October 14, 2021 | 8 Cheshvan 5782 | לך-לך
Early Childhood Department
Ganon Bet’s Travels
Ganon Bet learned in this week’s parsha, Lech Lecha, that Hashem tells Avraham to pack up and leave Charan. The children cut out and decorated their own individual “suitcases”, and then filled them with what they thought they would need for their trip. Just like Avraham, we traveled a long way, not knowing where we were going, but trusting Hashem that we would end up in a good place!
Gan Bet Investigates…“Where Do You Live?”
Our Gan Bet students became cartographers this week, as they studied the map of the world. The students pretended to be explorers on Columbus’ expedition to find the West Indies. We then learned about our place in the world – tracking our location from our planet, continent, country, state, town, street and house, incorporating the directions of North, South, East and West. Finally, we demonstrated our knowledge of maps by designing and drawing a map of our favorite location, which included our bedrooms, playgrounds, Israel and everything in between. Our unit on maps coincided nicely with this week’s celebrations of Columbus Day and Parshat Lech L’echa, where we learned that Avraham and Sarah had Hashem as their guiding map! 
Lower School
Second Grade Scientists
This week our second grade scientists explored physical properties. We learned that physical properties are things we can see, touch (and sometimes taste or smell!) Afterwards, we investigated a variety of objects to discover their physical properties. Using a "Mystery Box" each student used his/her sense of touch to guess what objects were based on their properties. They were excited when their predictions were correct! Next week we will investigate whether a house can be built of paper with a hands on experiment.
4th Graders Discuss the Meaning of Tefilla
The 4th graders were excited to welcome Morah Dalia into our class to teach about Tefillah. She will be coming into our class once a week. Morah Dalia started with a discussion on the meaning of Tefillah. The students offered their own ideas which they wrote about in their Tefillah notebooks. After learning about many of the Tefillot we say each morning, the students will create their own Tefillah projects to share. 
SEL UPDATE
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in 4th Grade kicked off with a discussion of the two big domains we’ll be discussing “Me” (which includes identifying and managing our own emotions and behaviors) and the “We” (which includes all elements of our socialization). Using a Venn diagram we looked at how these elements sometimes overlap and sometimes are separate. The students had the opportunity to formulate questions that they would like to work on through SEL this year, such as “How do we make sports teams that feel fair to everyone?” “How do I keep myself calm when I’m upset?” This launch to our learning showed their enthusiasm for and involvement in this important subject.
Middle School
6th Grade Organizational Skills
Sixth grade is wonderful, educational, informative and...at times overwhelming. To help our children transition into sixth grade we are implementing, under the direction of Dr. Aliza Frohlich, the Organizational Skills Training course designed by Dr. Richard Gallagher of New York University. The course will help our children navigate their workloads, strategize their study schedules, complete their homework and so much more.
 
Rabbi Knapp, Mr. David, Dr. Frohlich and Mrs. Rubin are each teaching one 6th grade section. The course meets twice a week in twenty minute increments and will scaffold on building various skills. This week’s lessons focused on how to use the Yavneh Academy planner. Our students and teachers enjoyed a video which shared a variety of student skills. Keep an eye out for our updates!
FIRST CHESED TEAM EVENT OF THE YEAR!
Our Middle School Chesed Team had their first event of the year this week. Students decorated gift bags and packed them with care packages of toiletries and towels for Afghan refugees and included notes of welcome. Kol hakavod to all the students who participated!
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