Dear Gefen Families,
We had a great time at The Butterfly Place! The students were asked to observe three different butterflies as well as notice what butterflies need to survive. They also completed a butterfly scavenger hunt. Now, we have caterpillars in our classrooms and we're waiting to see
what happens!
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| Doing some butterfly research. |
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| Recording an observation. |
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| Preparing to see the butterflies. |
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| Checking out our new caterpillars. |
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| "What do you notice about my caterpillar?" |
In math we began our unit on place value. We started by looking at ones, tens and hundreds. For example, when we see the number 392, it really means 300 + 90 + 2. What happens if we want to add 10 more? One more?
This week in Torah we read the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel and having his name changed to Israel. We talked about all of the Jews being descendants of Jacob and where the name "Children of Israel" came from. Then, we did some research on the Israeli flag. It was a perfect connection to Yom Ha'atzmaut which is coming up next week.
Shabbat Shalom,
Hamorah Caren
Reminders:
No school on Monday.
Please have your child wear blue and white on Tuesday for our school-wide celebration of Yom Haatzmaut.
From Hamorah Sefi:
This week in Torah we read the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel and having his name changed to Israel. We talked about all of the Jews being descendants of Jacob and where the name "Children of Israel" came from. Then, we did some research on the Israeli flag. It was a perfect connection to Yom Ha'atzmaut which is coming up next week.
Shabbat Shalom,
Hamorah Caren
Reminders:
No school on Monday.
Please have your child wear blue and white on Tuesday for our school-wide celebration of Yom Haatzmaut.
From Hamorah Sefi:
Israel Celebrates 65!
MWJDS will be celebrating Israel Independence day on Tuesday April 16th with many classroom and school-wide activities. We are very exited about that!
Please have your child wear blue pants and white shirt so we can all be Degel Israel (The Israeli flag).
Essential Questions
When you ask your child what they did in Hebrew, do you often get “I don’t remember?”
Ask students these questions to help guide a discussion about what they really did in Hebrew.
Can you tell me something about Hertzel? He had a very special idea, what was it?
Can you draw Semel Ha-Medina (Israel state symbol)? How old is Israel?
With your help, and encouragement your child can become more and more comfortable reading Hebrew. Please ask your child to read nightly and please contact me with the first signs of reluctance.
Parent teacher conferences are coming up soon, it would be great to show and tell you about your child's progress in Hebrew.
Shabbat Shalom,
Sefi
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| Working on our Country Study with one of our volunteers. |
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| Getting ready for our Civil Rights Museum |
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