Dear
Parents,
We are moving along learning our letters, vowels and reviewing sentence reading along with advancing to learning more words and reading longer sentences. Each Sunday, the students will learn a new letter and review previous letters and vowels. The more they review, the more they will understand the letters and learn them rather than memorize the order.
We worked in our Chai workbook and the students learned about the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests). The mitzvah of welcoming strangers is important to Jewish teaching. They learn how to be compassionate, accepting and these two values are important to learn at an early age. The students shared times in their own lives they welcomed guests to their homes or felt welcomed in someone else's home. We discussed how important it is to be a Jewish hero and we discussed who some of their Jewish hero's are. This ties into our unit on g'milut chasadim which teaches us how to reach out a hand to others and take responsibility for helping.
The students colored a worksheet that related to Shabbat and there was a siddur book that was open and blank. I asked the students to fill in anything they wanted and here are a couple examples of what they wrote:
"I love hebrew and I learn so much"
"I love my teacher"
"I love Alexa"
"I love Jewish Hero's"
"I love my mom and dad"
"I love religious school"
These are a few examples of what kindness means to your children. When they are given the opportunity to use their own examples, it helps them better understand what they are learning.
Sunday, we will begin sending home the Shabbat Bear. I will draw names and the first person chosen will be bringing the bear home along with a short worksheet for your child to fill out (with your help)
Please have the bear join you for your Shabbat dinner or Friday night however you celebrate is fine. It just gives the kids a fun way to acknowledge Shabbat and have the bear be a part of their dinner. If you can please take a picture with the bear and your child (prior to Shabbat) and fill out the Shabbat Bear form, I would really appreciate it. Each child will have the bear for a week and it is VERY important the bear is returned the following Sunday so that the next student has the opportunity to take it home. Just an FYI, these kids are really looking forward to the bear coming home with them, so its real important the bear comes back the following week. If for some reason your student will be absent, no worries you can bring the bear back on that Tuesday.
I gave the students a small homework assignment. I asked them to do one mitzvah this week and write it down so we can share it in class on Sunday. One of the students asked what if I do more than one. I said that would be wonderful but the homework is only required to write at least one down. If your child was absent on Tuesday or does not attend on Tuesdays, please have them write down one mitzvah they did so they could be part of the lesson on Sunday. For example, making their bed, cleaning their plate off the table, etc. It doesn't matter what it is, just so they understand the importance of respect and helping people.
Have a great week. Looking forward to seeing your children on Sunday.
Thank you,
Morah Lisa Dresner Wais
We are moving along learning our letters, vowels and reviewing sentence reading along with advancing to learning more words and reading longer sentences. Each Sunday, the students will learn a new letter and review previous letters and vowels. The more they review, the more they will understand the letters and learn them rather than memorize the order.
We worked in our Chai workbook and the students learned about the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests). The mitzvah of welcoming strangers is important to Jewish teaching. They learn how to be compassionate, accepting and these two values are important to learn at an early age. The students shared times in their own lives they welcomed guests to their homes or felt welcomed in someone else's home. We discussed how important it is to be a Jewish hero and we discussed who some of their Jewish hero's are. This ties into our unit on g'milut chasadim which teaches us how to reach out a hand to others and take responsibility for helping.
The students colored a worksheet that related to Shabbat and there was a siddur book that was open and blank. I asked the students to fill in anything they wanted and here are a couple examples of what they wrote:
"I love hebrew and I learn so much"
"I love my teacher"
"I love Alexa"
"I love Jewish Hero's"
"I love my mom and dad"
"I love religious school"
These are a few examples of what kindness means to your children. When they are given the opportunity to use their own examples, it helps them better understand what they are learning.
Sunday, we will begin sending home the Shabbat Bear. I will draw names and the first person chosen will be bringing the bear home along with a short worksheet for your child to fill out (with your help)
Please have the bear join you for your Shabbat dinner or Friday night however you celebrate is fine. It just gives the kids a fun way to acknowledge Shabbat and have the bear be a part of their dinner. If you can please take a picture with the bear and your child (prior to Shabbat) and fill out the Shabbat Bear form, I would really appreciate it. Each child will have the bear for a week and it is VERY important the bear is returned the following Sunday so that the next student has the opportunity to take it home. Just an FYI, these kids are really looking forward to the bear coming home with them, so its real important the bear comes back the following week. If for some reason your student will be absent, no worries you can bring the bear back on that Tuesday.
I gave the students a small homework assignment. I asked them to do one mitzvah this week and write it down so we can share it in class on Sunday. One of the students asked what if I do more than one. I said that would be wonderful but the homework is only required to write at least one down. If your child was absent on Tuesday or does not attend on Tuesdays, please have them write down one mitzvah they did so they could be part of the lesson on Sunday. For example, making their bed, cleaning their plate off the table, etc. It doesn't matter what it is, just so they understand the importance of respect and helping people.
Have a great week. Looking forward to seeing your children on Sunday.
Thank you,
Morah Lisa Dresner Wais
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