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5th and 6th Grade

Grades 5-6: Week of 3/25/24

In Language Arts, we worked on collages to accompany our theme expository essays. We are starting a new novel called Save Me a Seat.

In Judaics, we performed chapter one and two of our Purim plays. We began Mishnah Pesachim - chapter 10.

Students in Geo-History prepped a collective study g…

Grades 5-6: Week of 3/18/24

In Geo-History, students created study guides for the soon-to-be-announced assessment on European historical events.  Students created posters on the topic of their choice and presented them to the class. Lastly, we are starting a brand new unit on Africa. 

This week in Art, the students …

Grades 5-6: Week of 3/11/24

In Science, students completed their study of evolution by watching a short documentary about Galapagos finches and how severe weather instigated evolution of beak size twice in the same decade. 

In Geo-History, students completed their travel through European history with a focus on the C…

Grades 5-6: Week of 3/4/24

In Language Arts, we are working on our expository theme essays. Also, we have returned to the vocabulary book. Each week we have been sharing one of our creative writing pieces with the class. This week was Cora’s turn.

In Judaics, we are reading the Megillah and doing some close reading…

Grades 5-6: Week of 2/26/24

In Science, students were different species of finch on 4 different Galapagos islands this week. Which finch beak is the fittest for the food source of each island was the question explored.

This week in Language Arts, we spent the week on the concept of theme. This led to expository writin…