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The Kindergarten students practiced the many sight-words they know in a creative wintery way! First the students wrote down their favorite sight word on a snowflake- then they crumpled the snowflakes and threw them high in the air. The sight-words "snowed down" on their heads and the kids had a wonderful time catching and practicing the words written inside!

This week in Science class, Mrs. Castle's seventh grade students have been working on posters demonstrating their in-depth knowledge of the skeletal system. The students worked on their labeling skills as they identified each bone, and it's function within the overall skeletal system. In addition to showing off their impressive knowledge, the students also demonstrated their creativity, with each poster presenting the skeleton in unique and sometimes hilarious ways. So far, Mr. Skeleton has flown in a hot air balloon, visited Dis-Knee World, acted in a movie and played a game of football and more!

As part of their mindfulness curriculum the girls in Morah Cohen's class learned all about hot cocoa breathing. This is a mindfulness technique that helps students control their breath when they're upset or need to re-center. First the girls inhale and "smell the hot cocoa" then they blow out slowly to “cool down their cocoa” so they can drink it. To reinforce this technique the girls made their own "Cups of Calm" to display in the classroom.

In STEAM the fourth grade boys are exploring what makes bridges stronger. They are learning about different bridge types and construction. Using two pieces of paper, they created a model bridge and tested their bridge's strength by seeing how many pennies their bridges could hold.

In Kitah K, our students are racing forward with their alef-bais! Last week, they learned all about the letter Kaf and many different Hebrew words that start with the letter Kaf, like Kochavim (stars) and their favorite, Kallah (bride). To celebrate their new knowledge, Kitah K had a Kallah day. All our kindergarten girls dressed up as beautiful Kallahs! It was a wonderfully hands-on way to reinforce the sounds of the letter Kaf. We can't wait to learn more alef-bais letters!

In STEAM this week fourth grade girls explored balanced and unbalanced forces. They created hopper popper models using carboard and rubber bands. The girls experimented to see who could create a model that can hop the highest.

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