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Shalom!

In Torah last week, we finished Perek Dalet. We learned that Adam and Eve had another son, named Seth. We also studied the generation that came after Adam and Eve.

In Parashat Korah, Korah and his followers accused Moses and his brother, Aaron of taking power for themselves. Moses defended himself against the rebels by saying that the God will make the decision about who the leaders will be. Then, God punished them by opening up the ground, which swallowed Korah and his followers. The lesson here is to always surround yourself with people who are good influences.

In Hebrew, we discussed different types of clothing and uniforms that we wear for different occasions. We read a story and then watched a video about why the zebra wears pajamas! We also enjoyed another movie called “Mitz Toot,” which was also about animals.

This week’s Bloggers:

Reading Blogger (Isaac) - On Wednesday we read a book named A birthday basket for Tia  It was a book   about a girl named Tia . It was about a girl named Cecilia that gives her Great Aunt a basket. They celebrated  her ninetieth birthday . Cecilia  gave her Great Aunt a birthday  basket filled with flowers, a red ball , a teacup , a flowerpot ,a bowl ,and a book. Cecilia put these object in the basket because they were speacal  to her Great Aunt. On Friday we had a mystery reader and it was Courtney mother. Bye!

Spelling Blogger (May) - on  Monday  we  went to spellingcity.com. Than we  went  the spelling word.on Tuesday we cheeked spelling homework. on Wednesday  we studied  both list . On Thursday  we had spelling story for homework.on Friday we took a test.

Community of Kindness Blogger (Eva) - On Monday Eliana remembered that Aleeya was not here, and that she would  like cookies and cream! Eliana reminded  Ms.Stein. On Thursday when Moe was in the bathroom Aleeya cheeked his work.

On Monday, we had fun in Music class!

After Music class, we celebrated Moti’s special birthday!

On Wednesday, we celebrated Eva’s summer birthday!

We had a great time signing each others’ yearbooks on Thursday!

On Friday, we celebrated Eliana’s summer birthday!

Our Mystery Reader this week was Courtney’s mom!

We’re looking forward to a fabulous, last four days of Second Grade!

Ms. Stein & Morah Rivka

Shalom, Families!

Last week in Torah, we talked about the punishment that God gave to Cain. For the rest of his life, Cain had to wander everywhere. Also, the Earth would no longer give him crops easily.

In Parashat Shlah, we learned that Moses sent spies to explore the Land of Israel. Ten of them told the people that it would be too hard to conquer the land, and two of those spies told the people that the land was flowing with milk and honey. God responded to their lack of trust by punishing them with 40 years of wandering in the desert. The lesson we learned from this was that we should see the good things in all people and places. We then turned to the person next to us in class, and said something nice about them!

We continued to study the Hebrew words for daily routines: foods, activities, and school subjects.

Math Blogger (Ariel) - This week we took a test  on Fractions. I got a 100 percent on my test because I am really good at Math. We also started a new subject, Time! I am really good at telling time.

Spelling Blogger (Daisy) - On Tuesday we did a spelling pretest,even though we usually  do it on Monday. We were going to do two tests, the words that we were going to  do  we’re contractions.Luckily  Miss.Stein said that we didn’t have two.So if we were on green list last week we are on green list this week,and if we were on blue list last week we are on blue list this week.the words that we are doing are sobbed, sobbing, smiled, smiling, traveled, traveling, distilled, distilling, equaled, equaling, admitted, referring, referred, tapped, tapping and the bonus words are inherited, inheriting, committed, committing, targeted, targeting. Did you notice that we had 22 words? For  homework on Tuesday we had to put our spelling words  in A.B.C. order.On Wednesday we checked it.On Wednesday we also got spelling story for fun! For homework on Wednesday we rote our spelling words 3x each On Thursday for homework we just had to study.On Friday we took a spelling test!

Bye
Your Friend
Daisy

Wordly Wise Blogger (Yisrael) -  On Monday we did our words. Our words this week are: adult, clump, curious, gratitude, herd, newcomer, plain, stalk, and tusk.On Wednesday we did page 109 to page 110. On Friday we did page 111 to page 113.

Our Mystery Reader today was Eva’s mom! She read us two very cute books.

As a fun change to the morning songs we sing, we enjoyed this special version of Modeh Ani!

This will be our last, full week of Second Grade, and it’s hard to believe! It will be a great week!

Ms. Stein & Morah Rivka

In Torah last week, we learned about the first two children of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel. When they grew up, each of them had their own occupation. Cain was a farmer, and Abel was a shepherd. We also learned that God accepted Abel’s offering, but not Cain’s. This is why Cain killed Abel. Since the Bible does not tell us exactly what the brothers argued about, we read a story that gave a possible interpretation of what may have happened. Finally, we discussed what to do when we feel angry.

