THIS PAST FRIDAY’S “CHAZAK-BREISHIS CARNIVAL” CONTINUED... (E) a happily finished mummified product (F) these kids are quite eager to make their own bracelets at Rivka’s Jewelry (G) More tribal dress-up. Notice the sheep, because they were shepherds and tending sheep when Yosef came looking for them. (I) Smell to guess the spice from Yosef’s Caravan, Rabbi Laber is blindfolded as he tries to guess, but he knows his herbs and spices! (J) This is a great shot of Simmy excitedly finding Yosef’s cup in all the paper bags, with Devorah Leah, Riki and Meital looking on. The different facial expressions are great! (K) This was a neat high-tech look at Noah’s Ark, you hold the iPad with the special APP over the puzzle and different parts of the picture come to life! (L) … but you have to complete the puzzle first for it to work. (M) Yaakov’s “Yoshev Ohel” study tent.. makeshift-style with two wooden Menorahs holding up a Chanukah tablecloth! (N) Throw Yosef (the Ball) in the Pit. Look closely to see the orange blur… that’s the orange ball headed for the 100 point slot! (O) Calev designed the bow and arrow for this booth about Eisav’s hunting. Thanks to the kids for all the creative ideas, beautiful signs and putting it all together, and to HS for manning booths so the classes could go around and enjoy the carnival.
BONUS HI-5 BY SECOND GRADE STORM WATER RUNOFF
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Morah Devorah Leah’s class just completed their 2nd chapter of Chumash and shared these 5 student insight/life-lessons learned: Hashem didn’t create the world all at once, he did it in steps, one day at a time. The same with us and our learning. Everything we need can be found in nature, which shows how Hashem cares for us. Only Hashem can create something from nothing. It’s hard for us to understand how it works, or what nothing is. We learn how important it is to control our evil inclination from the story of Adam and Chava, the snake, and the forbidden fruit. Chava and Adam were not created totally separately so that husband and wife should feel connected to each other and learn to respect and trust each other.
IMAGINE LIFE W/O LANGUAGE
HS Girls studied it this week in Earth Science, and it has real world application in zoning, environmental issues, and flood zones. There are many factors: whether the surface is permeable or not, what sediment, debris or pollutants will the water carry along, how high water tables are, whether storm sewers can handle it, types of nearby bodies of water etc.
PICS & REPORTS NEXT WEEK...
LIQUID STATES & PROPERTIES 8-9 Gemorah class with Rabbi Rubin is now studying Shabbos 5b which questions what’s the at-rest and movement properties of liquids (and solid objects floating in liquids) in regard to carrying on Shabbos (for which we must ascertain the at-rest and movement states). Materials engineering expert Dr. Floyd Tuller of the Berkshires happened to be there that day this week and participated in the discussion & shared some insights.
Mrs. Maher’s 4/5 grade students, while prehistoric studying early civilization, did a live HAPPY BIRTHDAY RABBI YOSSI classroom experiment about what it would be Special celebration this Shabbos at Clifton to live without language and Park Chabad. This year his Chai (18th of) vocabulary and a rich way to Teves (milestone) birthday falls on Shabbos. communicate. Cherish your words!!!
6th grade’s “Matter Party” as they complete a unit on matter and begin studying about the elements and the Periodic Table. 2&3 making P.I.E.s (actual tasty pies) which stands for: Persuade, Inform & Express which are forms of an author’s purpose. Gandhi Film seen by 8-9 as part of a unit on Indian history in Social Studies class. Mishna Studies on 4 types of Watchmen w/ varying levels of responsibility Morse Code in Science Enrichment…
FLYING TZITZIT ON WSJ COVER A large photo on the cover of the Wall Street Journal this week was of a snowboarder in Jerusalem doing a stunt, with his Tzitzit flying. Now that we read this week of the exile in Egypt and Hashem telling Moshe to take the Jews out, this photo recalls the tambourines the women played at the Splitting of the Sea. Do you know why?