Category Archives: Announcements

Art Show & Hebrew QR codes – this Tuesday!

Posted on May 19, 2013 by amy.stein

This Tuesday, May 21st, MJGDS will host our annual Talent Show and (new this year) Art Show. On display will be the portraits created by the students in Art class. Each portrait will have a QR code in Hebrew, recorded … Continue reading →

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Box Top Party!

Posted on March 10, 2013 by amy.stein

Second Grade is so excited to have won the Box Top contest! We will be having a pajama, popcorn, and movie party on Wed, 3/13! Please have your child wear their pajamas to school, as long as they can safely … Continue reading →

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Crazy Hat Day!

Posted on February 11, 2013 by amy.stein

Boker Tov! This is a reminder that today is Crazy Hat Day, in honor of Rosh Hodesh Adar! : )

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Kids Are Commenting!

Posted on January 30, 2013 by amy.stein

Mrs. Hernandez has been working with small groups of students during our Daily 5 time. She has been teaching the kids the many steps to commenting on a blog post. The first step is reading the post. Every student has worked with … Continue reading →

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Recognizing September 11th

Posted on September 11, 2012 by amy.stein

Today in General Studies, we recognized the events of 9/11/01. Keeping the conversation short and age-appropriate, I read aloud a book called September 11, 2001 (a simple account for children) by Nancy Poffenberger. Before, during, and after the story, the … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s Homework

Posted on September 5, 2012 by amy.stein

Shalom! Just in case you don’t know how to check the “Homework” page (which I’ll show everyone at Back-to-School-Night!), I wanted to clarify the homework assignments here. For Math, the students need to do Extra Practice Book p.11-12. For Spelling, … Continue reading →

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Room Parents

Posted on August 26, 2012 by amy.stein

Good Afternoon, Families! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend! I’d like to offer the opportunity to all parents, even parents working outside of the home, to be Second Grade Room Parents this year. There has already been some interest … Continue reading →

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Swimming starts tomorrow!

Posted on May 14, 2012 by amy.stein

Please remember to bring your (appropriate) bathing suit, towel, sunscreen, and goggles (optional) for tomorrow’s first swimming class in P.E.!

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Weekly Update

Posted on January 29, 2012 by amy.stein

Good Afternoon! This was a fun week in General Studies! On Monday, we celebrated a special birthday. Math Blogger (Sage) – We did a lot of measuring in Math class this week. It was fun!     We measured our shoes: We … Continue reading →

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Math Unit Bars

Posted on January 3, 2012 by amy.stein

Today in Math class, we learned to solve word problems using something called unit bars. Rather than just drawing pictures or calculating numerical answers, this form of model drawing helps students to see the relationships among numbers and to develop … Continue reading →

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