The Aliya Update Uplifting & Upcoming News from Yeshiva Darchei Aliya
Nov. 16 2018
ט‘‘כסלו, תשע ‘ח
פרשת ויצא
Vol.2 Issue 8
Menahel’s Message
A Weekly Column on the Topic of Al Pi Darko Chinuch
Reminder
There will be
no busses on
Thursday and Friday,
Nov 22-23.
Thursday 2:00 pm dismissal
for all elementary grades.
Friday 12:00 pm dismissal.
SKILLS In an APD environment, 'skills' refer to all the tools a
talmid needs to become an independent As the
talmid gains new skills, he must constantly apply
them to his learning in order for them to be truly
acquired.
FROM CONCRETE TO ABSTRACT In the area of child development, there is a
progression that has implications when it comes to
learning new skills. Very young children can relate
to and understand that which is concrete. As the
child's mind develops, he is able to eventually
understand that which is abstract.
Therefore, in an APD environment, if the child is to
develop skills at a very young age, he must use
concrete, physical materials that he can
understand. As he gets older, he can move to
representations of more abstract ideas using paper
and pencil. This explains why in our yeshiva we use
two- and three-dimensional objects for as long as
the student needs them to develop the particular
skill.
MOTIVATION & INTEREST Developing skills not only fosters independence,
but also generates student motivation and interest.
Like adults, most children enjoy doing that which
they are good at doing. And like adults, children
feel that they are good at something when they are
able to do it on their own
To be continued....
Yaakov Levine, grade 5 helping
Avram Gez grade 1 with reading
Happy Birthday to... Hillel Feder-8 Kislev
Mazel Tov to…
Rabbi & Mrs. Skaist
on the birth of a grandson.
May you see much nachas
from him
and from the whole family!
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Dear Parents, ש“עמו
:חנוכה
Chanukah is definitely in the air as we began to decorate our classroom with the
children’s chanukah artwork! The boys are all enjoying the many new chanukah works
in every area. It was with much excitement that we began learning the חנוכה story.
First we started with the history, of when the חנוכה story happened on the timeline.
Then we heard about king אנטיוכוס and what kind of king he was. We simply can’t wait
to continue learning more about it next week ה“אי !
Preschool Morah Hindy Meisels
Shloimy using rubber bands to
make different chanukah pictures
Yehuda making a dreidel
Ezriel writing real words חנוכה
Ahron putting the right amount of dreidels to the corresponding number
Eliyahu using pushpins to punch out a menorah
Dovy putting candles in the corresponding holes
:נפלאות הבורא
This week we continued learning about our five senses and focused on the sense of sight. We
learned how intricate the eye is and how the eyelid protects our eyes. We discussed that
Hashem made everybody’s eyes so nice to look at with the different colors, and when we talk
to someone we should look at their eyes. Morah then asked us when it is that we can’t see
with our eyes and we were all trying to guess, but when we went into a room with no
windows and closed the light we understood! It was so dark! We couldn’t see anything! We
spoke about the different things that help us see. The boys loved coming up with different
sources of lights– sun, light bulb, flashlight, and of course the חנוכה lechtilich! We discussed
why Hashem gave us eyes, what מצות we can do with them and how we can keep them heilig!
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The mitzvos the boys
shared with morah
Yehudah checking his
eye color in the mirror
Preschool Morah Hindy Meisels
The boys made a check
by their eye color
Ahron and Eliyahu enjoying a game of ‘I Spy’ using a magnifying glass
Ezriel and Eliyahu working on their sight project
:פרשה
Literature:
We love story time! We already learned so many literary elements such as title,
author, illustrator, topic etc. This week we learned about fact/fiction.
We are sending home our five senses folder for you to enjoy. Please remember to send it back on Monday!
Have a good Shabbos
Morah Hindy Meisels and Morah Hindy Grinblat
Each child's creativity and uniqueness really
shone through as they each created a ladder
to depict Yaakov’s dream. They were all able
to choose from various materials such as
straws, popsticks, pipecleaners, toothpicks,
and q-tips to create their own ladder. We
learned such an important lesson from רחל
about not embarrassing someone and אמינו
being מוותר. We are really trying to learn and
emulate her ways.
