Rimon students have been busy practicing for our upcoming siddur celebration. They have become wonderful “daveners” and fabulous readers in Hebrew and English! Everyone is so excited about this upcoming milestone.
In science, we have completed our unit on bridges. The children learned about various types of bridges and the structures needed to support them. We also talked about the design steps the engineers follow in planning and creating new engineering projects. The children will be presenting their learning at the science fair on Friday May 4th. Yesterday, the first and second grade students helped prepare pictures and labels for the presentation boards that we will show at the fair. Our next science unit will focus on birds.
In social studies, we have begun a new unit on France. We are beginning by learning a bit about the geography of France and its place in Europe. We will be learning more about French culture in our next lessons. Ask your children about the colors in the French flag.
Rimon mathematicians have been adding and subtracting money. We have been focusing on pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Extra practice at home would be wonderful. Ask your children to help you count and keep track of your change!
Rimon writers have completed their pattern books and have read them to the Pre-K and K students. Now they are working on writing poetry. Earlier this week, the children wrote “I Wonder” poems filled with questions and wonderings that they have about the world. They also wrote acrostic spring poems. (Now all we need is the weather to cooperate). The children have been enjoying listening to the poetry of Jack Prelutsky. They are using their imaginations and their schema to visualize his poems, making pictures in their heads. In addition, we have been reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
In Fundations, we continue to review vowel teams and vowel consonant e (magic e) words. We have begun to work on spelling simple two syllable words such as sunset and bathtub. The children now have quite a vocabulary of words that they can spell accurately.
Everyone enjoyed our special Yom Ha’atzma’ut lunch yesterday, prepared by the Hebrew department with some parent helpers.
Shabbat Shalom, Joanne