Lower School News

First graders are exploring the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. They have learned to “count up” from one partner (the addend) to the total, or to “count down” from the total to one partner, to solve addition and subtraction equations. This week, the students are practicing solving “missing partner (addend)” equations, such as “7 + ___ = 9.” The classes played the “Splat” game, which...

Second graders and their families had their milestone Chumash Celebrations this week! Bat Yam and Beersheva received their chumashim on Monday and Binyamina and Bnei Brak received theirs on Tuesday. The classes had beautiful and meaningful ceremonies: they performed songs of prayer and of recent parashot, such as...

Third graders are working on their challah covers for their upcoming Shabbat Shirah celebration! They learned about the traditional Japanese technique of dyeing fabric, known as shibori, and used a triangle fold to create a tie-dyed background. Next, they looked at various challah cover designs, identified common symbols...

The fourth grade has been learning all about Chanukah and about chanukiot. After an in-depth unit on chanukiot in their Jewish Studies class, they got to build their very own during a special Chanukiah Workshop! With crafting tools...

The fourth grade is starting their Design Thinking Challenge in partnership with ADI Foundation, in which students will design and prototype an assistive device for a person with specific physical disabilities. Building empathy is the goal of the whole design process. The first step in the process is a deep dive into research. As part of researching physical limitations, students went through a series of simulations. Without using...

Second graders are "erupting" with excitement over their visit to the science room's volcano museum makeover! During their Earth's Systems unit, students got the opportunity to walk around the science classroom's volcano "exhibit," visit mini displays to learn...

Second graders advanced their mastery of Hebrew sentence structure with a special flashcard activity! They wrote different sentences out onto flashcards, splitting the sentences into individual words: nouns, verbs, pronouns, and adjectives. Once each flashcard...

Third graders have been reviewing rounding and estimation strategies! As they worked through addition and subtraction word problems, incorporating these new lessons, they also practiced the crucial skill of looking back to double-check their work. For their culminating...