In Parashat B’ha’alotkha, we learned that when the Israelites were traveling in the desert, they were given signs from God about when to stop and when to continue. Clouds and the sound of a horn were two of those signs. We also learned that the Jewish people were given a food called manna, which tasted like anything they could imagine. Yet, they still complained about not having meat. Therefore, God sent them a special bird for them to hunt and eat.

Last week, we also learned the Hebrew words for family members and morning routines.

Spelling Blogger (Anna) -  On Monday we did a pretest. After we looked over the blue list and green list. We also got homework it was spelling colors. On Tuesday we checked it and I for got the rest. On Wednesday we got homework it was Mach it up. On Thursday in Daily 5 May and I went on spelling city and on spelling city we took a test then we played hang mouse. For homework it was study spelling. On Friday we did a spelling city packet. Then we took a test.

We celebrated a special birthday on Monday!

Our Mystery Reader on Friday was Saylor’s grandmother, “Gagy!”

We’ve been having a lot of fun at recess lately!

Pokemon:

Poem Writing:

Pretzel Buddies:

We’re looking forward to a great four-day week,

Morah Rivka & Ms. Stein

In Parashat B’midbar, God tells Moses to conduct a census of all the Israelite males over the age of twenty. We related this to our class by discussing how we take attendance several times a day.

We learned about Yom Yerushalayim, which commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem. Yerushalayim is the capital city of Israel. We talked about places there like the Kotel, the Knesset, and the Israel Museum. Then, we read a story and talked about things that we wish for the world and for ourselves. Next, we did a fun activity using an app called Pic Collage on the iPads! Just as people put a real note into the Kotel, we were able to “visit” the Kotel using technology, and to write our special wishes onto the Wall.

Here we are creating our projects!

On Friday, we began studying Shavuot. We read a story describing how God gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mt. Sinai. Something strange happened . . . everything stood perfectly still! People did not move, birds did not fly, fish did not swim, and the wind did not blow. There was thunder and lightening; the sound of a shofar being blown; smoke and fire on the mountain. When God spoke, it says that people saw the voices. We had a brief discussion about how it’s possible to see voices, but we never came up with an answer. Any ideas? The class would love to read your comments on Monday!

Reading Blogger (Moses) – We read the world’s greatest poems. It’s a good book. There are a lot  of good poems and they’re funny. On Tuesday we read the world’s greatest poems again. It’s a good book.

Math Blogger (Courtney) - We are doing fractions and Ms.Stein shows us. It  was cool. We are doing lots of shapes and matching the parts.

Spelling Blogger (Elizabeth) - We  do a  Spelling Pretest every Monday. And  we  study  wordly wise every  day. We look  over our test on Tuesday. We  get  our Spelling homework if we are a  Green list  or a Blue list. And  some times  we do Spelling stories. And we have to study every night to get ready for the Spelling test. A lot of kids in my class gets an A+ or a B  or a C. And we do a wordly  wise test every  Friday too.

Wordly Wise Blogger (Saylor) – On Monday, we studied lesson 12. The words are: attention, award, collapse, demolish, excess, outline, sculpture, spade, & utensil. Tuesday: For morning work,we did pages 93-94. We were in a hurry, so we just said our W.W. words. On Wednesday, we did page 97  in W.W. I had SO much fun! The question was: ” What stays in a corner & travels around the world?” The answer was:” A postage stamp”. Then we checked page 93. Miss Stein kept saying ” W.W. page 93. That’s the page for you & me”. How we checked 93 is Miss Stein would just say the answers. P.S. Page 97 is a word puzzle. P.P.S. The reason Miss Stein just said the answers is she wanted us to have recess. On Thursday, Miss Stein just said the definition & she would call on someone to answer. She did it like this because she wanted us to have recess again. We checked page 97. Miss Stein would call on someone to read the question & say “blank” when they get to the word & say it & spell it. Friday: We didn’t  do any W.W. at 10:30. We read the story, but we didn’t  write the questions down.

Your Friend,
Saylor The Wordly Wise Blogger.

Community Of Kindness Blogger (Daisy) - On Monday it was Moe’s birthday,and his parents brought doughnuts.The doughnuts were special doughnuts they had chocolate with sprinkles they were really good.(yum yum). The nicest part is that Moe brought us really cool erasers.On Tuesday it was Josh’s Birthday. I think that was funny that it was Moe’s birthday and then the day after Moe’s birthday  it was Josh’s birthday. Anyway Josh’s mom and grandfather brought doughnuts with creme in them. They spend extra $ on us. Well I think.If they did that was really nice. On Wednesday we made a surprise (you might know what it is) we also made cards to the Israeli solders.On Thursday we did not do any  Community Of Kindness but know one was being mean to anyone.On Friday we did not do any Community Of Kindness but again know one was being mean to anyone.

Love
Your friend
Daisy

On Monday, we celebrated a special birthday!

On Tuesday, we celebrated another special birthday!

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Rivka & Ms. Stein