3rd-6th Grade Update:
On Sunday, students constructed Purim baskets for Mishloach Manot and learned fun facts about Purim, such as the four Purim Mitzvot. Ask your child to tell you the 4 mitzvot and for whom they made their Mishloach Manot.
On Tuesday, students started their day by making homemade hamantashen, which they ate for snack! They learned Parshat Vayikra, the first portion of the third book of the Torah, Leviticus. The focus of the portion was on the concept of sacrifice; what it is and why we choose to sacrifice certain things. We also learned how, like Moses, one person's actions can have a larger impact on the people around them.
Then students followed up with their lesson from last week about Torah. We took the Torah out of the Aron HaKodesh (Holy Ark), learned how to say the parts of the Torah in Hebrew, and then opened up the Torah. Each student, using the yad, pointed to a word in the Torah and read it. It was a Shehecheyanu moment for all!
HEBREW
The students continued to practice singing HaTikvah, Ani M’amin, and Eili Eili for the Yom Hashoah Program on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 PM at CSK.
We began our Sunday morning with Rabbi Baum as we participated in the Havdalah service. We then continued with parts of the Shacharit Service focusing on Modah Ani and Mah Tovu.
Both classes had fun learning about Purim! We used the Hebrew vocabulary words (Purim, Shushan, the characters from the story, etc.) to practice letter/vowel recognition. We sang Chag Sameach, My Hat/La Kovah Sheli, and Chag Purim. We also added more keywords to our 'We can read Hebrew' wall.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOUR CHILD NEEDS TO BRING THEIR HEBREW BOOK TO CLASS EVERY WEEK AND NEEDS TO PRACTICE READING OUT LOUD 5 MINUTES A NIGHT TO BUILD THEIR SKILLS.
