Sunday - 2/12/12 - a great morning!

It was wonderful having so many families here for the 2nd grade family program! Be sure to check out the photos! We also loved coming together to celebrate all of our February birthdays! Here is what was happening in all of our other classes:

Kindergarten

Empathy was the focus of our lesson today. We learned that when we can empathize with another person's feelings, we can better figure out how to be helpful (to treat them as we would like to be treated). We learned about Rebecca and her kindness towards Eliezer. We also read Bone Button Borscht by Audrey Davis, which speaks to the Jewish value of feeding the hungry, ma’akhil re’evim. 

1^st Grade

We learned that Joseph became a very rich and powerful man in Egypt. His brothers came to Egypt looking for food. They told Joseph how sorry they were for what they had done to
him. He forgave them. Jacob came to Eygpt too and the family lived in peace. We made a picture of a heart, representing our love for our family. Just like Esav and Jacob made up, Joseph and his brothers recognized the importance of family.

3^rd  Grade

Today in Hebrew we learned het and we raced against each other to read Hebrew words. In Judaic Studies we learned about the biblical personality Joshua and the Jordan river

4^th Grade

In Judaic Studies we reviewed the covenant between God & Abraham. We discussed the laws of kashrut and why they were not practiced in the time of Abraham when he welcomed the guest into his tent. In Hebrew, we worked on the English meaning of V’ahavta reading line-by-line. We played a game with the Alef Bet Quest words. We added "What's your name" in Hebrew to our Hebrew conversation. 

5^th Grade

Today in class we started our new unit: Emunah (faith). We started the class with the Debbie Friedman song, L'chi Lach. Then, we spoke about different times through the Tanakh that Jewish figures follow God's instructions. Finally, we debated whether or not we would get up and go to the place that God showed us. The Hebrew class had a wonderful, delicious, and fun Tu B'shevat seder last Wednesday thanks to EVERYONE for sharing a food item.  All the students participated in leading the seder, tasting a large variety of fresh and dried fruits, and drinking four different cups of juice from white to dark red.  Today the class completed their study of Mi Chamocha and led a mini tefillah in our room.  We are just starting the main section of the prayer service, known as the Tefillah, or Amidah.  

6th Grade

Today we had another session in our Jewish Lens program. We analyzed Jewish pictures and discussed the rationale and values behind each picture.