Tu Bishvat and Purim

Third grade has been learning lots and lots of Hebrew this month!

Today the students are bringing home their Tu Bishvat and Purim workbooks. Be sure to flip through it and ask your child what they have been learning in connection to the pages.

Here are some pictures from Tu Bishvat long ago :)

Stay tuned for some great Purim pictures!

Creating "machzorim" - cycles out of shapes during recess

"Machzor Hamayim"- the water cycle

Planting!

Reading

Presenting souvenirs from Israel

Tu Bishvat Party!

Happy Adar!!

This Friday, February 22nd we will be celebrating a grand Purim Party together with the class. The 3rd and 4th grade is also working hard to prepare a Purim Skit to perform for the rest of the school.

The students are invited and encouraged to come to school on Friday dressed in costume in honor of Purim!

Israel Show and Tell

Dear Parents,

Third grade is busy learning about Tu Bishvat. This week we learned about machzorim, cycles in nature and focused on the water cycle. We have also been reading the book "Savta Simcha and the Seven Splendid Gifts", which describes Savta Simcha's travels throughout the Land of Israel collecting the seven special fruits that grow there.

Thursday, January 24, will be Israel Day in our class. The students were instructed to bring an item from home that reminds them of Israel. It can be a souvenir, photo, something made in Israel, or simply something that reminds them of Israel. Please help your child select an item that they will feel proud to share with the class.

Here are some photos of some of the learning that we've captured on camera this week:

Reading stories in Hebrew:

Using Hebrew numerical value to assemble our Hebrew Calendar:

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful vacation.

It was great seeing everyone back today, and we got off to a great start in learning!

For the next few weeks we will be focusing on organization. 

Today the students received a new red folder for Vocabulary Words. Starting tomorrow and continuing every week, we will add the new vocabulary list to the folder together with the previous lists.

The students now have two folders:

• Original Folder: contains
• Homework log- please remember to check daily and sign
• Chumash dictionary of Hard Words
• Mini Chumash for reviewing the pesukim (verses) for homework
• Any materials to be brought home.
• Red Vocabulary Folder
• Vocabulary sheets
• "machberet" (minin notebook) for writing sentences.
• other Hebrew language related materials

Have a great week!

Morah Rikal

Chanukah party at Morah Briendy's house :)

Today Kitah Gimmel took a trip to Morah Briendy's house where we enjoyed making sufganiot!!

We made sure to say thank you to Morah Briendy and Mrs Silver for hosting us so nicely and for giving us each a bag of chocolate Chanukah gelt!

Happy Chanukah and stay tuned for more updates!

Chanukah in Mazel Day School

Happy Chanukah!

I hope all of you are having a very happy Chanukah. Here at Mazel Day School we are learning so much and experiencing Chanukah in so many ways.
It's been a while since the last post and there is a lot to catch up on. 

I'll start with today and hopefully make my way backwards:

Today was a packed day! 
In the morning we took a trip to the Jewish Children's Museum where we searched for jugs of oil hidden all around, went shopping for Kosher food, learned how to make olive oil from olives, rolled wax candles and participated in a fantastic game show!

The Jewish Holidays exhibits:

Searching for jugs of oil

Enjoying the exhibits on the 3rd floor

Shopping for Kosher food

 Chanukah Game Show!

Go teams Maccabees and Miracle Power!

Olive Oil Workshop

Participating in the presentation

Candle Making

Now that's a BIG dreidel!

We enjoyed our visit to the museum!
Happy Chanukah and I hope to see you all at the Chanukah party tomorrow.

Also, please note that the vocabulary test will G-d willing take place next week.

Stay tuned for more pictures!

Snacks

Dear Parents,
This a friendly reminder to please send a healthy snack of fruits or vegetables with your child.
Thanks so much!