January 8th - Our First Sunday in 2012!

We were excited to see our K-3 students for the first time in 2012! Please note that there is no religious school on January 15. We’ll see you on January 22!

Kindergarten

Happy 2012! Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a great winter break. Today our focus was on the Synagogue and the Jewish Symbols in the sanctuary. We took a walk around the Synagogue which included the library, kitchen, gift shop, lobby the temple offices and the Sanctuary. We worked on a map of the synagogue and school and even tried to build the ark out of LEGO.

2^nd Grade

We began the new year by learning a new vowel! We’re proud of our students’ Hebrew progress.

3^rd grade

Today in Hebrew we reviewed all the letters and vowels we have learned and added a new letter, the tet. We reviewed the old city of Jerusalem and talked about the Six-Day War. We also learned about one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem—the Kotel (Western Wall).

4^th Grade

Our Devar Hayom was about generations. We discussed geneology, looking at Abraham as an example of how the Torah teaches us about new beginnings.

5^th Grade

Today the Hebrew class practiced reading the V'ahavta prayer in small groups, with students helping each other. For our last period, both classes came together to do Sedra Scenes--skits about the Torah. We will continue with these skits on Wednesday.

6^th Grade

Today we worked on questions for our classmates about “New Jerusalem” and the Israeli government. We also participated in the Jewish Lens program.