End of the Year Celebration

On Thursday Kitah Bet/Gimel and Dalet/Hei had a wonderful end of year celebration! I loved hearing all of the students' poems and seeing their confidence reading them to all of our guests. They have grown so much in the past year and it has been a privilege being a part of that process. Thank you for all of your help in making this a fun and successful year.

Please note that the returning 5th graders have a required summer Hebrew review packet that will be due in September. It is recommended that the rising 6th graders complete this packet in order to keep up their Hebrew skills, but I will not be collecting it from them in September. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Thanks again for a great year. Have a great summer!

The 4th and 5th graders receiving their certificates of completion

Enjoying the 2nd and 3rd grade performances

A room full of celebrants!

A preview of the students' poems that they will be sharing on Thursday!

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/7932773/Judaism_poems

A Wordle  is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

June 9, 2014

We are wrapping things up this week in Kitah Dalet-Hei. On Monday, the students completed a final project on the book of Samuel using the iPad apps Popplet and Book Creator, as well as Google Docs. They also held a dress rehearsal for the poetry slam which will be this Thursday, June 12 at 4 PM in Novakoff. We hope to see you there! Please have your child practice his or her poem for Thursday. They are welcome to dress up if they so wish.

Book of Samuel Final Project

Students: Use this link to access the document in which you will write a blog post from the perspective of a character from the book of Samuel.
Samuel Google Doc

June 2, 2014

On Monday, the students learned about the holiday of Shavuot by completing a webquest. The students learned that it is the holiday that celebrates receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai and also the harvest of the first fruits. I hope you get the chance to celebrate with some cheesecake!
The students also practiced performing their poems. Emily Fishman provided some great support with this. We are looking forward to sharing the poems with you at the last day of school celebration on Thursday, June 12 at 4 PM!

Resources for Shavuot Webquest

1. http://www.bje.org.au/learning/judaism/kids/holydays/shavuot.html
2. http://www.chabad.org/kids/article_cdo/aid/382707/jewish/The-Story-of-Shavuot-Animated.htm
3. http://www.chabad.org/kids/article_cdo/aid/2038/jewish/The-Story-of-Shavuot.htm
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayF7xiyuZqc