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March 29, 2018

March 29 – Third Grade Celebrity Edition

Dear Third Grade Families, Dear Third Grade Families, We were WOWED by all of the Third Grader’s costumes yesterday as they eagerly came dressed as celebrities. We had Simone Biles, Gordon Ramsay, JoJo Siwa, Lionel Messi, Roger Federer, a secret service agent, Aly Raisman, Drew Brees, Madonna, Jimi Hendrix, Jessica Alba, Stephen Curry, Andre Agassi, and more! The day started by student being interviewed by Giuliana Rancic (aka Hilary) on our red carpet (We will be sending a picture slide show over break of all the wonderful costumes walking down the red carpet). Later in the day, we wrote a perspective...
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6th Grade News: 3/26 – 3/29/18

HUMANITIES  This week in Writing class, 6th graders began researching their topics for the ancient Greece research project. Students are focusing on ancient Greek architecture, art, philosophy, science, fashion, and more. They’re examining both online and offline sources, checking that each source is professional and trustworthy. In addition, students are learning to organize their notes into subcategories, which will help them outline their eventual research essays. It’s wonderful to see how the students are gradually becoming experts on their topics. In History class, we began our ancient Greece unit by focusing on geography and climate. We discussed: How did the many mountains in Greece...
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5th Grade Week of 3/26

We had a great time reading Passover stories to our buddies, celebrating Passover in our themed seders and  5B went to the BAC. Wishing you all a Chag Sameach!            HUMANITIES: Another great week in Humanities! We continued our study of Revolution is not a Dinner Party, and in history, students finished their AMAZING Ming Treasure Ship projects! Chag Sameach, and a wonderful break to all!-Tony JUDAICS: I am so proud of the 5th grader’s music and text skills! All of your children signed off on the Passover Kiddush. They learned how to pronounce, understand and sing the...
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Week 28: Monday, March 26th – Thursday, March 29th

  Hebrew Dear parents, It’s hard to believe, but Pesach is here! Over the last few days, the students were busy acting out various conversations they will have in Israel and learning new Israeli songs. I want to encourage you to further discuss with your children the importance of practicing their Hebrew while they are in Israel. I feel like the kids are ready and very enthusiastic about the trip and I look forward to meeting them in a week and a half at Ben Gurion airport! I wish everyone Hag Pesach Sameach VeKasher! Andreea Humanities Literature and Writing: This week,...
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Celebrating Passover in Kindergarten!

Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a very busy and fun week! We learned all about making Matzah and had our own Model Seder! In Math, we are learning how to count forward and backward to and from 10 in preparation for addition and subtraction. We have been practicing figuring out parts of 10 (1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, etc.). The children were counting how many objects they had and how many they would need to get to 10. For example, “I have 4, I need ____ to get to 10.”   While practicing counting to 10, we...
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First Grade News

Thank you for sending in books for Malawi. They were delivered last week. This week got to see pictures of our books in their new home!   In Writing Workshop we revised and edited our first series books. To revise, we looked at the “Henry and Mudge” series and noticed what the author, Cynthia Rylant, put in her books to make them special. We noticed that she gave lots of details, made patterns, and made the action exciting. We will continue to add to our series after the break.   First grade mathematicians practiced using their most important math tool...
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Chag Sameach!

Class Seder We had a wonderful student-led seder yesterday! Each student helped out on a committee (set up, serving, or clean up, as well as led one part of the seder. Ask your child what part of the seder they introduced, and encourage them to do this at your family seder! Chag sameach!! Lev R and Elliot prepare maror and parsley platters before the seder. They were part of the “setup” committee that set up food and set the tables. Students line up to add foods to the seder plates that they made. Itay leads the first step of the...
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A Note from Miriam

Dear Fourth Grade Families, I wanted to express my deep gratitude for your support and generosity as I close my time here at Senesh. Yesterday, the fourth graders showered me with love and presents, including a poster and an Amazon gift card from the 4th grade parents. I was blown away by your generosity and it will be immensely helpful as my husband and I start this new chapter. Through emails, in person, at conferences — each of you have taken an opportunity to wish me the best and express your happiness for me. It is community in every sense of...
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