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Grades 7-8: Week of 12/11/23

In Social Studies, after some time off to prepare for the show, students returned to finalize their Civil War analysis essays. We also began our final unit before break, on industry and immigration in the late 19th Century.

In Language Arts, we picked up Nothing But the Truth again and are …

Grades 5-6: Week of 12/11/23

In Science, 5-6 tried to thwart gravity to construct very tall straw towers.

In Judaics, we continued our discussions of “problem” in the text of the parashah.

After some preempted classes for the show, in Geo-History students began or continued their deep dive on an assigned European…

Grades 3-4: Week of 12/11/23

This week, grades 3-4 worked on creating menorahs. They had to design it and build a 3D model.

Due to Chanukah production rehearsals, we had limited time to progress in Hebrew. We started to learn the Infinitive form of some of the basic verbs that we learned before, and we will continue wi…

Grades 1-2: Week of 12/11/23

This week, grades 1-2 listened to and read stories about Chanukah. The students wrote about their family's Chanukah traditions. They played dreidel, sang songs, and even enjoyed some relaxing yoga. The students also designed and made their own Chanukah crowns.

This week in Art, the students…

Grades 7-8: Week of 12/4/23

In Math, 7th graders started to work on solving two-step equations. In Algebra 1, 8th graders solved system of equations by graphing, substitution and elimination.

This week in Art, we discussed the difference between shapes (2D) and forms (3D) and then drew the forms from actual objects.