As many of you have heard by now, Benny the Alphabet Bear took quite the fall on Monday. He was trying to get to Texas and New Mexico for a little R&R before coming to Marblehead to teach the children about the letter X, and he thought he had time to go skateboarding before he left. Unfortunately, he forgot to wear his protective gear, and he fell down. I took him to the vet, and they took an X-ray. On Tuesday, we got the bad news. Benny had a broken leg and needed a cast. The children and other members of the faculty have come down to sign it and to try to make Benny feel better. The children had a chance to look at many real x-rays of human bones, some of which had actual breaks. They tried to match up the bones to their own bodies and looked at them on the light table as well. They wrote the letter X and brainstormed some words that had X in them. Because there isn't a lot to learn about the letter X, Benny also introduced the children to the letter Q this week. They practiced writing the letter in upper and lower case forms, brainstormed words that begin with qu, and wrote and read qu words.
They have also been practicing counting up, counting by 5s, etc., and skip counting. The children really enjoy simple word problems as well as mental math challenges.
This week we were honored to have Naomi Griffin's aunt visit our classroom. Laurie Jacobs is a local author who has written a children's book called Silly Frilly Grandma Tillie and came to share it with the class. The children listened to the story and were able to ask questions about what it is like to be a real author. They also danced the Conga like Grandma Tillie!
Our trip to the museum is tomorrow, and the children are so excited!! I promise to post pictures in next week's blog!
This week in Hebrew, we started the letter "samech". We will be learning several vocabulary words with the letter and doing many projects to re-enforce our learning next week.
We finished the last Torah story for our hand made Torahs about the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. The class will be working on a cover and you will be able to see their work at our Kindergarten breakfast on June 16th. It is a beautiful compilation of most of the stories that we worked on this year in class.
The class finished their visit to Israel in Jerusalem (the Golden City). Each child put their wishes in the Kotel (Wall). The students learned that Jerusalem is a city for people of all religions, not just Jews. We discussed that all buildings in Jerusalem must be built with the same kind of stone (Jerusalem Stone). This stone is what keeps Jerusalem looking "golden". We then took the long journey home on an El Al flight. It was a fabulous time for all, as you will see when you look at their journals from the trip. Please see the last few pictures of the trip below.
They have also been practicing counting up, counting by 5s, etc., and skip counting. The children really enjoy simple word problems as well as mental math challenges.
This week we were honored to have Naomi Griffin's aunt visit our classroom. Laurie Jacobs is a local author who has written a children's book called Silly Frilly Grandma Tillie and came to share it with the class. The children listened to the story and were able to ask questions about what it is like to be a real author. They also danced the Conga like Grandma Tillie!
Our trip to the museum is tomorrow, and the children are so excited!! I promise to post pictures in next week's blog!
This week in Hebrew, we started the letter "samech". We will be learning several vocabulary words with the letter and doing many projects to re-enforce our learning next week.
We finished the last Torah story for our hand made Torahs about the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. The class will be working on a cover and you will be able to see their work at our Kindergarten breakfast on June 16th. It is a beautiful compilation of most of the stories that we worked on this year in class.
The class finished their visit to Israel in Jerusalem (the Golden City). Each child put their wishes in the Kotel (Wall). The students learned that Jerusalem is a city for people of all religions, not just Jews. We discussed that all buildings in Jerusalem must be built with the same kind of stone (Jerusalem Stone). This stone is what keeps Jerusalem looking "golden". We then took the long journey home on an El Al flight. It was a fabulous time for all, as you will see when you look at their journals from the trip. Please see the last few pictures of the trip below.