Education – 3rd Grade (Wilgus)

3/15: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today we started with our attendance and feelings
  2. Then Gan – 3rd grade joined Rabbi Prass and Morah Alexa for tefillah. Rabbi Prass asked us for some examples of What we have learned in our life and why we learned it. The learners had some lovely answers.  He reminded us that our learning is for the purpose of being a positive “light to the Nations”.
  3. We continued in our Torah books on the next Parshat, how Jacob was reunited with his brother, and how he received the name Israel. We talked a bit about siblings, and how to better get along with each other, and the importance of supporting people and having people who support you in your life.
  4. Gan – 3rd grade joined Morah Alexa for shirah. We sang songs several songs for the upcoming Chag Pesach (Passover) including the 4 Questions we are working on in Hebrew school.
  5. We returned to class to illustrate our parshat and work in our gamebooks.
  6. We also studied in our Partners with God book about the Torah, different parts of it, and why it is so important and central to Judaism. We learned why it is called the Etz Chaim, Tree of Life.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Continue to look for ways to promote shalom bayit at home.
  2. Please complete any parts of your Game Book that are not done.

3/8: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today we started with feelings and attendance and tzedakah – great job on bringing in tzedakah!
  2. K – 3rd grade kitot class enjoyed T’Fillot led by Rabbi Prass and Morah Alexa.  Rabbi Prass encouraged us all to think about the BIG, good, things that happened to all of us this past year.  He had a few learners share some examples.  Then he asked us to share why we need BIG, good, things in our year.  The learners had great examples. He reminded us that the new month of Nisan, the month with Passover is coming up, and that is the 1st month of the Jewish year, and in certain respects, the most important.
  3. We returned to class and worked on our next Parshat, how Jacob ended up with two wives, and his dream about the stairs to heaven.
  4. K – 3rd grade kitot enjoyed being together for shira led by Morah Alexa.  She taught new songs for the upcoming chag of Pesah which begins on April 1st.  
  5. We returned to class and drew our parshat and worked in our Gamebooks.
  6. We then worked in our Partners With God Books, talking about how God gives us rules to live our lives together in peace, just like our parents and teachers give us rules. We discussed how the Torah has these rules that have been passed down through the generations to us today.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Finish anything in your Gamebook you did not have time to finish in class, including any past chapters. Please do not go ahead.
  2. Continue to work to bring shalom bayit into your home.

3/1: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. “Be Happy! It’s Adar” The Hebrew month which holds Purim.
  2. Today was Yom Purim! It was great to see so many of our learners in Purim costumes!
  3. We began in our assigned classrooms where each grade divided into teams and came up with their own team names based on Purim themes.  Here are the names each team/grade came up with for themselves:
    • K – 2: The Queen Esthers
    • 3rd: The Happy Hamantaschen
    • 4th: The Hebrew People
    • 5th: purrrrrrrrrrrim
    • 5th: Purim People 1 & 2
    • 6th: The Queens
    • 6th: The Megillah Men
  4. Then we gathered for an all school t’fillah led by 5th grader Luke and Rabbi Prass. We talked about being thankful for what gives us joy, who in your community gives us joy, how we should “Shema” laughter, and how there is a Haman (Amalek) in every generation.
  5. Then we divided up by grade and the teams we created for 4 stations of “Yom Purim” aka Purim Sunday!  We will share out their work over the course of the week. 
    • Rotation Aleph : What/who are today’s Amaleks? How can I blot them out?: Haman was a descendant of Amalek.  Who are modern personal & global Amaleks? How do we solve them?
    • Rotation Bet: Purim-Daze: We took the Purim story, symbols and created games of telephone & charades.
    • Rotation Gimmel : Signs of Purim: learning about the 4 main Purim characters thru getting to know them modern twists.
    • Rotation Daled: Words of Encouragement for Esther/Vashti/Mordechai: Successful athletes are ones that shout words of encouragement to themselves.  What words of encouragement would you shout to Vashti? Mordechai? Esther?
  6. We then gathered back together for an all-school Purim shira led by 5th grader Luke where we sang Purim songs, Rabbi Bellows showed us the REAL megillah and our 6th grade students read an English 5-minute Megillah so we could cheer Mordechai & Esther, and booooo Haman.
  7. As we left from a great session, each learner was handed a bag of Hamantaschen.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Please remember tzedakah.

