October 21, 2022 — The End of Fall Jewish Holidays
Hebrew with Rimma For the past two short weeks students worked hard on their oral and writing skills. Students learned how to summarize a long story based on the vocabulary that they learned and they finished their creative posters. We continue to explore the unit about food. We just started to learn how to express opinions using complete sentences. We brainstormed about how to write a review to the restaurant and made a list of the restaurant qualities that we liked or disliked. Our next step will be an advertising project. Humanities with Hilary Dear 4th Grade Families, What an... Read More
First Grade News
Hello Families, This week first graders were excited to meet Shoshana Nambi , the author of the book “The Very Best Sukkah – A Story From Uganda” visited our classroom. She enthusiastically shared about her book and we had a chance to ask her questions! In Hebrew, we learned the letter kuf and added new words to our word wall like: kasdah (helmet), kipod (porcupine), kobiyah(cube) and keshet (rainbow). We also wrote our first sentences in Hebrew using the action words kana (to buy for a boy) and kanta (to buy for a girl). In parasha (the weekly torah portion), we read about... Read More
Kindergarten Blog 10/21
Dear Kindergarten Families, We hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Simchat Torah this week. Kindergarteners had a special visitor, learned a new song “You Gotta Sing!” and learned a bit about neurons. We also started something new called Literacy Stations, where students rotate through three literacy activities in small groups. In Hebrew, we added more colors to our vocabulary: grey אפור ah-for, and brown חום chum. We began reading the classic book מעשה בחמישה בלונים (A Tale of Five Balloons), which gives an exciting way to practice describing colors. We also continued to discuss different weather patterns, especially... Read More
3rd Grade – 10/21
We completed the second half of Stone Fox! We were finally introduced to the character of Stone Fox. As this book was written in 1980, the character has many flaws, and we had discussions about voice and perspective. For example, what happens when a character has no voice? What impact does it have on the story we’re reading and on the way we view that character? We also talked about stereotypes and what we’re supposed to infer about Native Americans from this character. In this particular story, Stone Fox is not written as a positive character and the students acknowledged... Read More
10/21/22
10/21/22 Hi everyone! Can you believe it is already the middle of October? The month is flying by with the holidays and the kids have become more settled into our daily schedules. We are busy, busy, busy and learning a lot! Reading: Our readers learned how to scoop phrases in order to read more fluently, as if we are speaking. They practiced reading aloud so we could hear the breaks or pauses within the sentences. At home, be sure to ask your child to read in a storytelling voice where they capture the essence of the story while scooping phrases... Read More
First Grade News
Hello Families, We so enjoyed celebrating Sukkot with you and our buddies in the Sukkah this week! In Hebrew, we learned the letters nun and nun sofit (final nun) and added new words to our word wall like nachash (snake), namer (tiger), naalayim (shoes), ner (candle), and nemala (ant). We continue to practice our reading and writing with all the letters that we have learned so far. In Yahadut, we learned about the holiday of Simchat Torah, which is when we finish reading the Torah, and start from the beginning again. We looked at different kinds of Tora’s and practiced singing the... Read More
K Blog 10/14
Dear Kindergarten Families, This week was completely filled with Sukkot events! We had our very first activity with our Fourth Grade buddies. The kindergarteners picked out books to read together with the buddies, and then both grades decorated cookies in the school Sukkah. Kindergarteners also had a special paper chain activity at Grace’s house, a short walk away from school. Kindergarteners were so excited to share with you all the song and brachah they practiced in school, and to make paper lanterns together. Kindergartners had lunch in the Sukkah this week as well. On Friday, we went to our whole-school... Read More
3rd Grade: 10/7
Happy New Year! Though we’ve been through 2 short weeks (and we have 2 short ones coming up), we have been very busy! We are already engrossed in our first class read aloud, Stone Fox. It is about a 10 year old boy who lives on a potato farm with his grandfather. While reading, we stopped and did a comprehension check and asked who is in this part, what happened, and does this fit with what already happened or is it new. We also talked about what mind work the author is asking us to do: is this a part... Read More
First Grade News
Hello families, This week in Hebrew, we learned the letter samech and we added lots of new words to our word wall like sira (boat), sus (horse), sulam(ladder), sal (basket), and sefer (book). We also went over all of the letters that we have learned so far and realized how much we have learned in such a short amount of time! The first graders were so excited to be able to read and write so many words. In Yahadut, we learned about the holiday of Sukkot. We spoke about the four species and how they are similar in shape to parts of the... Read More
October 7, 2022 — Shana Tova everyone!
Humanities with Hilary Dear 4th Grade families, We hope you are having a wonderful time celebrating the Jewish festivities this fall. There’s so much happening with Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot AND Simchat Torah! A reminder that next Thursday night is the Sukkah Sleepover for 4th Grade (a tradition that is returning to us!), and on Friday Morning the students will be leading an activity with you inside the Sukkah at 8:30am (a great time to pick up their sleepover gear 😉) We had our first official SEL (Social Emotional Learning) class this past Monday. We reviewed what “bullying behavior” can... Read More