Friday, April 24, 2015

Parshas Tazria-Metzora

We spoke about the laws and effects of Lashon Hara. Once we had a good understanding of the gravity of this aveira, we read the book "A Sack Full of Feathers" by Debby Waldman and Cindy Revell. To bring the message we went outside, spread feathers around and tried to collect them after an hour.



I then distributed a quote to each student to create a visual poster for our classroom that reminds us about being careful of how we speak. Here are the posters. (we used half size bristol board, acrylic paint and Letraset press on letters)







Friday, April 17, 2015

Sefiras HaOmer Advent Calendar



We made an advent Calendar to help us count the Sefirat HaOmer. Inside each dixie cup is a Mike n Ike for each student, plus one additional Mike n Ike. When Sefira is counted in school, each student receives a candy reward. The additional candy is placed in the 50th cup which will  then be shared once Sefira is finished. Happy counting!



Here is another one we made in another Home School: