Dear Parents,
We have been busy learning, celebrating and creating. On Sunday, we colored the Israeli Flag and talked about Yom Hashoah (Day of remembrance) and Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israel Independence Day). We discussed how Israel was conquered and the Second Temple was burned, the Jews were forced to scatter among the other countries of the world. There was no longer was a Jewish state. We talked about why we celebrate Yom Ha'atzma'ut. The students learned every year we celebrate the birthday of the country (Israel). They also learned that Israel is too far to travel to for a party so instead, we have our own party here and have our own celebrations.
Tuesday, the students traveled to different countries and had their own passports with questions about various topics. After they answered the questions, their passports were stamped and they moved on to the next country including Israel. At the end of our travels, we went to the Shuk and ate falafel sandwiches in pita bread with hummus. The students had so much fun learning about the different countries and learned that most people in Israel speak Hebrew while many of them speak English as well. We discussed different cities in Israel and how interesting it is to float in the Dead Sea because it is so full of salt that no fish can live in it. We talked about Jerusalem being the capital of Israel. This was a great learning experience for the students and they all had a great time sharing different experiences with other students from different grades.
We will continue learning the rest of our letters and continue our word building and reviewing vowels. As always, thank you for sharing your children with us, its so exciting to see how things are finally connecting for them. Their hands on experience is a great way for them to learn while actually going through the experience themselves.
Looking forward to seeing your children on Sunday.
Have a great week!
Morah Dresner Wais
We have been busy learning, celebrating and creating. On Sunday, we colored the Israeli Flag and talked about Yom Hashoah (Day of remembrance) and Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israel Independence Day). We discussed how Israel was conquered and the Second Temple was burned, the Jews were forced to scatter among the other countries of the world. There was no longer was a Jewish state. We talked about why we celebrate Yom Ha'atzma'ut. The students learned every year we celebrate the birthday of the country (Israel). They also learned that Israel is too far to travel to for a party so instead, we have our own party here and have our own celebrations.
Tuesday, the students traveled to different countries and had their own passports with questions about various topics. After they answered the questions, their passports were stamped and they moved on to the next country including Israel. At the end of our travels, we went to the Shuk and ate falafel sandwiches in pita bread with hummus. The students had so much fun learning about the different countries and learned that most people in Israel speak Hebrew while many of them speak English as well. We discussed different cities in Israel and how interesting it is to float in the Dead Sea because it is so full of salt that no fish can live in it. We talked about Jerusalem being the capital of Israel. This was a great learning experience for the students and they all had a great time sharing different experiences with other students from different grades.
We will continue learning the rest of our letters and continue our word building and reviewing vowels. As always, thank you for sharing your children with us, its so exciting to see how things are finally connecting for them. Their hands on experience is a great way for them to learn while actually going through the experience themselves.
Looking forward to seeing your children on Sunday.
Have a great week!
Morah Dresner Wais
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