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Preschool Morah Hindy Meisels
:קריאה
This week we learned the letter
and the sound of the ‘ה. We
enjoyed Hopping in the Hula
Hoops to the correct letter. We had
a great time playing the Headband
game giving Hints to try to figure
out which ב-א is on our hat.
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Grade 1 Rabbi Miller
Dear Parents, ש“עמו
ה“ב and שלום עליכם for an exciting and prosperous week
here in כתה א‘ as we get closer to ט חנוכה“יו . We had an
exciting trip to the Living Torah Museum where we
actually saw and held the oldest used מנורה! We saw
helmets and swords from the time of בית שני and lots
more. The Rebbeim had a contest spinning a top that goes
back to בית שני! How exciting and real good learning
experience this trip was!
In our classroom this week one was able to hear the sweet
sounds of the טראפ as we began טעמים/טראפ in
preparation of our מסיבות חומש!
Areas of accomplishments for this week are:
andאשר יצר, ברכת על נטי‘ , and discussion on טיישט :תפילה
.נקבים נקבים חלולים חלולים A lesson on .אלקי נשמה
of our red א, י, ת, נ We learned future prefixes :לשון תורה
future banner.
each day. Please make sure קריאה We practice :קריאה
your son does קריאה homework every day!
.יד‘ new packet , א‘- יג‘ Review of packets :מילים
.עבודה זרה were about מצות This week :תרי“ג
להרג, שקר, לשמר, להתנבא
Timeline: We learned about the יהודי‘ בבל ותקופות הגאונים and about י הקדוש“רש leading into the part of גלות אדום the crusades.
.ע‘, ל‘,ד‘ We learned script letters :כתיבה
Work cycle: The boys are learning and reviewing their
גמטריא& קריאה and prefixes and suffixes as well as מילים
We learned parsha with parsha picture cards and :פרשה
.מדרשים
Songs: רחם נא...,ואתה בנים שורו למלך
ן שבת,‘א גוט
י.א. מיללער‘ ר
Meir and Yossi enjoying chess together
Shimi working on his Lashon
Hatorah booklet
Shammai working on yellow banner suffixes
Dear Parents, ש“עמו
Now that we’re nearing the yom tov of chanukah we got to talking about the chashmonaim.
When the boys were questioned about the strength of the Greeks versus the strength of
the yidden they said that the Greeks were stronger physically but weaker in torah,
whereas the yidden were stronger in torah, but weaker physically. We then discussed
which group emerged the victor and we took that as proof that torah strength is the
ultimate strength. Afterwards the boys gave different examples of how they can prove
their true torah strength. During the month of chanukah, the first graders will be
challenged to exhibit this strength by earning stars which are symbolic of Jewish
strength. On chanukah, the victors will celebrate in a fun and meaningful way-in the spirit
of chanukah.
When we did math, the boys couldn’t for one second forget that chanukah is coming. All
their math work involved menorahs, candles, and the nights of chanukah. They practiced
creating four different equations from one number bond, two addition and two
subtraction equations. Also, just from hearing a number story, they needed to think up of
an appropriate subtraction equation. Most boys have a good grasp of their math facts, so
finding the answer was not difficult. The challenge was to engage their minds and
develop their thinking; through supplying the complete equation, they accomplished
that.
By now handwriting is part and parcel of their daily work. The boys are making steady
progress and are finding it much easier to form letters with proper line boundaries.
They also learned about the parts of a plant and found all the parts on an actual live plant.
Next they’ll be learning about the functions of each individual part.
Both phonics groups steadily advanced in their reading. The first group learned the
digraph qu, as well as reviewed all previous digraphs. The second group learned the
rules of the soft c and soft g, and they also got started on compound words with long
vowels.
Have a great Shabbos, Morah Posner
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Grade 1 Morah Posner
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Grade 2 Rabbi Sabbagh
Dear Parents, ש“עמו
In Second Grade this week the boys had the opportunity
to go to the Living Torah Museum and touch and feel some
of the history we have been learning about. Wow! What
an amazing experience that was!
