Hello Wonderful Havurah First Grade Aleph Families!
We began our class with some creative costume and superhero scene design before washing our hands and gearing up for a very special cooking class with Hillary. Hillary read us a story of Chanukah and a magic dreidel, or Sevivon, that never seemed to stop spinning. After story time, we each made our very own edible Chanukah menorah using bananas, pretzels, fruit, marshmallows and chocolate. The students absolutely loved this activity and many said it was the "best day of their lives!". Check out the pictures to see what an awesome job our young superheroes did constructing their menorahs.
After returning to class, we said the brachot, or blessings, for the challah, Shabbat candles, and grape juice together and calmed our bodies with our Shabbat Reflection Circle.
We then completed our theme of David and Goliath by turning our focus inwards to reflect on our own super hero qualities. Our students said that they are superheroes because they give "tzedakah" (charity) and do “mitzvot” (good deeds) like helping siblings and parents when needed, or friends when they've fallen or gotten hurt.
Afterwards, we completed our capes by choosing the letters needed to spell out our names, and using them to personalize our capes.
We joined the other fantastic first graders and marched like Maccabees during Music with Megan to close out an active and fun day together!
We are wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving and look forward to our next class together in two weeks.
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