2/22: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. K – 3rd grade gathered for T’fillah led by Morah Alexa and Rabbi Prass. At Tefillah Rabbi Prass related how the month of Adar brings great joy to the Jewish people!  He showed us the megillah and told us part of the Megillah/Purim story.  As part of the story, he asked us how/when we have been like Queen Esther & Mordechai and “done Jewish things”?  And he asked us how have we been like Esther & Mordechai and taught others good/positive things?  The learners had some lovely answers.
  2. We then learned our next parshat from the Torah – the birth of Jacob and Esau and how they very much did not get along. We learned that the Rabbis teach that Esau would not have been a good leader, and their mother Rebecca recognized this, so she helped Jacob get the blessing from his father that would make him the next leader of the Jewish people.
  3. K – 3rd grade then went to shirah and learned and sang some more Purim songs!
  4. We came back to class to work on illustrations for our Torah scrolls and work in our Gamebooks for the chapter.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Finish any exercises in you Gamebook that were not completed in class.
  2. Continue to help make shalom bayit in the home.

2/15: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. We started our day with attendance and how we were feeling.
  2. Then K-3rd grade gathered for T’fillah led by Rabbi Prass and Morah Alexa.  At Tefilah, in celebration of President’s Day, Rabbi Prass shared with us some interesting connections and trivia questions between many American Presidents and the Jewish people.
  3. We began our next Torah parshat reading about how Isaac came to marry Rebecca, and the importance of her kindness and consideration in her being chosen.
  4. K – 3rd grade joined Morah Alexa for shirah, where we sang Purim songs.
  5. We came back to class and illustrated our parshat and wrapped up playing a short game of hodgy podgy to review what we had done today.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Please complete any exercises in your Gamebook for chapter 9.

2/8: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Then, we enjoyed a school wide Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass, Morah Alexa, and Luke.  Rabbi Prass included the 5th Grade Faux Aufruf.  All of the Gan – 6th grade students had the opportunity to shower our 5th grade bride and groom with candy.  It was great to have all the 5th grade parents there for this.
  2. We then continued our Torah studies by learning about how God told Abraham to take Isaac to be sacrificed and how it was a test to see how much Abraham loved and trusted God. We learned how a ram was provided for the sacrifice, from which we get the shofar. We also talked about what sacrifice can mean and how, today, we sacrifice our time to honor God in tefilah and tzedakah.
  3. We illustrated our parshat for our Torah scrolls.
  4. Gan -4th, & 6th Grade ended the day with shirah led by Morah Alexa singing fun songs and learning new ones.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Continue to promote shalom bayit at home and finish the pages in your Game Book for our current chapter.

2/1: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. What a day! Today was our boker b’yachad, where we were joined in class by our parents!
  2. We started with introductions and students telling us what made their parents happy or excited.
  3. Kindergarten – 3rd grade, and 3rd grade parents joined for T’Fillah led by Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa.  To celebrate Tu Bishvat, we had a special presentation by our congregant Evan Shorr, A Certified Arborist.  And everyone enjoyed the Activity Book, Adon Schorr passed out before we returned to class as well as the other swag he gave us.
  4. After t’fillah, we split with parents going with Rabbi Bellows for an adult ed on our God topic.
  5. Students returned to class. We practiced our 10 Commandments song, and then talked about the different ways we talk to God, and how we have specific prayers to thank God when we experience amazing things, like seeing the Grand Canyon or the ocean, smelling amazing flowers, experiencing new things, or hearing thunder.
  6. We then joined our parents for shirah with Morah Alexa and sang songs about Tu b’Shvat, and some other songs students were asked to lead.
  7. Parents & students joined together in class where students performed their 10 Commandment song for their parents, and then we did a joint project to write family 10 Commandments for allowing God into our homes and lives.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Continue looking for ways to bring God into your homes and for special moments where you feel God’s presence.