Some of our accomplishments this week:
ברכות We have been going through :ביאור תפילה at a time. This week we learned ברכה one השחר
about שלא עשני אשה.
Davening is going strong. We are getting ready to :תפילה
add ישתבח to our davening this week.
.every day of the week פרק on a גירסא We did :גירסא
All the skills the boys have developed are :לשון התורה
really coming to life when we work on התורה לשון .
We worked on writing script letters neatly and :ּכתיבה
clearly and we focused on perfecting the script letter
‘&ח‘ז .
In חומש: We finished 'פרק יח this week
Reviewed hundreds of words together as a class :מילים
and in work cycles as well.
The boys have become more fluent with every day :קריאה
of practice.
Timeline: Uncovering the fourth layer of many layers of
the timeline. This has been so amazing; it makes the Torah
so real and tangible!
We learned through the whole parsha with the :פרשה
picture cards and explained some bullet points for each
perek.
Reviewed 30 mitzvos a day as a class besides for :תרי“ג
the mitzvos learned during the work cycles.
Good Shabbos,
Rabbi Sabbagh
The boys fascinated by Rabbi Deutch’s explanations
of the exhibits
Lazer davening beautifully
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Grade 2 Miss Tenenbaum
Learning how atoms connect
Working on synonyms and
antonyms
Dear Parents, ש“עמו
This week we learned many new and important skills. First, we
learned how to write on loose leaf paper, neatly, with small legible
alphabet. We also learned how to write a heading so that we can
identify the papers and where they belong with ease.
That covered, we were able to go ahead and align our numbers
properly on our math sheets.
We are up to three digits in math! We can add and subtract
mentally, when its aligned properly! Now, we are learning to carry
numbers, because it’s so neat in our brains. Our progress is so
substantial, that some of us have completed our Mr. Math Charts
already.
In Language Arts, we are deep into letter blends, such as three
consonants uninterrupted by vowels. Its hard work, but we’re really
getting there! We’re learning about doing synonyms and antonyms.
Science fun, here we come! Atoms connect to form molecules, and
just like little boys, they must follow rules, because otherwise there
is a completely different result. We had a fun, hands-on experiment
with marshmallows and toothpicks that was enlightening and
delicious!
Happy birthday, Hillel! May you be a source of yiddish nachas for
your parents, always!
Gut Shabbos,
Miss Tenenbaum
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Grade 3 Rabbi Borr
Our board on parshas vayeitzei
Mordechai hard at work with the milim
Dear Parents, ש“עמו
Let's start off this weeks newsletter with a belated
MAZEL TOV! On Friday we celebrated finishing
parshas Vayeishev with a siyum for the ages. Granted
we are celebrating a month late, but we made up for it
with the best siyum ever! We had hot chocolate, mini
marshmallows, a story, and extra recess with Rebbi. It
was so much fun and it made last week's erev shabbos
a really special one!
In other news, this week we finished the sixth aliya in
parshas mikeitz, and the next siyum is just around the
corner! Can't wait!
Our Shemoneh Esrei has really been moving along. We
have added the bracha of atah chonen and will be
adding more brachos next week! We begin these
additions with learning about these tefillos in biyur
tefillah, and once we understand the tefillah's message
and application, we add it into our davening.
As our second shabbos in chodesh kislev is upon us,
our chanukah learning is in full swing. We began
learning minhagim, halachos, songs, and will be
learning about the special koach hatefillah that we
have on chanukah.
Have a wonderful Shabbos!
Rabbi Borr Ariel working on the timeline
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Dear Parents, ש“עמו
MATH:
Every day a math drill with a timer we do,
To race the time and have everything correct too.
Each time getting better in solving addition and subtraction,
Finally we are ready to observe more information.
How to solve word problems we are focusing,
Looking out for certain word they are using.
If it’s the word ‘sum’ we know a total they are asking,
When seeing the word ‘difference’ we are definitely
subtracting.
CURSIVE WRITING:
Third grade was full of joy,
When Mordy gave each boy.
Lego candy representing the letter ‘l’,
We practiced the letter until we knew it well.
WRITING:
The strategy of sequence helps us,
To summarize a story the right way,
We all wrote a paragraph without a fuss,
By arranging four things done throughout the day.
