The fifth graders have had a very busy couple of weeks! On Sunday, the class finished up their art projects (where they worked together in small groups to artistically represent morning blessings of their choosing). The kids did an amazing job with this and wrote beautiful final reflections about their designs. They all took such pride in their work. All of the teachers were impressed!
In Hebrew class, we have been working more on practicing our vocabulary for emotions. During class, the fifth graders were given a "face" template and an envelope filled with different types of eyes and mouth expressions. Students were assigned a particular emotion in Hebrew and were then expected to choose which eyes and mouth best showed their assigned emotion. The fifth graders were encouraged to add details to best show their mood. After finishing this project, each student held up their "face" and the class was given the opportunity to practice their vocabulary, guessing the correct emotion. These were then put up on our classroom bulletin board to display.
In addition to this vocabulary, the fifth graders have been working hard on the prayers recited during the Torah service. This week, to help students practice their decoding in a fun way, we played a game of "Pick-Up Sticks". (For this game, I taped all of the words from the prayers we are learning onto popsicle sticks). The kids sat in a circle and, one by one, tried their best to pick up a popsicle stick without wiggling surrounding sticks, correctly read the Hebrew word on it, and then put it in their personal pile. Whoever ended with the most popsicle sticks in their pile at the end was the winner. The fifth graders had so much fun with this game!
Attached below is the homework calendar for December as well as a copy of the prayers we are currently learning for your convenience.
Best,
Diana
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