Shavua HaSefer

We enjoyed participating in Shavua HaSefer and reading books to the first grade. We were amazed by how much they understood and it was a lot of fun collaborating with them and drawing comics together. 

Kitah Daled Dreamers

On Friday, we had our long awaited class pajama day. We spent the day lounging on the floor discussing our dreams for the future. We even took guesses what our friends want to be when they grow up. Who knew that HaMorah Naama wants to be an actress when she is older or that HaMorah Shani wants to drive an icecream truck? We hope that Kitah Daled continues to dream big because we know that they can achieve anything and everything! 

4th Grade Mesibat Navi Part 2

The highlight of our year was experiencing Sefer Yehoshua. We got to know Yehoshua and walked along side him as he led Am Yisrael into Israel. We hid in Rachav's house, marched around the walls of Yericho and fought in the battles to conquer Eretz Yisrael. The only way to summarize the learning was to experience it again, through games. This time, the students prepared fun and creative games for everyone to play that reviewed the different topics that we covered. It was amazing! 

Ellis Island

To culminate our study of immigration and better understand Rifka Nebrot's story (Letters from Rifka), BPY Fourth Graders visited Ellis Island today.    The class left from Liberty State Park and took the ferry to Ellis Island.  On Ellis Island, we visited some amazing exhibits.  We saw passports from dozens of different countries, luggage, clothing, and religious articles from all different cultures.  We looked at pictures from the first immigrant neighborhoods, schools, and factories in the United States.  We also spent time viewing exhibits on the many different ships that sailed into Ellis Island from all around the world.  One of the highlights of the trip was the beautiful boat ride, where we saw up close the breathtaking  "Lady Liberty."  Special thanks to our amazing and enthusiastic parent chaperones: Noemi Sobel, Simi Rubenstein, and Catherine Brown.  

Ari Farkas Speaks to Grade 4 about Immigration to the USA Today

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This morning, we had the privilege of welcoming Morah Shani's husband, Ari Farkas to speak to the Fourth Grade.  Up until now, we have focused our study of immigration on Jewish immigration from the 1880's to the early 1920"s.  Ari, an immigration lawyer, taught us about immigration now. He spoke about how it is both  similar and different to immigration back at the turn of the 20th century.  We learned about the process of acquiring a green card, and later becoming a citizen.  The students asked sophisticated and thought-provoking questions.  Ari's visit came  just in time for our upcoming trip to Ellis Island this Wednesday!  Thank you, Ari, for taking the time out of your busy day to come and speak to us.  Thank you to Morah Shani for helping us arrange this wonderful event!

Some Quotes from 4A journals

"I enjoyed being Rifka for the first scene because Rifka is the main character and I like being in the spotlight."

"I liked Author's Day because the fifth grade came to watch."

"I really liked the parts I got.  I was the fat guard and Rifka.  I got to stuff a pillow in my stomach."

"I liked the whole process.  I liked writing down all of the props, costumes, and characters."

"It was the best Author's Day ever."

"At first I was nervous."

"My favorite part was the costumes."

"It was hard to fun"

"I think a play is a good idea because we were not only reading to our grade- we were reading to other classes- they could see our talent."

"I had a great time practicing and doing the play/  I also enjoyed reading the book."

"At first I was nervous but then it was a lot of fun."  

Fifth Grade Shares Writing with 4A

After the play, fifth graders paired with fourth graders and shared some of their writing.