FROM MS. KRISTINE
This week we celebrated the 100th day of school. It was fun and educational. Everyone was so excited to finally put straws in the hundreds pouch. The process of transferring the 10 ones to the tens pouch and then realizing we had 10 tens was exciting. They were so intrigued as we tied up 10 tens and made it 100. For our fun craft, they made a gumball machine with 100 gumballs. The children got 10 strips of colored stickers with 10 per strip. They quickly realized 10x10 is 100. The gumball machines were bright, colorful and so cute.
For fun, we also beaded necklaces. The goal was to add 100 beads, but everyone was happy with their finished product, even if they were a little short.
For creative writing I asked the children what they would buy if they had $100. They did beautiful illustrations and wrote their words. This is always fun because the value of $100 is often lost at this age, or they just dream really big. Here are our answers from the children (word for word).
If I had $100, I would buy:
Ari- 100% of the movie theater…all the tickets.
Avigail Ninnette- a rose.
Chaim- an apple tree.
David- a real bunny that’s in a cage with food inside.
Elias- so many shirts and so many pants and a speaker that talks to me with a special AI that asks me what music I want.
Goldie- two balls to play with.
Hannah- a rainbow picture that’s really big for my bedroom and lots of balloons for my mom.
Jackson- a fancy pigeon.
Netanel- a parrot.
Nuna- a bunny.
Pearl- a make up kit.
Ruby- plain gum. (she drew 100 pink pieces)
Sam- a garden.
Shiloh- a 100 cakes with 100 candles with 100 layers and a 100 sign.
Shneur- a ginormous bouncy castle with a slide.
Tohar- a diamond phone and 100 dogs.
Tzivia- a camera, just like my sister.
Zalman- a waterslide.
For phonics we learned the sound for /X/. This is a challenging sound to isolate and hear in words because they mostly appear in the middle or end of words. Words that begin with the sound for X are few and far between so we made rainbow xylophones with the sticks to form the X. They were fun to make and very cute. As a fun activity, the children made “X-rays” by tracing their hands on black paper with white crayon. Then, they used Q-tips as bones, making X rays, TK style. We also made X-ray fish because they are cool.
For President's day, we talked about what it means to be a good leader and make good choices that help everyone. We read some fun books like George Washington and the General's Dog by Frank Murphy. This is a really cute and true story about when two battling sides called a truce during a very difficult battle to return a dog to his rightful owner. Children always connect with this story because it shows how even during a bad time, people can be pretty awesome. For our project, we made Lincoln's log cabin with craft sticks, geometric shapes and a real penny portrait in the window.
Have a great 3 day weekend,
FROM MORAH RAIZEL
This week, we began learning about the holiday of Purim! It’s our favorite time of year. I ask the children what they remember about Purim. Here are their responses:
Tohar: Chocolate.
Goldie: Hamantashen.
Hannah: Queen Esther
Pearl: Dress up
Shneur: We put on masks.
Ari: We put on costumes.
Zalman: Achashverosh.
Shiloh: I like the costumes and the masks.
Netanel: Dressing up.
Avigail Ninnette: Eating hamantashen.
David: Gragger.
Chaim: Those puppets.
Jackson: Putting the same hat that is the same color as the dress up that you’re doing for Purim.
Ruby: Eating hamantashen.
Nuna: Shalach manos.
Tzivia: Um…dressing up.
Elias: A big meal at our house.
Sam: My Grandpa came.
We began learning the story of Purim and had the chance to see an actual megilla. The megilla is the scroll containing the Purim story. The children are always quite entertained by the puppets and are excited when the story has a joyous ending.
The children have been exploring the different Purim items in the classroom and have participated in art activities in honor of Purim.
We did it! We finished our brachos unit. The children worked on the bracha of ‘shehakol’ this week and enjoyed hard-boiled eggs, which were surprisingly popular.
Looking forward to more Purim learning next week!
Wishing you a restful and peaceful Shabbos!