1/25: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today Gan – 3rd grade began with tefilah led by Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa. Rabbi Bellows taught more about the current Torah parshat, about how the Pharoah of Egypt refused to let the Israelites go until visited with 10 plagues, and then said yes. But he also changed his mind and sent his army after the fleeing Israelites. And how the Red Sea split when the first person chose to step forward into the waters.
  2. We returned to class to make posters for next week’s performance for our families, and then worked on pages of our Game Book that had not been completed.
  3. We joined Gan and 1-2 for Shirah with Morah Alexa and sang songs about Tu b’Shvat because Tu Bishvat is February 1-2.
  4. We returned to class to practice our song with our posters, and then ate some challah that Rabbi Prass gave us since it was so cold outside! We talked about what our favorite Torah stories were so far and why.
  5. On the way out of school today, Rabbi Prass gave us gummy whales, from the Jonah & Whale story because our parents helped us “swim thru the snow”

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice your song every day so you can sing it out strongly next week! The song can be found here: https://youtu.be/kq4h3Opy-Xc?si=sdoZUEuszRdkVYJT

1/11: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today we started with tefilah with Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa. Rabbi Bellows taught us how Moses was tasked by God to go to Pharoah to tell him to let the Israelites go.
  2. We returned to class and reviewed what we had studied so far in the Torah and learned the next Parshat – about Sodom and Gomorrah. We learned how Abram and Sarai’s names were changed to Abraham and Sarah, about how God told Abraham Sarah would have a child, about the importance of hospitality, and how Abraham argued with God about how many good people should be found in Sodom to prevent it getting destroyed. We also learned how Lot’s wife turned back to look as Sodom was being destroyed and was turned into a pillar of salt!
  3. K – 3rd grade joined Morah Alexa for shirah, and some of our students help lead again!
  4. We returned to class and worked on our 10 Commandments song.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice your 10 Commandments song at least 10 minutes a day. Be sure to practice all the words. You can slow down the song to .8 or .75 speed, as we do in class. You can find the song at this link: https://youtu.be/kq4h3Opy-Xc?si=ZtMmVmhUDrCrW0lB

12/14: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today was Yom Chanukah in Religious School
  2. It was great to see so many people dressed in “Chanukah swag” to get us in the spirit.
  3. All the classes started in their classrooms for attendance and creating a Chanukah themed “team name” some of the names included: the lighted candles, dreidel macabeets, Chanukah stars, Lecha Dodis, Mac & Cheese-abees, The Jewnicorns, Spinning Dreidels, Flamming Menorahs,
  4.  Then we gathered for an all school T’fillah led by Rabbi Prass, Morah Alexa, and 5th grader Luke.  Rabbi Prass pointed out connections between our prayers and the upcoming Festival of Chanukah.
  5. After that we split into 4 Chanukah based rotations, where learners rotated by grade/classes:
    • Chanukah has Dreidels with Morah Rachel & Mr & Mrs. Popper. Our congregants brought in some of their 250 dreidel collection to share.
    • Pushing your Dreidel Limits: Body & Mind with Morah Kaufman where they were challenged with trivia questions about the dreidel AND challenges of different ways to spin the dreidel or be the dreidel with their bodies.
    • Chanukah Madlibs with Morah Wilgus where they were given the opportunity give fun twists to How to play dreidel, how to make a Latke, and the Chanukah story thru Madlibs.
    • Chanukah Charades with Moreh Aaron where they either reviewed or learned different Chanukah history/customs thru playing charades.
  6. We came back together in the sanctuary for an all school Chanukah shira led by Morah Alexa and 5th grader Luke K. 
  7. As we left we each learner was handed Chanukah Gelt.
  8. Happy Chanukah to all!

