Nov 6th – Nov 10th

Judaic Studies

It was wonderful meeting with many of you during conferences. This week Bnai Yisrael began their journey to Eretz Yisrael! Through creative writing, 7th graders explored what Bnai Yisrael’s emotions and reactions must have been to learning they were finally on their way to the promised land. Students imagined Bnai Yisrael’s high hopes and excitement as they packed up their tents and began their journey.

We then thought about what it’s like in our own families when preparing to go on a big trip – the yelling, the forgetting things, the stressing out over being late, etc. Why is there often tension? Why is there sometimes a disconnect between what we hope a trip will be like, and what it actually is like? As we complete our first unit, which is all about setting up an ideal community, we will begin to engage with the lived reality of a community in action and under stress.

Shabbat shalom,

Jessica

Hebrew

It was wonderful meeting many of you during conferences this week and looking forward to seeing the rest of you on Monday.
This week students finished taking the Avant assessment and continued working on their projects. J class continued doing research on city’s and Kibbutzim in Israel and writing short paragraphs about them. K class continued writing and recording conversations about locations they researched.
Shabbat Shalom,

Yehuda

Humanities 

This week, we have been examining a secondary source in addition to our main text book: Early Middle Ages by James Corrick. I love helping students navigate this more difficult text. We were able to investigate more nuanced explanations for the two-hundred year period following the fall of Rome.

Hebrew Heritage

,הורים יקרים

שבוע סיימנו בהצלחה את מבחני אוונט ואנחנו מוכנים להתחיל את היחידה הבאה שלנו

.היה כיף לפגוש אותכם אתמול ולמי שלא יצא לי לראות נתראה ביום שני הקרוב

,סוף שבוע נעים

אילנה

Math

This week, we learned simplifying linear algebraic expressions by combining the like terms. Next week, we will be learning to factor algebraic expressions.