6th Grade News: 5/14-5/18/18
HUMANITIES Firstly, the students should be so proud of themselves for working through the ERBs this week! It’s not easy to sit through two mornings of tests, and regardless of score, enduring those testing hours is an accomplishment in itself. In Writing this week, students began working on their speeches for the ancient Greek Symposium on June 12th. Students will be speaking about their ancient Greece research topics and the artifacts they’re creating. They look forward to sharing their artwork and research with you! In Literature, we continued reading The Graveyard Book, examining the main character’s relationship to home and his childhood... Read More
5th Grade Week of 5/14
What a week! Please enjoy our classroom updates below, and have a restful long weekend! Humanities: In Humanities this week, we continued our Book Club Units, and discussed important characters, settings, and events at the beginning of our various texts. We continued our China Museum Projects in Social Studies, and took a much needed break after ERB’s. Have a lovely Shavuot!-Tony Math: After the standardized test, fifth graders learned to add and subtract decimals, and multiply and divide decimals by a 1-digit whole number. Next week, the class will learn to change fractions to decimals using long division, multiply decimals by 10... Read More
Brooklyn Bridge – May 18th, 2018
Dear Third Grade Families, Our class had an exciting week, full of music and motion! Brooklyn Bridge Over the past few weeks, students have been learning all about bridges! In Science, they learned the best shapes to use in bridge building, how caissons work, and how cables are put together. In Social Studies, they learned how the Brooklyn Bridge was designed and created, all about the Roebling family who managed the building, and about the workers who did the physical labor. After much patience, the students were able to visit the bridge itself! The fun began on the bus,... Read More
Week 34: Monday, May 14th – Friday, May 18th
Hebrew Dear parents, This week the 8th grade continued to edit and re-edit their autobiographies. The deadline for submitting the written version is Tuesday. Next week we will be using the autobiographies as a basis for making personal movies in Hebrew. This is a project that provides a nice opportunity for you to collaborate with the children, so feel free to start in the movie or just assist with production! I wish everyone Hag Shavuot Sameach, Andreaa Heritage הורים יקרים, השבוע המשכנו בלימוד זמן עתיד תוך תרגול הטיית פעלים וכתיבת משפטים. במסגרת יחידת “משאלות”, קראנו את הסיפור של אלכסנדר פושקין “הדייג... Read More
May 14 – May 18
Math 7X finished learning the materials on Unit 13: Volumes and Surface Areas of Solids, and are working on their unit project, making a mobile of solids. This project is due at the beginning of class on Friday, May 25th. The following unit (unit 14) is on Proportions. Reminder: All current incomplete corrections or missing assignments for the second semester should be turned in no later than Wednesday, May 23rd. 7Y started a new unit on Probability of Simple Events (unit 16). On this unit, they will learn to use set language and set notation to describe a set of... Read More
Plants, Landforms, Chumash Practice, and Weaving
Chumash We are busy preparing for the Chumash Play next Thursday. Students have been memorizing lines and working on four songs and dances. This week we used the stage for the first time, and learned how to stand on stage and project. There is so much to prepare and remember as we get ready for next week’s performance, and the students are working super hard and helping each other. We can’t wait for you to see all our hard work next week! Social Studies This week we delved in to learning about different landforms. Second graders shared land forms... Read More
Shavuot Sameach!
Dear Fourth Grade Families, We are so proud of our students for braving the ERBs, speaking Hebrew on their Israeli restaurant trip, and working hard on their various projects! It’s hard to believe there is less than a month left to the school year, and with so many events and trips coming up, that time is sure to pass very quickly. We hope you enjoy your Shavuot and long weekend! Shabbat Shalom, The Fourth Grade Team Coming Soon: Monday, May 21 – Shavuot, NO SCHOOL Wednesday, May 23 – Tenement Museum Trip Monday, May 28 – Memorial Day, NO... Read More
Kabbalat Shabbat, challah making, science and more!
Dear Kindergarten Families, We had a week full of learning and fun events. We hope you enjoyed watching our Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony! Have fun re-watching with your child with this link: https://animoto.com/play/0gSgsZakDzD1XI4taaJ0Dg. In Math, we began our unit on Subtraction. We practiced making up subtraction stories, asking mathematical questions and learning how to turn them into number sentences (4-3=1). We also learned how to make a number sentence out of a “how many more?” problem. We learned how to look at pictures of items and compare which one has more and write a number sentence to describe the problem. In... Read More
First Grade News: Week of May 14th
We finished up our poetry unit this week by revising and editing our poems. First grade poets read their poems aloud and listened for line breaks. They rewrote their poems and used watercolor paints to make them look like poems out of our poetry books. First graders were excited to display these poems at their siddur ceremony! First grade mathematicians continued to practice addition with regrouping and even started subtraction with regrouping. We remembered how to add or subtract the ones place first, and then the tens. First graders continued practicing adding using the vertical algorithm. In Social... Read More