6th Grade News: 5/7 – 5/11/18

 

Science

This week students finished their STEAM project. This was a long road of hard work in designing, creating, and building their informational disease games. The students worked extremely hard and had the opportunity to shine during our expo. We could not be more proud of every student’s hard work during this process. Let’s just take a moment and reflect on how far our students have grown as scientists during this year of  science. Cannot wait to finish the year strong with our final science unit. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Noll and Samantha Butwin

 

 

JUDAICS: 

This week the classroom was filled with heated and respectful debates as we concluded our Israel unit. Students learned how to have a productive conversation when sharing different opinions. As three students talked the rest of the class gather data on how the conversation was going. We then analyzed each debate in a constructive feedback style. The question we spoke about was: “Is it possible for a nation to conquer a land and its people in a way that is just?” I encourage you to speak with your child about this idea! They had wonderful ideas and were full of passion. We also went back to our Chumash unit. We are looking into the leadership style of Moshe and how trust is built.

Shabbat Shalom

Laura

Hebrew

Dear parents,

This has been a very busy week for 6th grade! HaKbatza Aleph has been working on putting a play of the classic story by Leah Goldberg: “Apartment For Rent”. You can see a sneak peek from our rehearsals below.

HaKbatza Bet continued to practice the past tense verbally. In addition, we continued to practice discussing how organized or messy our rooms are, and we learned a song by Shalom Chanoch.

I wish everyone a relaxed weekend,

Andreea

 

 

HUMANITIES

This week in History, we focused on ancient Greek democracy. Through a simulation exercise, students were able to experience a bit of what democracy was like in ancient Athens, where they excluded women, slaves, and foreigners from voting. We talked about the differences between a “direct democracy,” which existed in Athens, and the “representative democracy” that we use today in the U.S. Students impressed me with their insight as we debated the pros and cons of different government systems.

In ELA, we continued our preparation for the ERB with some vocabulary and verbal reasoning practice. Students completed a variety of analogy problems, practiced using context clues to understand unfamiliar words, and worked through tricky (but often fun!) logic questions. I’m confident they’ll be prepared for the ERB exams next Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

We also worked on editing and revising our ancient Greece research essays, and students helped review each other’s work through a peer-editing exercise. They gave each other valuable and constructive feedback on both writing style and content. I’m looking forward to reading the final drafts of these impressive and informative essays next week.

Remember to mark June 12th at 9am on your calendars– that’s when the students will share all their research during our Greek Symposium. You won’t want to miss it!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Naomi

 

HEBREW HERITAGE 

הורים יקרים,

התלמידים ממשיכים את עבודתם על הפרוייקט האישי שלהם – כתיבת קומיקס בעברית. תוך כדי כתיבתם הם נחשפים לאוצר מילים נרחב המשתמש אותם בהעשרת כתיבתם.  

סוף שבוע טוב,

אילנה