Education – 3rd Grade (Wilgus)

9/8: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Today was a great opening class!
  2. We enjoyed an Opening Ceremony, with all the grades together, Morim & Madrichim, Rabbi Bellows, and Rabbi Prass. We reenacted Mt Sinai by each kitah (class) sitting in the large circle to pretend we were encircling Mt Sinai.  Then we chose 2 people from each class to go closer to the middle of Mt Sinai to do some running for a scavenger hunt.  Morah Alexa led us as we sang blessings and we ended with a streamer/confetti burst to kick off our Torah learning party of a year!  It was great to have so many parents join us.  Pictures of the kickoff can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=BethAmBuffaloGrove&set=a.906074391552343
  3. We went to class and discussed what we will be learning this year and agreed to some basic class rules.
  4. We read the first chapter of our Bible book for the year and discussed how Torah means ‘teaching’ and we will be learning all kinds of things that relate to our lives today.
  5. We discussed how so many things in our lives can be described in cycles, or circles, and how God encompasses all.
  6. K – 3rd grade joined Morah Alexa for Shira and learned some new songs.
  7. We took a big nest of the confetti from out opening one of our students gathered and pulled out strings of it to name off things in the world we could think of and look at how it was all connected.
  8. We played a game of hodgy podgy to review what we had learned and discussed today.
  9. On the way out, each of us were offered a popsicle both to hold onto summer weather, and to begin our Torah learning with some sweetness.
  10. Thanks for a great opening day!

Homework to be completed by next class:

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