How is this desk like Yom Kippur?

It is super clean! (Get it? White/pure/clean?)

Guess whose desk this is! What a neat area! Keep trying to see whose desk gets displayed next!

Tashlich by the Hooch

Reflection was the key word in our Tashlich service this morning down by the Hooch. Rabbi Micah led us in wonderful prayer and song as we threw pebbles into the water to represent starting the new year with a new clean slate. Here are a few thought on the custom of Tashlich from the URJ.

Have a safe and easy fast.

A Long Term (ish) Plan for Studying Social Studies

We will be having a Social Studies Quiz over Lessons 4 and 5 next Wednesday before Sukkot. Here is a daily plan you keep you on the right track! Just a few minutes everyday will help avoid that last minute crashing!

Thursday Night (15 minutes total): Use Quizlet to review vocabulary words

Friday Night (None): Kol Nidre

Saturday Night (None): Break the Fast (yum!)

Sunday Day/Night (20 minutes total): Spend 10 minutes on Quizlet practicing vocabulary words, and spend the other 10 minutes re-reading Lessons 4 and 5 in SS text book

Monday Night (25 minutes total): Make a fake test (with a key) using your study guide and vocabulary.

Tuesday Night (45 minutes total): Take your fake test that you made yesterday and then check it with the key, re-read Lessons 4 and 5 in your textbook, have someone else quiz you over your study guide and vocabulary, play Quizlet

Comment to this post with any other ideas of how to study for Social Studies!

A Little Bit O' Grammar Practice

The is a really neat game for predicate review. Tomorrow, we are going to begin reviewing predicates.

Message for all you studious students

Click here for a really cool message from GeoGreetings.

Seriously. It is really cool!

Say Cheese!

The kids took a great class picture today! The photographer thought they were so cute; he is coming back tomorrow to take individual shots. The kids needs to wear teal and navy. Brushing hair is optional. :)

Science and vocabulary quizzes are tomorrow! To help study vocabulary, visit the Sadlier-Oxford site. Make sure you click on the orange level.

Back to the Weekday Grind

This week, the students are still learning about complete and simple subjects. We have started reading groups, and the students have a new appetite for learning. Ask your child about the new menus they have for the reading block of language arts. In reading groups, we are focusing on the skill of "Finding Facts and Supporting Details" using a variety of different texts. We will introduce spelling words on Wednesday, and on that very same day, we will have a vocabulary test on Unit 2 words.

In social studies, we are beginning to work on Lesson 4 in the Social Studies text. It is called "Vegetation and Climate". We are learning about different climate regions and vegetation regions in the United States. By the end of the week, we will also have started Lesson 5, "People and the Environment".

In math, we are working on subraction with regouping.

The kids have a science quiz on Wednesday the 15th, and class pictures are on Tuesday (wear teal and navy). Wednesday is individual pictures (wear teal and navy), and Thursday we are going on our Tashlich field trip (wear teal and navy). Friday is a half day.

Hope this helps with planning for the week!

Gonna Party Like it is 5771!

Right before we left for Rosh Hashana break, we had a special surprise! Rabbi Micah brought a Klezmer band to entertain us! The students enjoyed about 20 minutes of dancing and listening to the unique musical selections.