Pesach- Kadesh

Fourth grade is learning all about the Pesach seder and practicing really well so that they can help lead the Seder on Pesach!

Here are some pictures of fourth grade in action at our model seder table:

Practicing to recite the Kiddush

Leaning to the left while drinking the 1st cup of wine (grape juice)

Personalizing our Haggadahs by writing helpful notes

Fourth 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!

Sharing souvenirs from Israel

Planting!

Purim Party :)

Happy Adar!!

This Friday, February 22nd we will be celebrating a grand Purim Party together with the class. 3rd and 4th grade a 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!

Dear Parents,

Fourth 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 learning about the shivas haminim, the seven special fruits that Israel is blessed with, and describing the different areas of Israel where they grow.

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.

Morah Rikal

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

When we got back to school, the fun wasn't over!

We learned more about Chanukah and paired up to make dreidels out of toothpicks and candy!!

 Looking forward to seeing you all at the Chanukah party tomorrow on Thursday. 
Stay tuned for more pictures!

Also, the Hebrew vocabulary test will be next week.

Chanukah Activities

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 the jugs of oil 

Chanukah Game Show 

 Olive Oil Workshop

Candle Making

That's quite a BIG dreidel!

Goodbye to the JCM