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Shofar

First Grade Shofar Blowers

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We rang in the New Year to the blast of a Shofar. For some of our students, it was their first time!

We counted pomegranate seeds! The final amount was 703 exactly. (I say exactly because we even counted the stray seeds that found their way to the floor.)

Each student was given a segment of the pomegranate to count, then had to record the data. It was hard work to add up all the data, but it was worth it.   The pomegranate symbolically represents the 613 Mitzvot (good deeds) that we are expected to fulfill. There is actually research that supports this theory. 

 http://parsha.blogspot.com/2007/09/613-seeds-in-pomegranate.html

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We measured ourselves. It will be interesting to see how tall they will be at the end of the year.

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We are learning our first song for the Zimriyah which happens to be about wishing our loved ones Shana Tova! (Happy New Year!)

What a wonderful way to begin the New year!

Hey Now, You’re a Rock Star!

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Brain breaks are one of the keys to success in First grade.  I have discovered that my kiddos crave this five minute break of dancing  to refocus themselves after a group discussion. Here are some snap shots of the kids boogying on down a dance video.  By the end of the week everyone was doing it.

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heck out the dance moves on these kids!

T’kiyah!!!! The Shofar was blown in First Grade

Rosh Hashanah was our main focus this week in Kitah Aleph. Student learned how to blow the Shofar and  welcome the new year.  They learned new Rosh Hashanah songs  by using the words of the song as props.

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For many students, it was their first time blowing the Shofar!

בראש השנה   אומרים   שנה טובה

Be yom Rishon

Highlights of the week:

Math Centers!

Students reviewed how to read a graph by looking carefully at the number of letters in their names and analysing the data. Conclusion:  Ruben wins first place for the longest name of 23 letters and  Yaniv a close 2nd place with 20 letters!

Students also reviewed the hundreds chart and skip counting.

 

 

 

Kindness and acceptance reigns in First Grade

This week we read two books related to kindness towards each other in the classroom; Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes an  The Family Book by Todd Parr. We had a meaningful conversation about how many families may look different but that all families share similar many things in common such as, their parents  love of their children.

Below is a student generated list of what all families share in common and our smoothed out (but still a little wrinkled) heart complete with bandaids to help heal a heart that had been hurt by mean words.

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