It was a wonderful year in 1A! The Grade One team loved teaching these amazing students.
Here is a link to the Summer Learning Resource page
Category: Jewish Studies
Parashat hashavua – Lech Lecha
Last weeks we learned about parashat lech-lecha (לך לך).
This parasha tells the story of the 12 spies sent into the land of Canaan in search of milk and honey. We thoroughly disscussed the idea of viewing one self in comparison to others, just as the Israelites viewed themselves as crickets compared to the giant inhabitants of Canaan.
Then we proceeded to camouflage a pair of binoculars and toured the school looking for the land flowing with milk and honey, the kids even found giant grapevines and tied them to a stick to bring back to Moses and Joshua as proof of the abundance of the land of Israel.
Have a great week!
Saar.
A special Day in 1A
There was a special surprise in the library today. Melanie came to enthrall us with her performance of Opera Mouse.
You can see more info about the show here: https://www.melaniegall.
This afternoon there was a wonderful Shavuot Assembly on the front lawn of our school. It was beautiful to sing and gather together in the sunshine. The students donated lots of food to the Ottawa Kosher Food Bank.
We finished off the day with a frozen Menchies treat. Yum!
Yom Ha’atzmaut
It was a special week at school. On Yom Hazikaron, we remembered the brave Israeli soldiers who fought for Israel.
Yom Ha’atzmaut was a day full of celebration on Israel’s 75th birthday. We started by decorating our classroom doors and lockers in blue and white. We think we did a pretty good job, don’t you?
All the classes had the opportunity to visit different stations. We learned a special dance, played Twister with JNF, sang karaoke, played musical chairs, and did Israeli Just Dance.
At lunch, we ate delicious falafel. Special Thanks to Levi’s dad for helping make the falafel!
We finished the day with the whole school in the gym doing the special dance we learned in the morning. A birthday cupcake was the special treat we got to eat. It was such a fun day!
JNF Art Contest
The Jewish National Fund has created an art contest that students and families may participate in. Check out the pamphlet below to learn more about it!
Contest:
- Draw or paint a picture (8-1/2” X 11” and suitable for framing) following the story A Tree in the Desert by Avirama Golan.
- Watch the story on YouTube (https://youtu.be/FbevCoM9_2U).
- The artwork can be of the Negev, Ben Gurion, or a tree in the desert.
A Model Seder to Remember
Kitah Alef’s Model Seder took place this past Monday. It was a memorable day: many children said it was their favourite day of the school year. Moreh Saar and Morah Ada were so proud of the children. They read and sang so beautifully.We hope the children sing beautifully as they celebrate together with family at the Seder tonight.
Wishing everyone a Chag Pesach Sameach!
The Grade One Team
We found the afikomen!
Cheekiness, Chutzpah and whatever is between.
Hey there Grade 1,
It’s almost Pesach and I figured a bit of showing off our conversational skills is in order.
As a part of my methodology I find it extremely important to anchor the learning in real life, as language is a “use it or lose it” skill. That’s why I decided to connect Hebrew studies with Israeli culture. As you might know, the students surely realized it by now, Israelis are loving, passionate and welcoming, however they are also loud and full of Chutzpah!!
Taking this into consideration I decided to teach the kids several different ways to ask and answer people “how are you doing?”, some are formal, some are good old fashion cheeky!! Please feel free to listen to them answer about their day and ask me how I’m doing. It was a calculated risk, but boy am I bad at math, the kids can definitely talk, but now I got a classroom full of cheeky Israeli sounding kids.
Have a great Pesach vacation,
Saar.
Purim,la joie du carnaval
A different week Rush Week full of happy faces, fun, smiles, and dazzling colours has finished. Purim allowed me, along with my kiddos discover what this celebration means and symbolizes. Through fun activities, we watched, heard, and told the story of Purim in French. We discussed the good and bad main characters of the story. We learned new vocabulary and hid by dressing up in costumes, appearing as something else, while our true selves remained hidden underneath the masquerade. It was an incredible experience for ME and a fun time for THEM!
Both classes got together on Purim to have Ruach filled day. We made graggers. We loved listening to the Megillah Reading Rabbi Kenter. We had a fabulous fashion show. It was amazing how everyone got the same overall score from our judges. Moreh Saar, Ms. Karissa, and Mrs. Bennett claim all participants gave their best performance, so they had to give everyone the best possible score.
Here it is!!!
Amazing news everyone, thanks to the generosity and kindness of the Customs and Immigrations Union, our first graders received the opportunity to see their words come to life.
The letters we sent struck the president’s heart strings and he couldn’t resist but to come to class and grant us the old flag, promising the flag will be replaced this Wednesday afternoon.
We were more than excited to make him some extra thank you notes and can’t wait to see our flag returned in two days!!!
January News
A few things to remember:
This Friday is Dress Down Day !
Please return your Winter Snow Day Permission slips if you haven’t done so yet.
Always great seeing our Reading Buddies! Some of us chose books from our new Science Reading Bin “All About Energy”
Singing and learning in Hebrew Outdoors with Moreh Saar!
Welcome Back Maia! Such excitement in our class as we welcomed back Maia from her family visit to Peru!
A Busy week of measurement in 1A. Take a look at us using both standard measurement (rulers) and non standard units(unifix cubes and popsicle sticks) in and around our classroom!
Pyjama Dress Down Day Tomorrow
This Friday, January 13th, we will be having our rescheduled Pyjama Dress Down Day!! We will be collecting tzedakah and new pairs of pyjamas in support of the Pyjama Patrol. The kids are welcome to wear their jammies to school and bring a stuffy if they would like. It will be a cozy and fun day in 1A.