Homework to be completed by next class:

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12/7: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today was a busy day!
  2. Gan – 3rd graders gathered for Tefilla led by Rabbi Prass and Morah Alexa. Rabbi Prass challenged us to think about how we can see the positive in challenges like large snowstorms. He also asked us how we can individually make /be our own small Chanukah miracles by doing mitzvot.
  3. We started a new chapter in our Torah book, learning how Abram and Sarai became the first Jews and were taken to Canaan by God.
  4. We learned about the important mitzvah of ‘shalom bayit’, keeping peace in the home and discussed ways to do so.
  5. Gan – 3rd joined Morah Alexa for shirah and sang Chanukah songs and the alef bet song.
  6. We came back to class and talked a bit more about Abram, then we practiced our 10 Commandments song. Students selected numbers for posters they will make soon.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Look for ways to help keep shalom bayit in your home. Play the board game in your textbook with someone at home to review what we have learned.
  2. Practice your 10 Commandments song. Set the speed at .75 to make it easier. Here is a link to the song: https://bimbam.com/commandments/

11/23: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. What a busy day!
  2. We started off with tzedakah and feelings (in Hebrew).
  3. K – 3rd grade joined Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa for tefillah.
  4. We reviewed last week’s parshat about the Tower of Babel, and discussed how we would draw it. Students worked on drawings for their Torah Scrolls.
  5. K – 3rd grade joined Morah Alexa, and many of our students ended up leading shirah, choosing and leading the songs. We then learned a new song.
  6. We returned to class and worked on our 10 Commandments song.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Work on your 10 Commandments song at least 10 minutes a day. You can find it on Spotify and at this link on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kq4h3Opy-Xc?si=o-6gMr59x5RVzcIr (Remember to slow it down to .75 speed.)
  2. Finish any exercises in your Game Book you have not completed for our latest chapter.

11/16: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today we started with a review of our last parshat – Noah’s Ark.
  2. We joined grades K-3 for t’fillah led by Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa.
  3. We began our next parshat, the Tower of Babel. We listed all the languages we could think of and then asked why we had so many! Then we read the parshat together and discussed ways in which we can remember that God’s creation, including people, are always more important than accumulating things.
  4. K – 3rd grade joined Morah Alexa for shirah, where several students ended up leading the singing, which was very fun.
  5. We came back to class to practice our 10 commandments song and divided up into groups for the chorus.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice your 10 Commandments song at least 10 minutes a day with your song sheet. A link to the song can be found here: https://youtu.be/kq4h3Opy-Xc?si=4NLcgYzHoVpeKXwk
  2. To slow down the song speed, click on the settings button (it looks like a gear) and slow the song down to .75 speed to practice.

11/9: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today K – 3rd grade began with T’fillah led by Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa. Rabbi Bellows talked about the first Jews, Abraham and Sarah.
  2. We then reviewed last week’s lesson of Noah’s Ark and illustrated the parshat and worked in our Gamebook.
  3. K – 3rd grade joined Morah Alexa for shirah and sang fun songs.
  4. We then began to learn out 10 Commandments song, and student received their song sheets.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice your 10 Commandments Song at least 5-10 minutes a day.
  2. Your song can be found here: https://youtu.be/kq4h3Opy-Xc?si=nQzMmmDyboaQmoi1

11/2: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. At Tefillah, Rabbi Prass and Morah Alexa led K – 3rd grade in t’fillah.  Rabbi Prass shared with us his experiences visiting the Jewish community of Prague last spring and told us the story of the Prague Golem, and how he was created to protect the Jews in times of need.  Rabbi Prass told us he was created thru the community’s leader studying and learning Jewish tradition and enough Hebrew so that he could attain this power.  Several of our students left t’fillah saying they would study together to figure it out.
  2. Today we moved on in our Torah study learning about Noah and the flood
  3. We began to study our 10 Commandments song. (Next week we will get songsheets with the words.)
  4. We enjoyed being with the 3rd grades for Shira led by Morah Alexa.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Keep looking for moments that remind you of God.
  2. Start practicing the 10 Commandments song. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/kq4h3Opy-Xc?feature=shared

