We have moved to 360 !! GRADES 2 AND 3 JAN. 9TH

PLEASE NOTE I WILL NO LONGER BE POSTING ON THIS BLOG. THE LOWER SCHOOL HAS MOVED TO USING 360 LIKE THE UPPER SCHOOL. PLEASE GO TO 360 TO SEE ANY OF MY HW OR NEWSLETTERS.
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THANK YOU!
MORAH ROBIN

grade 3/ test reminder dec. 20th

Just a reminder that there is a test on Chanuka tomorrow. Use the review sheets for focus.

I sent an email to all third grade parents today as to what your child should wear for tomorrow's performance, so please check your emails.

Have a Happy Chanuka and wonderful winter break!
Morah Robin

morah robin's newsletter for Dec. 18th grade 2

B"H

Shalom Dear Second Grade Parents,

We certainly had a very busy week! We have been very busy learning all about Chanuka and working on our two packets, the one dealing with the story of Chanuka and the other dealing with the laws of Chanuka. We hope to complete them both this coming week. We were also busy rehearsing for our Chanuka presentation which consists of two songs, hand motions and all! Thank you to Morah Minna and Morah Cherie for teaching the songs, to Rabbi Elbaz for all his help in rehearsals , to Mrs. Kahn for musical accompaniment during our rehearsals this past week, and , of course, to Morah Malka , who is my right hand! I hope you will be at the Chanuka show this coming Wed. at 9:30.PLease send your second grader in white and blue/black for Wed.'s performance. Thank you! Please also remember to send in $3.00 with your second grader so he/she can buy Chanuka Carnival tickets for the Carnival on Tuesday. Each ticket costs 25 cents and $3.00 is the recommended amt.

Despite all our excitement about Chanuka, we managed to also have our first big Chumash test on 5 psukim! I hope to have them marked in your child's folders by Wed., so please make sure to look for them. Also in their folders, by then, I will have returned their Test packets on Noah and the techiliot quizzes.

I would also like to share with you what your children have been learning in Davening =Tefila with Rabbi Elbaz. In addition to learning the Tefila, Rabbi Elbaz had also taught them about 10 beautiful songs till now! It is simply amazing to hear them! They also did two Tefila activities where they expressed why they were davening.

I hope your child shared the parsha packet with you. We had a lot to discuss about this past week's parsha. This time I left the "thinking" question to be answered over the weekend. I am curious to see what wonderful answers the children come up with. Please don't forget to sign it, so I know they shared with you.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Chanuka and restful, wonderful winter break!

Sincerely,

Morah Robin

morah robin's newsletter for Dec. 18th grade 3

B"H

Shalom Dear Third Parents,

We had an extremely busy week completing our study of the laws and story of Chanuka and practicing for our Chanuka presentation. The children are very excited about their presentation and hope you will be able to join us for the show on Wed. at 9:30 . This week we will only be rehearsing . I will let your third grader know what he/she needs to wear "color" wise for Wed. , so please be sure to ask them. I will let them know tomorrow so there is time to prepare. I want to thank Morah Eva for teaching them the opening song and Rabbi Elbaz for teaching the other songs and for all his help at rehearsals ( and getting the costumes ready),and, of course, Morah Malka, who is my right hand this year! The test on the Chanuka packet will be this Wed., B"H, and the children have a review sheet in their planners which helps them know what to focus on. Thank you to Morah Armeni for being so flexible with the schedule , so I can test them on Wed during part of the General Studies' time.

I plan to have the Chumash tests back marked and in your child's planner no later than Wed. , so please check it by then.

I hope your child shared the Parsha pages with you. This time I left the thinking question to be discussed at home. I am curious to see what answers the children came up with! Please sign it so I know you saw it.

Also please send in $3.00 ( recommended amt.) for Chanuka Carnival tickets for your child. The Chanuka Carnival will be on Tuesday morning for all the Lower School classes.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy Chanuka and a restful and enjoyable winter break!

Sincerely,

Morah Robin

Chanuka test date change for grade 3

Please note the test on Chanuka has been moved from Friday to Wed. Dec. 21st.

Thank you!

Morah Robin

test correction for grade 3/ dec. 12th

Quiz on the Techiliot (prefix) packet will be this coming WED 12/14 and not Thurs as previously noted in my newsletter.
Also reminder there will be a test on the Chanuka packet this coming Friday.

Thank you!
Morah Robin

morah robin's newsletter grade 2/ dec. 11

B"H

Shalom Dear Second Grade Parents,

What a busy week we had in Kita Bet!In Chumash we really know the first five psukim of perek 12 in Parshat Lech Lecha so well! Different students acted out being Avram and giving the class hints as to which "bracha" he/she was speaking about, and the other students had to guess which bracha it was. I am very impressed by the way the children know the 7 brachot that Hashem blessed Avram with. Please ask them. We also learned about Avram's family tree and the people who went with him on his trip to Eretz Canaan. You can ask them who were Avram's brothers, who was his father and who were the children of Haran , his brother, that died (Lot, Sarai , and Milka). They can use the worksheet on the family tree for reference. We had a fun project , as well, and the children designed and wrote "Avram's Moving List" for his trip to Eretz Canaan. They wrote what "rechush" (possessions) he took with him and which people accompanied him.

We were also busy working on our Chanuka "story" packet, where the children read different parts of the Chanuka story in Hebrew and then illustrate to show their understanding. We also started a new Chanuka packet on the laws of Chanuka. We will be busy working on completing both packets this week. We were also busy rehearsing the songs and motions for our Chanuka show. Please remember the show is next week Wed. at 9:30. We look forward to seeing you there.

And if all that is not enough, we also found time to continue work on the "techiliot" (prefixes) of words in our Lehavin U'Lehaskil workbooks. We even had a short quiz on them on Thursday. We will have more quizzes on this important subject. Finally, we worked on our "animals" for our "teivot" (arks) and will work on the arks themselves, that is , if we find time this week with all the rehearsals we need to do for our show.

On Friday we had a special Shabbat party with Rabbi Elbaz and the fifth graders. This time the sixth graders came to perform a short play they wrote about the parsha. It was fantastic! The children really enjoyed seeing the story of Yaakov and Eisav come to life. It is also amazing how many beautiful songs both classes know thanks to Rabbi Elbaz's hard work.

I hope your child shared the parsha with you . Please remember to sign it so I know he/she did.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Shavua Tov!

Morah Robin