Dear Ulpanon Bet Families, This week, we made the transition from fall to introducing the Thanksgiving holiday. We told the Thanksgiving story visually, with crafted dolls, and shared the journey of the Pilgrims to America in search of freedom and a better life. In Hebrew, we called them mehagrim (immigrants). We traced the Pilgrims’ route from England to America on the Mayflower on a globe. The children learned new vocabulary words:
We visited our friends in Room 2 to read Thanksgiving Day, by Anne Rockwell, about the story of Thanksgiving in a school play. Each character in the book had a role and a reason to be thankful. During our first school visit to the library, we read the National Geographic book, Pilgrims of Plymouth, by Susan E. Goodman, and The Perfect Thanksgiving, by Eileen Spinelli. During our ensuing discussions, we focused on concept of Thankfulness, and what the Pilgrims and Native Americans were thankful for. The Big Idea behind the teaching of our Thanksgiving unit and its activities is that of Thankfulness – the concept of giving thanks. In addition to learning about reasons we give thanks during the Thanksgiving holiday from the Thanksgiving story, we are engaging in discussions with the children about how and why we give thanks each day and how this connects to our daily routines and to Judaism. Some points of connection for discussion and expansion:
This Big Idea of Thankfulness is an enduring, ongoing concept that will guide and connect us during further discussions and units. Stay tuned! During P.E. with Coach Danny, the children enjoyed playing rolling-dodgeball again with anticipation and confidence. They worked on correctly holding and rolling the ball with careful aim, and on taking their turns when the ball rolled between their cones or if their ball hit a one of the friends in the middle of the circle. They had a wonderful time, dodging, aiming, jumping and running. Rabbi Josh visited us for S’Torah time and told the story of Abraham when he was a boy in the idol shop. The idols represented many Gods and Abraham smashed the idols, as he believed in only one God. In Judaism, we believe in one God that is all around us. One of the children commented that more than one God “is too many Gods.” During Music with Ditza, the children sang along with Tuki, the parrot. They danced and paraded in the classroom with rhythm sticks to Hebrew songs, including Shnei Chaverim (Two Friends) and Abracadabra. Links to these songs can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR0T8-fYTSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FDE5MoiQww Thank you to Merav, Emmett’s mom for reading to us during our library time. In addition to the Thanksgiving books, Emmet chose to read Knuffle Bunny Free, by Mo Willems. Reminders:
Shabbat Shalom! Shoshi and Meirav
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