Grade 6 Weekly News
October 5, 2010
JEWISH STUDIES
This week, we focused on the first chapter in our textbook Eizehu Gibor: Living Jewish Values. This chapter teaches us that Tikkun Olam (“fixing the world”) is our responsibility as Jews. We read about Darfur and how Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis and Janice Kamenir-Reznik’s (our two Jewish heroes of the week) creation of Jewish World Watch is helping to mobilize the Jewish community to help. We also learned about the Solar Cooker Project and how we can not only read about Darfur, but really make a difference. We finished class this week by discussion which acts on page 10 of our textbook are Tikkun Olam and which are just good deeds. Students prepared for this by completing their homework from last week.
JEWISH STUDIES HOMEWORK (due Tuesday, October 12):
To prepare for next week's chapter on Shmirat ha-Teva ("guarding the environment"), each student should complete the activity on the reverse of the newsletter that went home in the blue folders this week. If you misplaced your newsletter/homework assignment, please answer the following question on a sheet of paper and bring it with you to school on Tuesday, October 12:
Please make a list of 10 things that people can do in their own homes to make a big impact on the environment. Of those 10, please circle 5 that you and your family can start doing right now…then do them!
Interested in reading what the students read in class this week? Click here to access our textbook. This week, our class focused on pages 5 - 10. Be sure to ask your child about the JWW's Solar Cooker Project! Flyers were sent home for anyone who is interested in donating to this cause.
This week, we continued our study of the Blessing Before the Haftarah. Mastering this short, but tricky, blessing will be a huge accomplishment on our B'nei Mitzvah checklist. Cantor Schloss joined us for our weekly Trope Game Show and continued to teach us the skills we will need to chant Torah.
HEBREW HOMEWORK:
Each week, students must practice reading Hebrew at least 5 minutes every night. Each student must complete and turn in a Reading Raffle Card to prove that they completed their Hebrew Practice. This week, students should practice reading and chanting the first section of the Blessing Before the Haftarah (included in their blue folder). Students should also sing through what we know of the Trope Anthem a few times a day. A copy of the colorful Trope Anthem can be found in the blue folder as well.
REMINDERS:
- Join us for ARS Pizza Dinner and Back to School night on Tuesday, October 12 from 5:30 - 7:30pm.
- If you need to contact me with any questions or concerns, please send a message to my new email address: monge.kate@gmail.com
- As always, visit www.ohabei.org for more details and to see what else is going on at Temple Ohabei Shalom.
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