September 23, 2020
Families,
Amazing work is taking place in our computer classrooms. Keep up the great work and read below to discover the learning that’s been taking place.
Kitah Gan (Kindergarten)
No live learning until October 4.
For the next two weeks 1. Finish your tzedakah boxes and if you can - make small money contributions. 2. Review together with your student the slides (separate email) and work on your crafts. 3. Be ready to share in class your Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur celebrations.
Kitah Alef/Kitah Bet (1st and 2nd grade)
No live learning until October 4.
HOMEWORK: Send a New Year’s Card to a friend or a family member. Try to use the words L’Shana Tovah.
Kitah Gimel (3rd grade)
No live learning until October 4.
HOMEWORK: Hebrew Lesson - read page 21, Chai Lesson - draw a picture of your act of G’milut Chasadim you shared with the class, Extra Credit Homework - take a picture of you enjoying your Rosh Hashanah apples and honey (send the pictures to Addie or Nicki). See you all in a couple weeks!
Kitah Dalet (4th grade)
From Batyah (Wednesday): The students continue to excel at Hebrew reading and learning new letters and words. I am very pleased with their progress. This week:
The Aleph (4:30 class) learned the tzadi and the hey. The new words were matzo and haggadah. They practiced reading and writing the new letters and the word matzo. Next week we will finish Lesson 4 and move onto Lesson 5. The Bet class (6:00) started Lesson 5. The new letters are nun and yud. New words are yad (hand) and ani (I). Next week we will complete Lesson 5 and begin Lesson 6.
- Homework for 4:30 pm (Aleph) group: Complete writing exercise on top and Tzadi sound exercise at bottom of page 23. Practice reading pg 21 and 22.
- Homework for 6:00 pm (Bet) group: Practice reading page 27 and 28. Review page 25 The = ha and try to fill out the crossword puzzle with Hebrew letters.
From Naomi (Sunday): No live learning until October 4. If you missed class from September 13, the recording is in ZOOM in your student journal and in the blog. Also note that over the next couple weeks activities for the High Holidays and books read out loud for the High Holidays will populate in activities in Seesaw. Please take time to look at these and complete any that you find meaningful. Also, I would love you to share a picture of your family celebrating Rosh Hashanah. You can post it in your Journal on Seesaw to share.
Kitah Hay (5th grade)
Hebrew: We officially finished lesson 2 and moved on to lesson 3! I was overall impressed last night with the reading that I heard. It is great to see progress being made in our time of virtual learning! Homework: Page 18
No live Sunday learning until October 4. Yes, we still have Wednesday class!
Homework: create a "help wanted" ad for our next Jewish prophet! Make sure to include the qualities they should have to be good at the job. Due October 18
Kitah Vav (6th grade)
From Rabbi (Wednesday): We finished working on the Avot prayer of the Amidah, and the students in attendance sang it beautifully. We talked about the meaning of the second half of this opening prayer: to strive to be a shield, a helper, and a protector for someone, just as God shields and helps us.We then worked on the Hebrew personal pronouns, and did some reading drills putting them to use. HOMEWORK: Practice reading the Hebrew of the Gevurot prayer (separate email from September 24)
From Michelle (Sunday): No live learning until October 4
Kitah Zayin (7th grade)
From Jennifer (Wednesday): We started the evening by talking a little bit about the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I told the students that I remember the day that she was nominated, I watched the confirmation hearings, and I was privileged to have been able to watch her whole tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court, and certainly to have benefitted in a very direct way from her work.
We spent the rest of class time having a little fun by playing Rosh HaShanah trivia, which included questions about the month of the High Holidays, shofar blasts, Jewish High Holiday cultural traditions, and religious beliefs. I was very impressed with the depth of knowledge our 7th graders displayed.
You might want to talk to your children about fasting on Yom Kippur. We had some questions about whether or not they should fast if their Bar/Bat Mitzvah was coming up. I said that this was really a question for the Rabbi, but that they were not required, and are not encouraged, to fast before their Bar or Bat Mitzvah and that people who have physical conditions that would be complicated by fasting are prohibited from fasting.
Next week, we will focus on the work and philosophy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the passage Tzedek, tzedek tirdof (Justice, justice you shall pursue). I asked everyone to think about the word Justice and what they think it means to prepare for next week.
From Rabbi (Sunday): No live learning until October 4.
