Welcoming the Month of Adar and the Holiday of Purim

 A Fourth Grade teacher and some students showing off there very, very crazy hats!
In honor of the month of Adar. Tune in for more of Purim next week! 

Purim is one of the happiest holidays on the Jewish calender. It takes place in the Hebrew month of Adar which normally falls in March, but this year it fell in Febuary. We celebrate Purim because long ago... in Shushan, the capitol of Persia there was a King Achashverosh. (Ach-shave-rosh)The King wanted his wife Vashti to come to his party, but she said no. The King kicked Vashti out of his kingdom. Then the king wanted a new queen. Meanwhile, an orphan named Esther was living with her uncle and cousin, Mordechai. Esther, who was Jewish, as well went to the king. Before she went Mordechai told her to keep it a secret that she was Jewish. Esther went to the palace and was chosen as the king's new wife. Meanwhile a evil man named Haman did not like the Jews because they only bowed down to G-d and would not bow down to him. He convinced the King to kill the Jews. Mordechi heard this and told Esther to save the Jews. Esther fasted for three days and requested a party with the KIng and Haman. She told the King that she was Jewish and that Haman wanted to kill her. In the end Haman was hanged on the gallows meant for Mordechi and all of the Jews were happy.

Check out the latest videos on our YouTube channel! We just posted an awesome new video about dance at our school.

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Calling all quadblogging partners:

1) From what we have taught you have you learned anything about Jewish religion?

2) What other interesting things do you want to learn about our school?

3) What special things do you do in your religion?

Tu B'Shvat

http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/tubshvat/tubshvat.htm

Tu B’shvat is a holiday for the trees. On this holiday we eat lots of tree-grown fruits, like dates, figs, pomegranates, carob, olives, and grapes.  We donate money to Israel to plant trees throught the J.N.F. We talk about taking good care of our planet.

 These are the seven species of the land of Israel.

Hannukah

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/hanukkah/  

on this website you can learn how to make a paper dreidel. A dreidel is a wooden or plastic spinning top. When we play the game on Hannukah we bid on gelt (chocolate coins). On a dreidel there are four different hebrew letters ( nun נ, gimmel ג,hayה , shinש ). When you land on a gimmel ג you win the whole pile of gelt. It is a really fun game to play!

Recess on the Monkey Bars for Fourth and Fifth Graders

Here are fourth and fifth graders on the monkey bars.

Recess for the Fourth and Fifth Graders

These are fourth and fifth graders playing on the spider web.