we had a great time learning with Dammara about Joseph’s brothers coming to Egypt to get grain during the famine. Students translated in...
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March 5 – March 9

Advisory Wednesday’s advisory was amazing! To mourn/celebrate our lack of a snow day, students read and wrote poems about snow in humanities class with Allison. We then had a Snowetry Slam! Students bravely shared their poems and applauded each other’s efforts. We finished with a special trip to Dunkin Donuts for hot cocoa for everyone. It was a really warm and supportive morning for the 7th grade community. Judaic Studies This week students identified structural elements and used mishna tips they have learned to translate and discuss Mishna Aleph, Perek Aleph of Masechet Brachot. I know that sounds dry —...
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6th Grade News – 3/5 – 3/9/18

MATH This week in 6Y, since it was a short week due to them going on a field trip we did not have as many classes as usual. We were able to work on rate and speed however and understand how to calculate average speed and find someone’s speed over a certain number of trials. Next week they will have a test as well as lab to do on speed. In 6X, we are talking about ratios and proportions. We are figuring out that they are similar to fractions and understanding how they work. We will continue to work on...
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March 9 — Using the Power of Our Voice

Dear Third Grade families, This was a hard week for some students, as we went through a transition in the team. On Monday, we had a wonderful celebration for our associate, Alisa, with students showing her the ways in which they will miss her. She also read aloud two books that were about the importance of memory and imagination. We wish her luck as the fourth grade maternity leave replacement, and are thrilled that she is literally right next-door! A quick shout out to all of our wonderful chaperones on Wednesday’s trip to UrbanGlass! We appreciated your questions and support throughout. It...
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Early March

Hello Fourth Grade Families! It has been an exciting, if cold and snowy week. Fourth graders had their last trip to the Brooklyn Autism Center, enjoyed an exciting Yom Shuk in Hebrew class, and welcomed Alisa Cohen, who will be covering for Miriam during her maternity leave, onto the Fourth Grade team! It’s hard to believe, but Parent Teacher Conferences are next week! If you haven’t signed up yet to meet with your teachers, please do so soon. Shabbat Shalom! -The Fourth Grade Team PEEK AT NEXT WEEK: Monday, March 12 – 4th Grade Parents Coffee With Karen – 8:15-9:15...
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Soil and Garden of Eden

Chumash: The Second Creation Story Did you know many scholars believe there are actually two creation stories in the Torah? Your second grader does! Before break we finished the first creation story, with the culmination of The Seventh Day, Shabbat. We began to learn the Friday night kiddush which comes from the second chapter of the Torah. This week we started to learn the second creation story. We identified similarities and differences between the two texts. One detail we noticed is that God is called by a different name in this story. Another difference is that Adam is created before...
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First Grade News: Week of March 5th

First grade mathematicians learned double digit addition with regrouping this week. We started by using base ten blocks to represent making groups of ten, and then we moved into learning the vertical algorithm.     We are participating in the Irma Black Book Awards. First and Second graders across the country get to vote for this award. We will read the four finalists and then discuss what makes a great picture book. This week we read “After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again” by Dan Santant.   In Writing Workshop we continued our realistic fiction stories. This...
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Maps, Birds, Letter W and much more!

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had lots of fun this week in Kindergarten! In English Language Arts, we learned the letter Ww and the sound /w/ it makes (as in ‘win’). We practiced forming upper and lowercase Ww letters using our Handwriting Without Tears books, wooden planks, and finding words that start with W and drawing pictures of them. In our Words Their Way Spelling program, we practiced reading and sorting words with the short vowel /o/ and with the /sh/ sound. The children have been introduced to the /sh/, /ch/ and /th/ sounds and we will continue practicing these digraphs....
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