October 19, 2012

Dear Gefen Families,

This week in math we began our unit on fractions. We read the Hershey Fractions book and through that we learned that a fraction makes up parts of a whole and that all parts must be equal. The children were asked to label fractions, shade particular parts of a whole and make some comparisons (two 1/4's are the same as 1/2).

For Torah, we discussed the story of Adam and Eve eating the apple from the Tree of Knowledge of Good from Evil. We focused on whether or not Adam and Eve should have considered the advice they received from the snake and then we thought about who we can trust to give us good advice and why.

We continued with our study of grammar. Now, we know nouns, verbs and adjectives. All 10 students were able to come up with 84 adjectives to list on the board!

In social studies we completed our posters on American symbols and shared them. Then, we brainstormed for what we know about the presidential election and about what qualities a president should have. Then, we listed our questions.

How old do you need to be to vote?
What if you can't make it on voting day?
Does your vote really matter?
How do you vote?
Do you have to vote?

We will continue our look at the election next week.

Shabbat Shalom,

HaMorah Caren

Reminders:
The GMADE testing will be next week. It will take place at math time.
Spelling will now be done weekly. Words come home on Monday night and the quiz is on Friday. Please initial your child's quiz and send it back on Monday.