Religious School Grade 5

Sundays, 9:00am-12:00noon; Tuesdays, 4:10pm-6:15pm

Teachers: Shula Friedman (Hebrew), pod 2, and Andrea Gross (Judaics), pod 3

Teachers may be contacted through the Religious School Office at 703-425-3237 or religiousschool@olamtikvah.org

(below) giving food to the OT food drive

Class News - April 15, 2008

Last Sunday was our school Pesach workshop. Grades 4,5, and 6 circulated among their three classroom stations to review what they know about Pesach and to learn new background and customs.  In the grade 4 rooms, students worked on Pesach puzzles.

In our grade 5 pods, the students learned about the art of the four children.  We looked at the way the four children are presented, and what it means to be wise, wicked, simple, or unable to ask a question. The students learned about the source of the four children, from verses in the Torah. They then looked at art from haggadot from the past decades and even centuries.  After considering how other artists represent the "four children" (often as adults or non-human figures) the students created their own images. They have a booklet to bring home as well as their artistic creations.

In grade 6, the students learned about different seder customs from different cultures.  They were given Sephardic charoset recipes to bring home. 

Over the past several weeks, our students have practiced prayers wonderfully!  They have done an excellent job learning the Torah service, as well as learning many of the prayers from the Musaf service for our School Shabbat on May 17.  Please encourage them to practice at home. 

In Judaics, the students spent time learning about Joseph, and how the ancient Hebrews came to be in Egypt. We read about Joseph in our Etz Hayyim Chumashim, learning about his character and how he ended up in a position of power in Egypt.  We then read about the immediate aftermath of the Exodus, when Moses and Miriam both sing after the Israelites escape the Egyptians and the sea closes over the Egyptian army, with their horses and chariots.  The students illustrated a verse they chose from the Song of Moses or the Song of Miriam in their Judaics Journals.

Shula and Andrea wish you and your families a happy and kosher Pesach. 

We worked hard (below) learning about Zionism and Zionists with OT Israel Specialist Michelle Pearlstein for our class Israel Museum project.