This is what I think receiving the ten commandments was like on the mountain. Everyone was so nervous to see what was going to happen to משה. The mountain is brown and has red stuff coming out of it, and it has rocks around it to block anybody from going up the mountain. It was so loud, and there was lightning and thunder. During the 3 days of preparation all of Bnai Israel felt scared, nervous, and anxious. That is what I think receiving the ten commandments would be like.
Rachel began her presentation with an interesting and comprehensive summary of the Parsha. Next the students were randomly divided into two teams. Rachel then became a show host and she quizzed representatives from each team with excellent questions about the Parsha. During the game, there were som disagreements and Rachel handled them in a very professional and fair way.
On Monday, we skyped with New Zealand. While we were skyping with Mrs.Tolisano and some teachers in New Zealand, we all had jobs. Some of us were backchannelers. A backchanneler is someone on another computer taking notes on what the others are saying. For instance, one student wrote, “Mrs.Zavon is getting us ready.”. When we were on, I went up first to introduce us. We saw all of the teachers and said hello. We asked them some questions. We were skyping with them from Jacksonville. FL., to Auckland New Zealand.! They are on the northern island. The teachers in New Zealand were very interested in our blogfolios. They asked us some tough questions for us to answer about our blogs. Then, a teacher asked all of us if we blogged more at home or at school. Sarah said she blogged more at home than at school. In the class eight out of fifteen of the students said they blogged at home. Brianna went up and gave them the url of our blogs. A teacher asked Brianna what she liked to blog about, and Brianna answered she liked blogging about math. Talya talked to a teacher (named Don) who had actually came into to the backchannel site and chatted with us. Don told us he taught fourth and fifth grade. Mrs.Tolisono took us outside and showed us what New Zealand looked like. It was really sunny and actually looked exactly like Florida. Then at the end of the skype, we asked how long it took to get there. Mrs.Tolisano told us that she stopped in many places. It took her three planes to get there and she left Wednesday and arrived on Friday. She wouldn’t tell us how long. With the information she gave us, she expected us to figure it out ourselves. We all had a lot of fun skyping with New Zealand.
By Shoshana H. and Lily H.
This week students in the Southeast United States and in the Hadera-Eiron region of Israel celebrated Jewish Peoplehood Day. To celebrate, Kitot Dalet and Hey students brought items from their homes which represent their Jewish identity. Some students also brought items which show their connection to Israel. The items ranged from Kindergarten Shabbat challah covers to heirloom necklaces and Tefilin, Israeli snacks, and even two Torah scrolls.
Last week, the Fifth Grade math group did tutorials for long division. They used the “Show Me” app on the Ipads. The following links are only few examples of their terrific work! Check it out.
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=XZ9bwuW
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=zCu7nzE
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=CWWcywq
Jamie gave a summary of the Parsha and then all the students played monkey in the middle. Jamie changed the game to ‘Yosef in the pit’ since the Parsha was about Yosef’s brothers throwing him in the pit because they were jealous at him. Yosef’s brothers were jealous because of his dreams and his colorful coat. The student in the pit had to answer a question about the Parsha before they were allowed to leave the pit.
Ben prepared a power point presentation about the Parsha. The presentation began with a bullet point overview of the Parsha. Ben felt that the two most lessons from the Parsha were that you don’t have to be the oldest to be successful and instead of revenge you should forgive the person who hurt you. Next Ben’s presentation included a game with hints about Jacob’s 12 sons.
Today we began filling in a KWL (know, want to know, and learned) chart for our study of Jamestown. We will begin to read the novel Surviving Jamestown this week. Look for updates on the chart as we learn more about one of our earliest colonies.
