Morah Schlussel Update

Dear Parents,

We began our day on Sunday with Teffilah . Again the students had a choice of two different minyanim.

 After Teffilah we all went to our respective Hebrew classes.

My 4th grade class concentrated on the Adon Olam which we read and then sang to two different tunes. The children took turns reading the verses and we sang the prayer together. You can find the Adon Olam on page 54 and 55 of the Hasefer book.

My 5th and 6th graders concentrated on the Shalom Alaichem teffilah, which can be found o page 63 of the Hasefer. Again we read it and then we sang it. I explained to the students that in some homes each of the 4 parts of the prayer are sung 3 times at the Friday night Shabbat dinner before we make kiddush.

On Tuesday, we again started with our Teffilot with the choice of one of two minyanim.

During my 4th grade Hebrew class, we combined all the students of 4th grade and played a game of tic tac toe, using the Hasefer book as our basis for getting either an o  or an x . If the student read the line right , they scored. We did the same with the 5th and 6th graders, but we did it with only our class and we used  the Sim Shalom prayer found on page 64 of the Hasefer as our text.

This proved to be a fun, enjoyable, and painless way to practice reading.

Please remember to review these pages with your children.

Since Lag B'Omer is Thursday , all the students were treated to a special bonfire near the entrance to our school. They experienced what children in Israel do on Lag B'omer. The only difference is that our students made smores whereas in Israel they roast potatoes.   Happy Lag B'Omer!

Please remember all the mothers in your lives this coming Sunday. In honor of Mother's Day, we do not have any school Sunday. So enjoy this special day for all moms.

Shabbat Shalom, see you all next Tuesday.

Toby Schlussel