Morah Aronowitz’s newsletter

12 Tishrei 5773/Sep 28 2012

This week we finished learning about Yom Kippur and started learning about Sukkot.

Yom Kippur

I hope you all enjoyed the projects that were sent home before Yom Kippur. We worked very hard making them. I am sure your children made you very proud when they showed you how much they knew when you asked the Yom Kippur questions.

Sukkot

We made 3 different projects to go up in your sukka.  Here is what we learned and what we made for the sukka:

-          We learned about the Arba Minim (4 species) that we shake on Sukkot.  We discussed why we shake those 4 and what they mean. 

-          We learned about the different Ushpizin (guests) that come to our Sukka.  Every night we invite one of the guests to come and join us in the sukka.

-          We made a welcome sign for you to hang up by your door to you sukka.

Sukkot Questions you could ask your child

1)      How many days in total do we celebrate the Holiday of sukkot? 7

2)      What do we put on top of the sukka? Schach, anything that grows from the ground could be used.

3)      What do we shake on sukkot and how? We take the Arba Minim(4 species)-lulav,etrog, hadasim and aravot.  We shake them in all directions.

4)      Who are the ushpizin? They are the guests that we invite to our sukka every sukkot night. Avraham, Yitzchak, Yakov, Moshe,  Aharon, Yosef and Dovid

Next week sneak peek

We are going to build a sukka in our classroom and make our own sukkot out of graham crackers.  We are going to have a little dancing party at school.  We will make simchat torah projects and enjoy a special field trip to Joey and Lindsay Shottenstein’s sukka. (Sorry about the mix up; we accidentally sent the wrong invite in the email the first time around! We do expect to have double helpings of fun at the party J )

Friendly reminders

-         I am collecting empty pringle boxes with lids. If you have any, please send them to school with your child. (Thank you to those who have sent some in)

-         Please send a full change of clothes if you have not done so yet.

-         Please keep the Mitzvah notes coming, please write them on the etrog template provided; it is a lot of fun reading them out, loud.  The children really enjoy hearing about the mitzvoth their friends do at home.

-         Please send tzedakah money (a roll of pennies is a good amount) that they could keep in their cubby. 

-         Please make sure to put extra kippot in your boys backpack in case they need one at school.

We want to wish you a very good Shabbat and a wonderful Sukkot

Morah Aronowitz and Morah Naomi