Class Update

Dear 4th - 6th grade families, 

This past week we continued to learn and study about the holiday of Pesach through reading, singing, playing games and participating in fun activities.

On Sunday we reviewed and practiced the מה נשתנה (the 4 questions) in a couple of interesting ways: we passed out a sheet to each student which had the sentences of the questions divided up and numbered into 23 seperate phrases, in order. All the kids sat around in a big circle on bouncy balls, and going around the circle, each kid read a sentence until all 23 were read. We did this twice, for extra practice. Next, we had a cup filled with sticks numbered 1-23. Going around the room, everyone randomly picked a stick and then read the corresponding sentence. Then we all sang the questions together as a whole class.

Next we did some reading from our books in small groups. The children are continuing to make wonderful progress with their reading accuracy and fluency! Then we divided the class in half. As one half played a fun Pesach word memory game, the other had a good time completing a holiday word search with Hebrew words, reading each word aloud as they were discovered.This was a little tricky and challenging, but lots of fun. When they were done, the kids switched activities. The 4th graders also had the opportunity to play a fun Pesach board game -- each child received a paper with a black and white seder plate on it. As they rolled the die and moved along the board, every time they landed on a seder plate item they needed to read the Hebrew and English name for it and then color it in on their sheet. The object was to see who would have a fully colored seder plate first. (But at the same time they were learning lots of Pesach vocabulary words...sssshhhh!!) We had a very full Sunday of learning and fun!

On Tuesday we only met with the 4th grade and we combined all 3 classes.  We practiced the 4 questions, and had a "sing-off" between 2 different teams to see which one could sing the words most accurately. We are all very impressed with how well they did! We also reviewed the order of the Seder along with the hand motions. Ask your kids to do this for you at your Seder :). At the end of the day, the entire school gathered for the last 45 minutes and participated in a Pesach scavenger hunt which was organized by Allison. The kids had a wonderful time!

Wishing you all a peaceful Shabbat and a very Happy Pesach! 

B'Shalom, 

Dona Levinson 

Edna Sable 

Aliza Zachor