Our second graders were busy this past month getting to know each other and building their own kehillah, community. After a brief lesson on tzedakah, each class decorated a box and turned it into their class tzedakah box.
Each week, the children have a chance to share a mitzvah, commandment/good deed, they did during the week and then add their coins to the box. At the end of the year the classes will decide where to donate the money.
Each of the second graders received a binder that they are filling up with their responses to various questions having to do with the middot curriculum. The binders will be sent home at the end of the year.
After learning about the ritual of tashlich, each student had an opportunity to write what they wanted to get "rid" of and toss it into the trash bin in the classroom.
Their mornings are filled with music, Hebrew Through Movement, T'filah, and snack time! The students are enjoying a quick nosh and time to connect with all their friends.
The classes visited the sukkah and shook the lulav and the etrog while reciting the blessings for being in a sukkah. All the classes attended the Billy Jonas concert to round out a great month!
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