Dear
Parents,
Happy Hanukkah! We reviewed letters Chet and Tet. The students enjoyed sharing
their workbooks with their parents on Sunday and enjoyed writing letters on the
board while the students and even one of the mom's guessed what the letter was.
Its a fun way for the students to experience standing up in front of a class
and showing what they learned. It builds confidence and a great way for
classmates to learn from one another.
I hope you enjoyed the Hanukkah cards your children made for you. They were
very excited and wanted to spell everything correctly. We talked about why we
celebrate eight days of Hanukkah and reviewed the miracle of the oil burning
more than one day.
Tuesday, we worked in our Chai booklets. We are still learning about Acts of
Kindness and your children have a brief homework assignment. I asked them to
write down at least ONE act of kindness that they did during break. I said if
any of you are going away on vacation they don't have to worry about it until
they come back. I just wanted them to understand the importance of doing kind
things. We reviewed what a Jewish Hero is and giving tzedakah. I explained to
the students that Jewish heroes are people whose actions are guided by Jewish
values, whether it be doing something kind, giving to charities, and just
making the world a better place. We will continue exploring the different acts
of kindness (G'milut Chasadim) and what other ways we can be Jewish Heroes.
We worked on a Hanukkah worksheet and talked about Derech eretz (being
respectful). The worksheet was several examples of different things. For
example, Saying please and thank you or something as simple as smiling or
waving to your neighbor. The students had to decide which words were examples
of "respect" and which words were not. They really enjoyed this
assignment and understood what it meant to be respectful. We talked about the
letters on the dreidle and how to play the dreidle game.
Everyone met in the small chapel to light the first candle together and recited
the blessings which was really beautiful. When we return from break, we will
move on to the next letter and begin expanding our reading skills. We will
review letters, vowels, and words that we have learned so far to refresh their
memories after being off for awhile.
Wishing you and your families a Happy and Healthy New Year and enjoy the rest
of your Hanukkah.
See you next year!
Lisa Dresner Wais
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