Hello all!

This past Sunday we were able to both learn a few new things and recap some of the things we already learned. During the first half of the year, we learned a little bit about what some of the special celebrations that took place in the synagogue. This past week, we refreshed our memory on this subject a little by having the students participate in skits with dialogue involving these special occasions. Almost everyone was eager to read and volunteer for this activity!
We also reviewed the Hebrew word "mi" and learned the the difference between "mi" and "ma", which we were further able to reinforce through a game in which which we drew in a chalkboard house and asked the pressing question: mi/ma b'bayit? Another group  got to split up and challenge themselves with a game of Hebrew Hangman.
Finally, we learned about the story of Ruth and Naomi, and to simulate the leadership characteristics of Ruth, we played a game which would be quite familiar to any of us who went to Summer at Sinai or any other summer camp: follow the leader!
As the Primary Grades' Shabbat night on April 18th approaches, we will use part of our time in the next three weeks to prepare some sort of project or demonstrate that we can showcase at the service to show what makes our class special. Up until next week, I told the students to start thinking about songs that the class maybe interested in performing. If you have time, you might want to ask your kid about any songs they have in mind! I'm open to any other creative ideas that our class can use as well.

Have a great week and see everyone next Sunday!

-Abby Manaster