Category Archives: Reflections

Now Showing…. the Daily 3

Posted on August 30, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

My professional goal this year is to implement the Daily 3 (an adapted version of the Daily 5).  The Daily 3 is a way of structuring our language arts block so every student is independently engaged in literacy tasks. These … Continue reading →

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Check out Yoni’s Blog Post About Kapok Trees

Posted on February 5, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

  Yoni took it a step ABOVE the original assignment.  Instead of writing one paragraph to persuade his readers about Kapok trees, he wrote five paragraphs!!  Way to go above and beyond Yoni!  Should People Cut Down Kapok Trees? No!!! … Continue reading →

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Way to go ELIOR!!

Posted on February 5, 2012 by stephanie.teitelbaum

This week I chose Elior’s blog post as our POST OF THE WEEK!  The assignment was for the students to write a persuasive paragraph on whether or not Kapok trees should be cut down.  The students had to choose a … Continue reading →

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Election Day!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by jamie.b

Yesterday was election day! On election day, we all gathered in the synagogue and we listened to all the speeches! I was running for secretary. Before I went up to the bima, I was a little nervous, but after the … Continue reading →

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VPK Buddy Visit

Posted on December 9, 2011 by zoe.m

Yesterday, we got to see our VPK buddies again. During our visit we had three stations to go to Chanukah Bingo, edible dreidels, and we played dreidel. We would go with our buddies to each of the stations. After, we … Continue reading →

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Collaboration between Classroom Teacher and “Learning Specialist”

Posted on December 2, 2011 by stephanie.teitelbaum

Please take the time to go to our fabulous Learning Specialist’s blog and read about the fourth grade’s incredible learning experience! Click here to read her blog post.               During our interview with Dick … Continue reading →

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Another Jewish Day School

Posted on December 2, 2011 by stephanie.teitelbaum

One of our fourth graders was fortunate enough to take a family trip to England.  She was able to visit another Jewish Day School while she was in London.  She created a Venn Diagram to compare our school with their … Continue reading →

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Researching On The IPads

Posted on November 13, 2011 by jamie.b

Go to Wikipedia Here is a shortcut…..Click on the google box at the top, while on wikipedia.  Look at the bottom of the box after you type in what you want to search.  Then click on where it says the … Continue reading →

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Grace And The Time Machine

Posted on November 10, 2011 by zachary.s

Yesterday we read a story called Grace And The Time Machine. It was about Grace and her friends and they want to build a time machine.  Would You build a time machine if you would were  would you go? In … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Rebecca!

Posted on November 4, 2011 by jamie.b

Yesterday was Rebecca’s birthday!  She is 10! Double digits!  This coming year, how old are you going to be?  Rebecca brought in doughnuts, and in my opinion, they were really good!      When is your birthday?  Birthdays are always … Continue reading →

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