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5th and 6th Grade

This Week in 5 and 6, Nov. 18

This week in Ancient History, we’re finishing chapter two (The Earliest Human Societies) and starting chapter 3 (Mesopotamia). Question for Shabbat dinner: What’s one of the rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent?

This week we put note reading skills into practice with bells! They pla…

This Week in 5 and 6, Nov. 11

This week in Ancient History, we’re considering multiple perspectives on the agricultural revolution.

Our math class is completing the unit about fractions.

We read a short story in language arts and are having a debate about whether the murderer was actually insane.

In Judaics class, …

This Week in 5 and 6, Nov. 4

In ancient history, students learned about the agricultural revolution, went on a field trip to New York City, and had a mock archaeological dig.  Question for Shabbat dinner: What did you learn about the African Burial Ground?

 

The students continued to work on their “American Goth…

This Week in 5 and 6, Oct. 28

In ancient history, students are learning about the invention of irrigation, which they reenacted with Morah Willa. On Friday, they did a civics project to prepare for the upcoming election, making character sketches of political candidates for each branch of government in an ideal republic.…

This Week in 5 and 6, Oct. 21

In Ancient History, students learned about hunter-gatherers and watched a video about an Iron Age archaeological site.  In Current Events, they learned about the statewide offices and the question on CT ballots.  Question for Shabbat dinner: What did archaeologists find at Althorp?

We fin…