Adventures in Sixth Grade

Dear parents,

Welcome to 6th Grade Judaic Studies Class!

After an intensive week and a half of classes and a return to routine, I got to know the girls from a teacher's perspective as well as on a personal level. I am honored to have such wonderful, warm, motivated students that ask excellent questions that enrich our class. They made a very strong impression on me. 

WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:

In the Judaic Studies category, we have thus far learned about the Hebrew month of Elul, which leads up to the auspicious holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. In addition, we began to study the Mishna, it was an introduction to the topic for all the girls and we are very excited to embark on this journey into the Mishna. The Mishna is the first compilation of the oral law, authored by Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi (approx. 200 C.E.); the germinal statements of law elucidated by the Gemara, together with which they constitute the Talmud; also, a single statement of law from this work.    

WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR THE COMING WEEK:

This week we plan to cover the meanings, the customs, the mitzvot and what is relevant for the children regarding Rosh Hashana, both from the perspective of Jewish Law as well as from the Mishna's perspective.

Stay tuned for details about what we learned in the mishna as well as our preparations for Yom Kippur. 

Please feel free to contact me at all times via email. 

My email address is: morakrinsky@gmail.com

I will do my best to respond promptly.

Warm regards,

Morah,

Rivka Krinsky 

Math Class

We finished off our first month of school reviewing what we have learned up until now. 

we differentiated between factors and multiples of numbers, and learned how to find the prime factorization of numbers. We built on that to find the GCF and the LCM. We are now working on making a 1000's chart and mapping out the  common multiples of 2 numbers on the chart. 

Students have been very engaged in the lessons, and are trying hard to master the concepts and lessons we learn. 

Looking ahead we will be learning about numbers squared and cubed, and finding the square root and cube root of numbers using the prime factorization. 

We will also be focusing on solving word problems.