Navi Presentations and Chumash Games

Here are some pictures from some of our Chumash games and Navi Presentations
Enjoy
Have an enjoyable Winter Break
Rabbi Greenblatt

Mazel Tov Mazel Tov!!

Today we finished Parashat Shemot. Tomorrow we will review the last Perek in class and we will have some time to play the games the students made.

In Navi the students are working Creative projects in class to review the Stories and Eglon and Ehud, as well as the story of Sisra and Yael. Some groups are making plays, while others are working on a Newscast and a comic strip.

Have a Great Day!!
Rabbi Greenblatt

A Daily Summary

After our very exciting day on Friday we got right back into the learning today. Today we discussed the "Pyramid of Power" which existed in Egypt, and we learned who was actually in charge of the slaves. It may surprise you. Ask your child for the answer.
In the past few days we have finished the stories of Ehud and Eglon, as well as Yael and Sisra in Navi. As a review the students will be working on creative projects about these stories in class.
Reminder: The” make up a game” project is due tomorrow

Students Become Teachers

Today the entire class had the opportunity to Skype with a fifth grade class in Stony Plain Alberta about Chanukah. I am connected to the Principal of the school in Stony Plain through my association with Connected Principals, an online community of administrators, and he arranged for this Skype session with one of his teachers. The teacher sent me questions in advance which I went over with the class and we divided up the class so that each student would answer at least one question.
Both classes had fun and learned a lot from the experience and my hope is that we could do it again with other areas of the curriculum.

What was really special to me was the way our students answered the questions and became the teachers. Mrs. Wittlin commented to me afterwards, "How often do our kids get a chance to be the experts1" I believe she hit the nail on the head. We are told one of the highest forms of learning is to be able to teach others and for many that doesn't happen until they are older but our fifth grade students today had the opportunity to take what they have learned about Chanukah and were able teach others.

They did a great Job.
Kol Hakavod Kitah Hay

Wishing everyone a good shabbos
Rabbi Greenblatt

Respecting a King even an Evil King

Today in Chumash we learned that according to Rashi Moshe used a word that meant that the Jews would get punished, but he really meant to say that Pharaoh would be punished. Why would did Moshe do that? Rashi explains that even to Pharaoh one had to show respect since he was the king
For H.W. I asked the students to come up with 5 other examples of hoe we show respect to Kings ( or Parents and Teachers)

Rabbi Greenblatt

Create Your Own Game

Today as a culminating project/ assessment for Perek Daled in Chumash, each student will need to make up their own game. Below you will find a copy of the letter that I gave out today in class.



Instructions: You need to create a game for Perek Daled in Chumash . The game can be a board game, matching, Jeopardy, I Have Who Has, or one you make up.

Each game must include: 7-10 shorashim and translations
7-10 basic questions
7-10 questions on Rashi

Grading: Each section is worth 30 points = 90 points
There will be 10 points given for neatness

Project is Due Tuesday December 21

There will be very little if any class time given to work on this project

Please return a signed copy by Friday December 17

_____________ ____________________
Parent Signature Student Signature

Class Update

It has been a long time since I have written a class update.
I am truly sorry about that and it something that I will try to do on a more regular basis. On the flip side it means that we have been very busy.

Here are some of the highlights of the exciting things that we have been doing in class:
• We now have a blog where each student can write a post and comment on posts written by other students
• Some students have joined me when I have Skyped with other schools
• We made videos about Chanukah at our class Chanukah party and watched them the next day in school
• We learned about the Fires in Israel by watching news clips
• The Bat Ami girls did a program about Hero’s related to Chanukah
• We made Chanukah brochures
• We are almost finished with Parashat Shemot

There are a lot of fun and exciting things going on in the Fifth grade. The common denominator with all of them is that the students are engaged and are active participants in the learning process which is one of my major goals.

Have a good Shabbos
Rabbi Greenblatt