March 5-9, 2018
Room 8 began our week by finishing up our Purim discussions. Last week, the children had the opportunity to draw and decorate their character of choice from the story of Purim. We culminated the holiday by asking the children why they chose each character. Hearing the thought process of each child gives meaning and context to the project. Their incredible art and creative thoughts are displayed in our classroom, and they would love for you all to take a look next time you are in Room 8. We introduced the next holiday by relating the storybook of Purim to the literature used for the upcoming holiday. What book do we read on Purim? What book do we read on Passover? How are the two books similar? And how are they different? On Purim, we read the Megillah, which Paisley described as a ‘scroll’. This book is different than other books because we roll it open, similar to the Torah. On Passover, we use a different book called the Hagaddah, which sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Passover is a complicated story filled with lessons on history, symbolism, and ethics. While we will only scratch the surface of this important holiday, we opened up conversation by reading Sammy Spider’s First Haggadah. This book describes the story of Passover to the children. They learned where the story took place, the key characters, and the main plot. After reading the book, Neda recalled that the story took place in Egypt, and Owen quickly stated, "It is in the continent of Africa." Skyler enjoyed the part about how the Jewish people had to leave Egypt and had to walk for a long time to a new place. Kayden liked how Moses used the staff to open the Red Sea. Over the next two weeks, we will continue to discuss the story of Passover and delve deeper into the symbolism of the holiday and the prayers used during the Seder. We can’t wait for you to see the incredible Passover themed art projects that the children will begin next week, which will incorporate the new skill of sewing that we used to make gragers. We have seen an immense amount of improvement in the Room 8 Number Challenge since last week! The children continue to perfect their number recognition skills, and their ability to concentrate and sustain attention. In addition, this activity encourages the children to work cooperatively and collaboratively to master a goal. Each round, the children become more efficient at retrieving 2-3 number cards to begin the challenge, and they have greatly decreased the amount of time it takes to put them in order on the carpet. We can’ wait to see them do it in 3 minutes – they are so close! We want to thank Ella’s mom for joining us for Library this week. The children loved the two P.J. Library books that Ella brought to share with the class. They even claimed that the first book was too short and wanted to hear more! Also, we want to give Owen’s family a great big thank you for celebrating Shabbat with Room 8 this week. Owen enjoyed having his family visit the classroom to sing Shabbat songs, say the prayers, and join us in Temple. We also had the opportunity to celebrate Owen’s 5th birthday, which is coming up next week! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and Shabbat Shalom! Mari & Aaliyah Shabbat Family Schedule: 3/16- Ayla 3/23- Kora After Passover Break: 4/13- Elliot 4/20- Wynter 4/27- Mason 5/4- Paisley 5/11- Benjamin Reminders:
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