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5th and 6th Grade

Grades 5-6: Week of 10/9/23

In Science class, fifth-sixth grade ecologists studied the eating behavior of the owl. Although the materials were sterile, they like to dress the part: gloves, masks, forceps and probes were the fashion for uncovering the clues to the most recent owl meal.

In Language Arts, Students began …

Grades 5-6: Week of 10/2/23

In Language Arts, students began a short story unit, reading All Summer in a Day (Bradbury) and learning elements of a story and techniques authors use. Students considered alternate endings to the sci-fi, but relevant, story. They also finished Unit 2 of vocabulary this week.

This week in …

This Week in Grades 5-6!

1st blog of the school year!

In the first few weeks in Language Arts, we spent time in class composing our summer book reports. We also created entertaining slideshow presentations to persuade other students to read the books. Students performed very well on their first vocab test and we ha…

Last Week for Grade 6!

This week in Ancient History the sixth graders learned about Athens and Sparta, finished their Greek heroes projects, and did a final creative project.  Question for Shabbat dinner: What are the three branches of government?

This final week in art the students finished their Greek vases.

This Week in Grade 6, 6/9

This week, students wrote their Greek heroes essays, made a list of Greek and Latin prefixes, and learned about Athenian democracy.

This week in music, we worked on finishing our Ukulele songs and Aaron performed a magic trick!

This week in art the students continued to work on their Gree…