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Classroom Spotlight: 5th Grade Cooking Project
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As part of our Hebrew language and culture studies, the students took part in a hands-on cooking
activity where they explored delicious recipes—all while using their Hebrew vocabulary in a real-world setting. From reading recipes and writing lists of ingredients to giving instructions in Hebrew, the children turned their kitchens into classrooms full of learning and excitement.
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Classroom Spotlight: First Grade Butterflies
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Since the beginning of school, our wonderful first graders have put on their scientific hats and have been having a blast learning about the natural environment that surrounds us. This includes learning about sound and light, air and weather, and most recently plants and insects. We have been studying observing the general features of plants and insects as well as their life cycles. Most recently, this unit of inquiry culminated in the raising and release of Painted Lady butterflies! -
Class Spotlight: Second Grade Lit Circle
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2nd Graders have spent the second half of the year reading and discussing books together. Once a week we meet in small groups to discuss the book, Keena Ford and The Second Grade Mix-Up. Our objective for Lit Circles is to guide our students in small heterogeneous groups in reading different genres of books critically, listening to others' opinions and commenting constructively. We also hope it will help students gain exposure to different subjects, promote a love of reading and to discuss books thoughtfully and respectfully. -
Classroom Spotlight: Our Literary Scribes: Celebrating the Writing Process in 6th Grade Language Arts
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The 6th Graders had a reading party. Not really a “party” in the traditional sense (there were no cookies orcake), but rather a celebration of writers, their craft, and the product of their labor. We had the party a couple of months ago in 6th grade Language Arts classes to celebrate students’ written mimics of Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street. The novel is stylistically unusual, with short chapters made up of poetic prose. Each chapter is a vignette about an aspect of the author’s Mexican-American life in 1960s Chicago, though technically the novel is considered fiction. The students were charged with mimicking one of her chapters, using the literary elements learned in class–such as simile, metaphor, personification, rhythm, and rhyme–while writing about their life experiences. The pieces are as varied as the students themselves, and their final products are nothing short of literary. They demonstrate an ability to create tone and imagery, conjuring a vivid understanding of not only what is being described, but the writer's connection to it. Their works were the delicacies served as our party’s fare. -
Classroom Spotlight: Good Timing - Besha’ah Tova
Read MoreIn 6th grade, Hebrew students explore a unit focused on time and schedules. This unit builds their Hebrew vocabulary and grammar and offers a meaningful comparison between daily life in Israel and America. One key difference they examine is Israel’s use of the 24-hour clock system, learning to convert between the two formats. Additionally, students discuss how the Israeli work and school week begins on Sunday, with most students attending school for five and a half days.
