First Grade News
The first graders this week have been busy writing, learning and playing. We have loved seeing parents at school, whether it is during parent teacher conferences or the Hannah Senesh tekes (ceremony). Our class opened the ceremony by singing “Eli Eli” in Hebrew and English, and showed paintings they made which were inspired by the song. They were rightfully, very proud of themselves! In Writing, the students continued working on their journal entries. In honor of our Hannah Senesh tekes we created our own journal entries and made them look old by staining them with tea. We continued our writing... Read More
Learning about Hannah Senesh and Starting Chumash
Tekes Hannah Senesh Second graders gathered for the school wide tekes (assembly) celebrating Hannah Senesh, our school’s name sake, along with the whole school. We learned about Hannah in both the Hebrew and General Studies classrooms. We were so proud of the second graders who participated in the tekes and read lines aloud in front of the whole school. Hannah Senesh Learning in General Studies This week we studied the poem “Eli Eli” written by Hannah Senesh. We studied each line, wondering what Hannah was thinking when she wrote this poem. Students shared that she might have been thinking about... Read More