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5th and 6th Grade

Grades 5-6: Week of 11/13/23

In Science, the first Physics Friday session had 5-6 students weighing dozens of eggs of many sizes. Not one egg was injured in the process! Their eggsact position on a graph was noted. Just how this data may change in time is the question.

In Geo-History, students began the unit on Europe …

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

In Geo-History, students continued working with basic concepts of economics. Students reviewed the most basic terms and worked with a news article to apply the ideas. Students also learned about Election Day, and why it’s a Tuesday, and about Veterans’ Day. Students attended two guest sp…

Grades 5-6: Week of 10/30/23

In Language Arts, students read an Asimov short story (‘Nobody Here But -’) about (what we today would call) A.I., and what constitutes free choice and agency. Students discussed foreshadowing in the story. In addition, a new set of vocabulary was introduced.

In Judaics, we started our …

Grades 5-6: Week of 10/23/23

In Language Arts, students presented their books from the summer, practicing both public speaking and presentation skills. We also compared characters across two short stories to see how they might relate to each other based on the authors. No new vocab this week! 

In Geo-History, student…

Grades 5-6: Week of 10/16/23

In Language Arts, students completed ‘alternate endings’ to our first short story, “Bradbury’s All Summer in a Day.” We worked through Unit 3 of vocab, with a test on Friday, and also shared our second short story, “The Ransom of Red Chief,” while stopping to discuss as we read…