February 1, 2013

Dear Gefen Families,

This week in social studies the students created "faces" using different facial parts that they found in magazines. Our theme was "we are all different on the outside but the same on the inside." The project connected nicely to our unit on civil rights. Next, we learned about Rosa Parks through the use of a story and worksheet. We even saw the actual bus that she rode in and her own personal account of what happened to her.

Creating "faces" using magazines

In math we spent the week reviewing fractions and money. The students were put into two groups and each group was given a set of fraction or money "brainteaser" cards. So much fun was had as the kids answered questions such as: Count the students in your class to see how many there are in all. Write fractions to answer the questions - how many students are boys? girls? have brown hair? Or, read the clues and put the coins in the correct boxes - the coins in the middle column are the same, one of the most valuable coins is directly above the coin worth 10 cents, Lincoln is directly above Washington and the coin values in the top row go from least to greatest.

Solving Money Brainteasers

Solving Fraction Brainteasers

During Tefillah this week the students began to ask a lot of questions about G-d. This sparked some great conversation. We shared a story called What is G-d? by Etan Boritzer and then the students wrote about what G-d looks like/feels like to them and they also wrote about a time when they felt G-d.

We began learning about plurals. This week we learned the rule for changing the "y" to an "i" and adding and "es."

Last, we talked a bit about Groundhog Day and learned some basics about groundhogs.

Shabbat Shalom,

Hamorah Caren

Reminders:

No school on Thursday, February 7th due to staff professional day.
The second book report is due on Friday, February 8th.

Learning with Ziv and Rivi