10/26: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. We had such a busy day!
  2. We enjoyed being together for an all school T’Fillah- Havdalah service led by Rabbi Prass and Morah Alexa.  Several of the 4th – 6th graders had the opportunity to help lead by holding the havdalah candle, spice box, and wine glass.
  3. Then we reviewed last week’s Torah portion about Cain and Abel and then drew the story. When we were done, we worked in our Game Books.
  4. We then joined the rest of the school for a fun shira.
  5. Then Will Rivlin, an assistant Camp Director from OSRUI, came and we enjoyed a presentation from him on the amazing opportunities for fun, learning, and Jewish community from Reform Judaism Summer camp in Wisconsin. The camp website is: OSRUI. It was great to see several parents come to join us in seeing the video and what our learners were excited about trying.  We also heard from some of our students who already attend OSRUI. We all left with some OSRUI swag and a bag of ingredients to make smores.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Continue to look for special moments that remind you that God is all around us and we are partners with God.
  2. Bring a small stuffed animal next week to class – it must be an animal!

10/19: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. What a busy day!
  2. Gan-3rd grade began with tefilah with Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa. It was great to see K-2nd grade parents there for Boker B’yachad. Rabbi Bellows told us of Noah’s wife, Nachama, and how she was responsible for gathering all the seeds of plants before the flood.
  3. Back in class, we learned our next parshat in the Torah about Cain and Abel, and how anger and jealousy can cause us to do bad things. We discussed the difference between a really well thought out gift and something that we might just give someone that we really didn’t think about and how it makes us feel to be both the giver and the receiver.
  4. Gan – 3rd grade, and the K-2 parents joined for Shira with Morah Alexa and sang a bunch of fun songs – our students even led the hand movements for two of the songs!
  5. We came back to class and decided on a tzedakah project for the rest of the year. We chose Sheva Medical Center in Israel that has been caring for Israeli soldiers who were injured in the recent war.
  6. We ended the day by talking about God and God’s creations.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Continue to look for special moments where you feel God around you or something that reminds you of God.
  2. If you haven’t finished the exercises in Chapter 2 of you Game Book, please do it by next week.

10/12: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today was a packed and fun day!
  2. K – 3rd grade started with Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa in tefilot and learned about Simchat Torah.
  3. We went back to class and reviewed our last Torah parshat about the Garden of Eden and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Students then created their drawings of the parshat.
  4. We joined K-2 and Morah Alexa for Shirah and sang and learned songs.
  5. We then returned to class and learned of the ancient tradition of flags for Simchat Torah, how it is traditional to carry them on each hakafah (or circle) around the Torah. Students then joined in a global project to create Simchat Torah Flags that will be uploaded to their website in of the Torah, the Jewish people, and our next holiday of Simchat Torah (10/13- 10/14).

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Please finish any pages in chapter 2 of your Gamebook that you did not have a chance to complete in class.
  2. Continue to look for moments that remind you of God.
  3. Bring in ideas for a tzedakah project for the year.

10/5: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today was Yom Sukkot in Religious School
  2. For this session, we met at the synagogue.  We began in the sanctuary for an all school t’fillah led by Rabbi Prass, Morah Alexa, and Luke K.  We lit a yahrtzeit candle for the 2nd anniversary of October 7th.  Then we joined together in making Havdalah. 
  3. After that we split into 4 Sukkot based rotations:
    • Making yellow paperchain to decorate the sukkah. We wrote the names of the remaining 48 hostages on each slip of paper.
    • We played charades with Sukkot and Simchat Torah themes/ideas.
    • We visited the sukkah with Rabbi Bellows, learned about the sukkah, lulav, and etrog.  We had the opportunity to shake the lulav & etrog.  We talked about what middot (values) we would invite into the sukkah this 5786 as our ushpizin (sukkot guests)
    • We did a sukkah ‘scavenger hunt’ to help us think about what we have/do at home that brings the sukkot lessons home.
  4. We came back together in the sanctuary for an all school shira led by Morah Alexa and 5th grader Luke K. 
  5. Then we celebrated the Auf Ruf of Morah Rachel (5th grade) and Moreh Aaron (6th grade) who are getting married next Sunday. 
  6. We ended with Sukkot trivia led by Rabbi Bellows.

