Education – 1st and 2nd Grade (Kaufman)

9/14: Today in class, we worked on:

1. Students shared “Chesed Happenings” which means Acts of Kindness and Love moments in their lives.
2. We made and decorated Rosh Hashanah cards for the College students. 
3. K – 3^rd grade started with tefilah with Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa and began to learn about tefillot and talked about Rosh Hashanah.
4. In class I distributed the books and we started to look through them. We started to learn with the flashcards and Hebrew Letters and their “saying sounds”.
5. K – 3^rd grade then joined Morah Alexa for shira and learned and sang some fun songs, including ones for Rosh Hashahah, and heard Rabbi Prass blow the shofar for this Hebrew month of Elul.
6. I read the book, The Hardest Word: A Yom Kippur Story, by Jacqueline Jules.
7. Lihitaot (good-bye)! See you next week!

Homework to be completed by next class:

1. Please remember tzedakah.

9/7: Today in class, we worked on:

1. The whole school gathered to start off the year with a fun assembly which included prayer, hearing the shofar for Elul, minute to win it Jewish style, and confetti ‘canons’!  It was lovely to have so many parents join us!
2. Then, K – 2nd grade parents joined me to learn what their students will be doing this year while the students stayed with Morah Alexa and the madrichim.
3. In class with our parents to get an overview of the year in review.  Showing the books, pamphlets and Hebrew Letters we will be using in class.
4. We had a great time at Shira with the other classrooms and Morah Alexa learning new songs and singing some of our favorites.
5. Students shared “Chesed Happenings” which means Acts of Kindness and Love moments in their lives.
6. I read the book, Sammy Spider’s New Friend, by Sylvia A. Rouss.
7. Students received lollipops on their way out to celebrate the tradition that Jewish learning should be sweet
8. Lihitaot (good-bye)! See you next week!

Homework to be completed by next class:

1. Please remember tzedakah.