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This week we are beginning our study of the eastern Mediterranean countries, including Turkey. To introduce the country, which I briefly visited in 2002 on a cruise of the Greek Islands, seeing the ruins at Ephesus, I showed the class this video to give them a sense of the character of the…
Since Monday was Pi Day, we learned about Pi during math class.
In music class, we had a dance performance from Gabby and Eleanor B, we learned more theory details, had a competition related to those details, and the winners were Gabby, Hadas, and Miri!
In art, we finished our masks just …
This week we began our study of Russia, which is, of course, quite a timely coincidence in light of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. I look forward once again to sharing my photos with the class; these were taken in 2010 on my tour of Russia. One moment that I will share with them occurr…
We just found out how Ben died. There were audible gasps in the classroom. Yesterday, there were students reading any time they could (including at dismissal) because as one of them said, “This is such a GOOD book.!”
In 6th grade math, we are working on Integers and their applications.
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This week we concluded our study of the British Isles and Ireland and began to learn about the nations of Scandinavia, including their history, which has become very popular of late with young people, who really love learning about the Vikings. Of course the modern countries (such as Sweden …
