Gimel Homework

L'Shana Tova students! I hope you are all having a sweet start to the new year!

Here are your homework questions:

1. In the story of Abraham and Isaac, why do you think G-d tested Abraham to see if he would sacrifice Isaac? What do you think was going through Isaac's head? Abraham's? Sarah's?

2. What do you think are the important differences between celebrating Rosh Hashanah and observing Yom Kippur? Besides naming their differences, what are the emotional differences you should experience on these different days?

When you are posting please follow these rules:

1. Your posts should be between 4-5 sentences.

2. Your posts should be insightful and thought provoking. Do not just give me facts. Provide quotes from the story if you have access to it and give your opinion. You are entitled to your own opinion.

3. When answering these questions, please put the number of the question before your answer.

4. After you post your answers, come back 2-3 days later (but before school next Sunday) and respond to two of your classmates answers. *When you are responding to your classmates answer please write their name and then your response. Your response should be 3-4 sentences. Your response should not be "I agree" or "I disagree". If you agree with their response, say why and expand on that, maybe ask them another question, or bring up another point to see if they agree, and if you don't agree, say why, but do NOT tell your classmate that they are wrong.

5. Be polite & respectful.

Bet Homework

L'Shana Tova students! I hope everyone is going to services and is having a sweet start to the new year!

Here are your homework questions:

1. Why do we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah? What is the meaning behind blowing a ram's horn?

2. Why do we throw breadcrumbs in a river on Rosh Hashanah? Why don't we throw them in the river on Yom Kippur?

When you are posting please follow these rules:

1. Your posts should be between 4-5 sentences.

2. Your posts should be insightful and thought provoking. Do not just give me facts. Provide quotes from the story if you have access to it and give your opinion. You are entitled to your own opinion.

3. When answering these questions, please put the number of the question before your answer.

4. After you post your answers, come back 2-3 days later (but before school next Sunday) and respond to two of your classmates answers. *When you are responding to your classmates answer please write their name and then your response. Your response should be 3-4 sentences. Your response should not be "I agree" or "I disagree". If you agree with their response, say why and expand on that, maybe ask them another question, or bring up another point to see if they agree, and if you don't agree, say why, but do NOT tell your classmate that they are wrong.

5. Be polite & respectful.

Aleph Homework

L'Shana Tova students!

Students in the Aleph class will not be required to post anything on our blog. This is solely for parents use. I will be posting their homework here, as a reminder but all of their homework will be done on paper and turned in.

For next week, they need to bring the 1. signed media release form, and 2. the rules contract signed by both the students and parents.

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Any questions? Please email me! Thanks everyone!

L'Shana Tovah!

L'Shana Tovah everyone! I hope you all are going to services and ringing in the new year with friends and family! We had a great kickoff to Sunday School last week on the first day. Although a little chaotic, we are working to make next week's transition much smoother. Each child received a packet with a welcome letter, the school calendar, a rules contract, a media permission slip, and a class period schedule. Please note that there has been a change in teachers and the new teacher will be starting next week. I will give each child a new rotation sheet with her name on it. If your child has to leave early from last period, or miss it completely please let the according teacher know.

Homework will be posted on this blog and on Facebook every week. Please let me know if you have any issues with this blog or FB and we will work it out. Each class will have different homework so it is important that you make sure to scroll down the page every time to see what I post for each class. If homework is to be done online we will discuss it in class. If students are given homework that should be brought back to school, it will be given out the week before.

I hope everyone has a great start to the new year! Let's make it a good one! :)