For the past two weeks students had a discussion about a school trip and what happens during the trip. Our focus was on different countries in the world, geography, flags and capital cities.

After classroom discussion, children wrote their postcards to a friend, by using the reading text as a model. This activity provides opportunities to write about their imaginary trip to the country of their choice, to describe a weather forecast according to the season and to recap clothing vocabulary, about suitable clothing to take on a trip.

Students discovered and became more  familiar with a world map where the various places are located. Through the game they had additional learning opportunities to enhance their Hebrew vocabulary that related to the names of the countries and the languages.

Students learned the structure צריך/ מותר/ אסור + infinitive, and discussed their meanings. 

They practiced creating simple sentences in their writing and speaking about school rules, rules on the bus, rules in the library etc.

Next week we will start to talk about past events, trips or weekends. Students will be exposed to Past Tense in Hebrew. The map of the world will generate conversation about places that children have been to, when they went there, what they saw and ate there and they will start to use more and more Past Tense at least for the first and the second person.

Music with Heidi

In Music class, Fourth Graders had the chance to practice xylophone techniques. Then they learned about lunar calendars (Jewish, Chinese, Persian, etc.) and the upcoming Lunar New Year on February 1st. They learned/sang the song “Arirang,” a very famous Korean folk song in 3/4, sung at major holidays and events.