It has been such a pleasure getting to know each other these past two weeks.
We welcomed three new students into our grade and although some of us were a bit nervous and sad to see our friends in a different class than us, we are already making new friendships and finding our place with our peers… and the best part is that we still get to see our friends and play together at recess. We even get to see our older siblings and sneak in a little hug here and there.
In Jewish Studies we listen to a lot of Hebrew already.
We are going over the days of the week, counting number of days at school and starting to learn weather words.
We can already answer in Hebrew during attendance (“ken, ani bakitah”) and practice new vocabulary to reply when asked how we feel (“tov, lo tov, Kacha-kacha, metzuyan”).
We began talking about different types of T’filot and used sign language to help us recall what they are.
Because it is the month of Elul we listen to the Shoffar daily and think how we can spread kindness in the coming year. This works so well with our ‘Kod Hakavod’ (the code of respect) which we created as a whole grade (see Mrs. Bennett’s post below, or our Kod Hakavod page right here in our blog) ).
…and believe it or not but we even began reading this week. We started with the sounds ah and bah, both reading and writing them. Building them in Lego, blocks, tracing them, and even making them from our bodies. It’s been lots of fun.
When we get a bit loud we have a fun song we sing to get us back to work quietly (I cannot believe how quickly the students picked up all the words to it – maybe I’ll record it and post for you to hear).
Looking forward to a great year together.