Learning about Family History
The students in second grade interviewed a family member and learned all about their family's history. They took that information and then created an Adobe Spark video. The students have learned how to bring in images, add photos, captions and voice overs. What a beautiful tribute to honor family history!
Dressed in Their Finest
A sign that the third graders' final parsha siyum will be a success is when the students request a repeat of the celebratory activity from their very first siyum of the school year. For the Parshat Chayei Sarah siyum, students were assigned to select and own a character from the parsha. They came to the siyum celebration dressed as their choice and shared anecdotal information about the personality. Next week, we will be celebrating the siyum of Parshiyot Vayeitze and Vayishlach. Students are enthusiastically looking forward to being decked out as their favorite parsha character and eager to reflect on their choice.
How proud are we of our students who give new meaning to the words: presenting the Torah in its finest.
Fifth Grade Poetry Slam
The students in the 5th grade have been exploring the
poetry
unit! The 5th graders have learned that a
poem
is a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form. We worked on reading and writing specific types of
poetry
, such as Diamante
poems
, Haiku
poems
, and Quatrain
Poems
. The 5th graders learned to incorporate different elements of language such as rhyme schemes, similes, metaphors, personification, and onomatopoeia. The 12 finalists presented their work at our annual 5th grade Poetry Slam in the Beit Midrash. Each 5th grader received a book of poems written by all of the students.
The 16 finalists are: Rebecca Albert, Danielle Marks, Tamar Fogelman
Maytal Waldman, Emily Weisberg, Eitan Adler, Julia Brenenson, Ethan Laib, Hannah Aduculesi, Mati Sanders, Maya Fried, Sivan Sher, Jakob Landa, Gavriella Adler, Evan Gorin, and Daphna Burack.
The winners are: Tamar Fogelman, Emily Weisberg, Sivan Sher, and Jakob Landa.
