October 11, 2012

Dear Gefen Families,

This week, as we continue to learn about America, we focused on American symbols. The children were put into four groups and asked to "research" about one particular symbol (The Statue of Liberty, The Liberty Bell, the Bald Eagle and The White House). Each group created a poster which they will use to teach the rest of the class about what they learned.

The Presidential election will be our next focus. The Gefen and Se'orah classes would be so appreciative if someone would like to volunteer to create a "voting booth" for us out of a cardboard box. Please let us know if you are interested in helping out.

In Torah we learned about how G-d created Adam and Eve. And, we discussed the Tree of Knowledge of Good From Evil. We asked ourselves why, when we are told "no," does it make us want to do something even more. Then, we pretended that we were Adam and Eve and we wrote diary entries about how we were feeling about being the first humans and how we felt about G-d telling us we couldn't eat from the tree.

An important reminder:

Next week is our first full week of school so please be aware that spelling words will be coming home on Monday. The quiz will be on Friday.


Shabbat Shalom,

HaMorah Caren