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This Week in Kochavim, March 18

We had a busy day in art class! First we finished our Georgia O’Keefe poppies that we started last week. Then we decorated yogurt containers with colored tape to make noise makers for Purim!

 

 

In music class, we sang and danced to Purim music with maracas and scarves!

 

Our st…

This Week in 3 and 4, March 11

In art we talked about different patterns and using different materials in order to create their mixed media mug projects. We plan to finish these next week.

 

In music we got a piano performance from Jackie and then talked in depth about Beethoven's influence on music, especially in brin…

This Week in Kochavim, March 11

In Social Studies the children have been and will continue to read and learn about the challenges and accomplishments of women throughout history during this month.

 

The children are also working on an Amelia Earharh Stem activity. After watching a video about what makes an airplane fly …

This Week in 3 and 4, March 4

Our STEM activity this week was Catapult Bowling. The students built a catapult out of popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a bottle cap. They decorated a ping pong ball and set up 10 clothes pins to “bowl” down. A lot of experimenting was going on as students adjusted the trajectory of th…

This Week in Kochavim, March 4

We decided we were done with winter so we made rainbow clouds in art. We tried our hand at weaving paper and using rulers. It was challenging but the results were worth it.

 

We also worked on our Lincoln projects during social studies and spent some time reading with flashlights during…