Grade 3
This
morning, Grades 3-6 had a presentation from 6-points Sports Camp. 6 points is in
North Carolina and is a sports camp that is run the Union of Reform Judaism. They offer intensive training in a variety of sports from swimming to cheer leading in a Jewish environment. They also offer a technology and
science camp.
After
we learned about 6-points, we had Havdallah services and sang the Israeli national
anthem, HaTikvah. We also sang Happy Birthday for Birthdays in December and January. Then we sang the
blessings for snack: shehekol and mezonot.
Tu b'Shevat starts tonight! In preparation for our art project, we read Solomon and the Trees. In the book it talks about Solomon in the forest and he cares
about the trees and takes care of them. On Tu b'Shevat we celebrate the birthday of
the trees and take care of them.
Our project today focused on making our own trees. We put tape down for where we wanted the trees to be and then painted around the tape.
After we finished painting, we pulled off the tape. It was interesting to think about how our trees were "negative space" (an art term for space that is artistically left blank) and how if we don't take care of our environment, our earth will be left empty.
In
this picture, we are playing am aleph-bet game. In this game we all got 2 or 3
cards. Each card had a letter or vowel on it and then another letter or vowel to call out and "tag" the next person. We tried to see how fast we could go while our teacher timed us!
Grade 4
To
begin the day, Grades 3-6 had a presentation from 6-points Sports Camp. 6 points is in North Carolina and is a sports camp that is run the Union of Reform Judaism. They offer intensive training in a variety of sports from swimming to cheer leading in a Jewish environment. Going there, we could have an opportunity to create long lasting bonds with
others, while having fun over the summer. They also offer a science and
technology part of the camp.
During Kehillah we sang HaTikvah, had Havdallah and celebrated December and January birthdays.
Back
in class, we got worksheets to fill out with the help of our fellow classmates.
We had to ask questions about being an upstander, and if the person related to that statement, they
signed the square. Once everyone filled our sheets out, we knew more about
each other! It was a great and very active way to start our learning!
During
Judaics, we discussed the Torah and all of its nicknames. One nickname for the Torah is Eitz Hayim, which means “Tree of
Life.” We explored this analogy together and talked more about the upcoming holiday of Tu b'Shevat, the birthday of the trees.
Last,
we drew pictures of things that we do that relate to nature. Whether they were
outside or inside, as long as they involved nature we shared.
Grade 5
To begin the day, Grades 3-6 had a presentation from 6-points Sports Camp. 6 points is in North Carolina and is a sports camp that is run the Union of Reform Judaism. They offer intensive training in a variety of sports from swimming to cheer leading in a Jewish environment. Going there, we could have an opportunity to create long lasting bonds with others, while having fun over the summer. They also offer a science and technology part of the camp.
During Kehillah we sang HaTikvah, had Havdallah and celebrated December and January birthdays.
Back
in class, we broke our class into two groups. Then, we were given either the
story of Jeremiah or the story of Jonah, both of which we've been learning about over the past few weeks. Our task was to create a movie trailer
for that story! It was super fun. We came back together and shared our movie
trailers with the opposing teams before we dispersed for Hebrew.
Our movie trailers didn't leave us too much time for Hebrew, but we managed to squeeze in a fun partner read to practice the Kedushah.
Grade 6
To begin the day, Grades 3-6 had a presentation from 6-points Sports Camp. 6 points is in North Carolina and is a sports camp that is run the Union of Reform Judaism. They offer intensive training in a variety of sports from swimming to cheer leading in a Jewish environment. Going there, we could have an opportunity to create long lasting bonds with others, while having fun over the summer. They also offer a science and technology part of the camp. Then, we sang HaTikvah and the sixth grade got to help with Havdallah! We also sang happy birthday to our classmates who had birthdays in December and January.
During class, Mrs. Gabay led us in an awesome review game! Set up like Jeopardy, our "Jewpardy" game helped us review everything that we've learned so far this year. It was really impressive to see how much we've accomplished!
During Hebrew class, we read Devarim (Deuteronomy) 8:8, "It [Israel] is a land of wheat and barley; of grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates; of olive oil and honey." Many of the foods that we eat for Tu b'Shevat come from this verse of Torah.
We got to try some of these foods, as well as others, during our class Tu b'Shevat seder!
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