Homework to be completed by next class:

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9/28: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today we learned a lot!
  2. We started with how we were feeling this morning in Hebrew.
  3. At Tefilla, Rabbi Prass and Morah Alexa led Gan – 3rd graders in t’fillah. Rabbi Prass taught us about the importance of second chances as we get ready for Yom Kippur.
  4. We started our second chapter in the Torah, learning about the Garden of Eden and rules.
  5. At Shira, Morah Alexa taught Gan – 3rd grade a song “Tap Your Heart” to get us ready for Yom Kippur.
  6. We came back and talked more about God – who is God, what is God, questions students have, and while we can’t see God, we can see evidence of God all around us.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Look for moments where you can see evidence of God all around you.

9/21: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Today was a busy class!
  2. We started with tefilot with Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa. We learned why we bow during the Barchu. Emmy Shorr, Luke Kanter, and Landon Gehrke were the students who had mastered blowing the Shofar and helped us fulfill the mitzvah of hearing the shofar during this month of Elul.
  3. We then reviewed last week’s parshat about how everything was created and drew it for our first drawing for our illustrated Torah scrolls.
  4. K – 3rd grades joined for Shirah with Morah Alexa and sang fun songs, including one about a train in Hebrew!
  5. We did a brief scavenger hunt around the school to see where things are.
  6. We then finished out drawings and worked in our GameBooks, doing crosswords, dot to dots, and seek and finds all about Creation.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Finish any pages you did not complete in your Gamebook. Keep looking for special moments when you see evidence of God around you.
  2. Come in with ideas for a tzedakah project for the year. We have a couple, but would like a few more before we vote.
  3. Shanah Tovah!

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

  1. What a great 2nd class!
  2. K-3rd grade started with tefilah with Rabbi Bellows and Morah Alexa and began to learn about tefillot and talked about Rosh Hashanah.
  3. Students got their Torah texbooks and we learned the very first chapter of the Torah about how everything was created! We did some fun games in our books, including a dot-to-dot and seek and find, too.
  4. K-3rd 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.
  5. We then started our Partners with God books to discuss the idea of God what Judaism tells us about our relationship with God. We talked about how creation was not a one time thing, but something that happens all the time, and how when God created humans, we were given the job to work with God to make sure the world works well.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Finish the fill in sentences in chapter one of A Child’s Bible.
  2. Look for things that remind you that God is all around us. Just like we can’t see the wind, we can’t see God – but just like we can see the impact of the wind and what the wind touches, we can see God’s presence and presents all around us.

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

  1. What a great start to the year!
  2. 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!
  3. Then, 3rd grade parents joined Morah Wilgus to learn what their students will be doing this year while the students stayed with Morah Alexa and the madrichim.
  4. Students came in and we said good bye to parents
  5. Students received their name cards for stickers
  6. We discussed rules and suggestions to make this year the best
  7. We talked about what we will learn this year
  8. We talked about cycles in our lives and how around all of them, God supports all
  9. We read the introduction to our Torah book, learning that Torah means teachings and how we will be learning about our history and how we came to be Jews
  10. We discussed our favorite Torah stories
  11. We listed questions we may have about God and what we will learn
  12. Students asked lots and lots of questions!
  13. Many stickers were earned today!
  14. We ended the day with shira with the rest of the school and Morah Alexa
  15. Students received lollipops on their way out to celebrate the tradition that Jewish learning should be sweet.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Talk with your parents about ideas for us to vote on a tzedakah project this year.