Thursday, October 18, 2012

Morah Robin's Fifth Grade Judaic newsletter for Oct.19


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                                Morah Robin’s Fifth Grade Judaic Newsletter/ Oct. 19th

The first full week after all the holidays was such a busy one in Kita Heh. In Chumash we continued learning about Yosef’s meeting with Paro. You can ask your fifth grader the following: What did they do to Yosef when they came to the jail to get him out and bring him to Paro? What does Yosef say to Paro: is it really Yosef who knows how to interpret dreams? What is Yosef’s interpretation? What is his advice to Paro? What does Paro say after he hears Yosef? What name does he give to Yosef? Which wife? What things does he give Yosef to show his importance? What does Rashi say: Why were the Egyptians starving once the seven years of famine started? What happened to all the grain they had saved during the years of plenty?

In order to enhance our learning we did a creative assignment and wrote on “Paro’s stationery” his decree that all would honor and respect Yosef. They will soon be hanging on our hallway bulletin board and you can see them there.  We also played a Human Matching Game, miming games and regular matching games to help retain the new Chumash vocabulary.  We were supposed to have our next Chumash test scheduled for Oct. 24th, but I think it would help the students to have a bit more time for review ,so I will postpone that test till the following Monday, the 29th.

Speaking of tests this week we had our first Navi test on perek aleph. The students are also working on a Navi mini project: making a sign for one of the cities we learned about in the perek.

The Succot tests went home on Thursday. Please make sure you see it. If you sign and your child corrects any mistakes, he/she can get 5 more points to their grade!

Mazal tov and Yishar Koach to our new “melech” ( king) and “malca” ( queen) of “Seder and Nikayon” ( order and cleanliness), the middah of Chodesh Tishrei. They are: Nissin Andrusier and Chaya Batya Deitsch!! Kol Hakavod!!

Our new middah that we will be focusing on in the month of Cheshvan is: “Zreezut” ( the quickness with which one does a mitzvah, follows instructions, gets on task, etc.)

On Friday we will have another D’var Torah to share at the Shabbat table. Please encourage your child. Signing , decorating and returning earns a sticker in our incentive chart and brings one closer to popping a balloon!

I am happy to see many serious “Kebabists” among our fifth graders. Please encourage your child to read aloud to you from the psukim we are learning in Chumash, Navi and even Mishna. It really helps their progress!

We need magazines for an upcoming project. Please send in any old magazines. It is a good way to recycle! Thanks!

Thank you for all your cooperation!

Shabbat Shalom!

Morah Robin

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