Friday, March 9, 2018

Parshat Vayakhel - Pekudei: The Importance of Shabbat

Parshas Vayakhel Pekudei

 In this weeks parsha Moshe gathered Bnei Yisroel to teach them how to build the Mishkan. The building of the Mishkan was one of the ways Bnei Yisroel did Teshuva (after they made the mistake of doing Avoda Zara). Bnei Yisroel were excited to do Teshuva, because they wanted to be close to Hashem.
 Right before Moshe spoke with Bnei Yisroel about the building of the Mishkan he taught them about Shabbat.  Building the Mishkan involved a lot of different kinds of work. Moshe knew that Bnei Yisroeil would be so happy and excited about the mitzvah of building the Mishkan that they might forget to stop working when Shabbat comes in. Moshe Rabeinu was reminding Bnei Yisroel that Shabbat comes before the building of the Mishkan. Shabbat is more important! 
We made a map of the Mishkan! 




Reading in Hebrew is so much fun!

We finished all the sounds and now we are having a lot of fun practicing reading and fluency with games and learning exercises. Reading words to eachother instead of Morah makes for a fun change, and fosters an independent interest in literacy.
Devorah Leah and Max decided to read under the table. 

Measurements
This week we began our unit on measurement. There are many different ways to measure. 

Yisroel enlists Morah Avigayil to measure his height
Some kindergarteners even decided to write tally marks of their height in inches.


Measuring by Weight: Which one is heavier?


Menucha and Elizabeth take turns measuring sand.
How many cups of sand were there?

100 School day party!!!

We had waited so long for the 100th day of school and it didn't disappoint!
We have come so far in math, since the beginning of the year.

Devorah Leah brought in 100 pieces of popcorn to share! 
                            We counted to 100 and then used 100 cheerios to make a necklace                                



Purim in Gan Camarillo 

Purim was such a fun time for us!
We learned so many details about the story and mitzvos
and had fun making graggers, masks and hamantashen.


Muka leads a Posuk of Torah after davening.
Great Job Muka!









     

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