Chag Samach First Grade!
The best part of my job is the cross-curricular freedom I have to integrate the Chagim (The Jewish holidays)into the science curriculum. Hanukkah was not spared and we had a science lesson based on light and fire. We watched the following video then we went outside and tested two of the experiments from the video.
Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEF-oX2xpXE
* I did not show all of the video as we would have run out of time, so feel free to do some cool Hanukkah Science at home.
Here we are using a model moon and a lamp and observed the moon’s shadow as it moved around the sun. We even re-created a lunar eclipse!
Our Buddies came to visit!
In Ivrit (Hebrew), students listened to the Hanukkah story then worked together to sequence the story through pictures, solved Hebrew Hanukkah riddles and played with Sivivonim (Dreidels).
And finally, Ella and her dad just sent me this amazing discovery in Israel of a tiny Menorah found on a glass fragment that I just had to share with all of you. A Perfect way to end the festival of lights this year.
Thanks so much Ella and Adam!
Enjoy the vacation and can’t wait to see all of you when we return!