May 2013 Updates:
Hahgoot’s News:
More studiesHahgoot’s Maths studies are
always a tricky subject, finding the balance between her ability and her interests.
Top: learning about quantities with the “Capacity Creature”
Bottom: an advanced stickers workbook.
In Hebrew, Hahgoot has greatly enjoyed the “Shakshuka” series (by Galia Oz, Amos Oz’
daughter), her poetry workbook and writing stories
She works in year 2 comprehension workbooks in
Hebrew independently.
She read two of the “Shakshuka” books and
drew illustrations.
Hahgoot was very impressed by the large denim pencil case she received from the BJE
and it is now her “homework organizer”.
She has enjoyed the unit about Shavuot and
the ten commandments, and was interested in the unit about Tel-Aviv.
Bottom left: decorating a Matka!
I made a presentation about Tel-Aviv to accompany the story in her BJE workbook.
She was a bit confused when I added photos of her in Tel-Aviv
as she thought it was a story about the two BJE characters...
It was a nice unit, showing how the city changed over
the years (and a good opportunity to talk about how my dad, me and her saw the city in different
stages as well).
Some of Hahgoot’s artwork
Left: the birds mobile from the Gallery workshop
Top: a collage for autumn
Right: the great mosaic she made at the library workshop over the
holidays. She had a very original design!
Hahgoot made a workbook for Alma about Dora’s adventures.Interestingly, she decided to make a story about balloons and solving problems with them...
Hahgoot was having lots of social problems with her BFFs Elijana and Jasmin.We had many discussions about being a friend, keep a friend and when a friendship isn’t a good one.
We made some sheets to try and sort out the problems (with little success).
Can’t remember if I put this one up before. This is the list of “rules” I made with Hahgoot for the trip to Israel and she illustrated. She was involved in suggesting the rules as well. From top right: Always use social smarts; every day do morning and night procedure
with no arguments, positively and independently; Be flexible and not rigid – plans can change!; You should try new food and experiences every time; don’t hit your sister – find a compromise!; take turns and share games and activities; keep agreements (with
mum); stay calm – especially regarding unexpected noises (here she drew Amitai, because she wasn’t sure how he will behave when she meets him...). As you know from the trip presentations, some rules held better than others...
In our next presentation: Hahgoot’s updates: swimming and social issues