Have a great shabbos,
Miss Jacobowitz
Grade 3 Miss Jacobowitz
Mordy introducing the letter ‘L’ with
a lego candies
Finding the difference of the colored pencils.
Mordechai working on math
Ari working on cursive writing
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Intermediate Boys Rabbi Touretski
Dear Parents, ש“עמו
B”H we had another productive week in our IB
class! In חומש: “Why in the world is Moshe Rabbeinu
bringing קרבנות– he is not a Cohen!?” –
exclaimed the תלמידים as we learned through
the פרשה of the מילואים– the seven days of the
inauguration of the משכן. Also, to their surprise,
they discovered that the real amount of the
פרשה סימן is 97, despite the פרשה in the פסוקיםמזל טוב .which seems to indicate that it is 96 )צ"ו( on completing פרשת צו! We are looking
forward to our ה“בעז סיום .
In משניות: We are doing חזרה on the first two
Our popsicle sukkah .משניות סוכה of פרקים
collection keeps growing.
Looking forward to another exciting week,
ה“בעז .
Gut Shabbos,
Rabbi Touretski
The boys focusing
on gematria
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Upper Boys Rabbi Gildengorn
Dear Parents, ש“עמו
It’s been just a blast of a week! Baruch Hashem the boys have continued their hard work
learning תורה. We are now starting to use healthy methods of competition using our “גמרא
Gameshow” to enhance the level of knowledge of the תלמידים,. “The ultimate victory in
competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and
that you have gotten the most out of what you had to give.” – Howard Cosell
In גמרא : We continued to plunge deeper into the beautiful depths of מסכת מכות in פרק אלו הן Project” was used to evaluate our preparatory and skills. It was inspiring ריטבא“ The .הגולין
to see our budding תלמידי חכמים go out to the בית מדרש and learn on their own. As we
increase our חזרה and the healthy level of competition in שיעור, may we see קנאה סופרים תרבה !חכמה
In חומש: We have continued our investigation of פרשת שלח. This week we have been
reviewing פרק י"ג and are preparing for our בחינה. In our pursuit of educational skills and
proper educational behaviors, we have been continuously poring over our חומשים and fully
acquiring mastery of our פרק.
A Lesson Learned in Class: רש"י taught us that when the מרגלים traveled through ארץ כנען
their journey was cut significantly shorter in travel time. Why? Because 'ה knew that the עונש
for their time used for an עבירה would be one year in the מדבר for every day traveled.
Therefore, in 'ה‘s infinite רחמנרת, he shortened the travel time miraculously (by a minimum of
40 days). The boys brought out a very important lesson. 'ה is not just looking to punish us,
rather it is just an inevitable מידת הדין. Therefore, אבינו אב הרחמן felt that it was כדאי to change
the טבע of the world just to decrease having to punish us. How comforting is it to be watched
over by such a powerful yet merciful G-d? Can we appreciate the חסדי ה' ?
In הלכה: We have started preparing the הלכות of חנוכה. It was moving to see our boys’
excitement to tackle the numerous הלכות and answering their review booklets!
Have a great שבת!
Rabbi Moshe Gildengorn
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Upper Boys Rabbi Gildengorn
Reviewing the taryag mitzvos
Gemara Game Show trial run
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Dear Parents, ש“עמו
Melamed Academy is loaded with different
subjects each offering a unique learning
experience. In order to familiarize you with what
the children are learning and share the boys
experiences we will be interviewing one boy
each week on a topic that he has covered. This
week, we will zoom in on Science Studies Weekly
with Chanoch Levine.
Studies Weekly is a platform we use for social
studies and science for the 5th grade. The topics
are divided up by weeks, so each week we take
one topic to learn about. This week he learned
all about electricity.
“At the end of the lesson they even teach you how
to make an electric circuit! When you open the
lessons, there are introduction videos to get you
ready to do the reading. As you read there is a
tracker on the progress of the reading, and when
finished you take a 10-12 question test.”
Based on an interview with Chanoch Levine
Melamed Academy Rabbi Sabbagh
LIVINGNG TORAH MUSEUM
Spotlight on…
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This trip was an unforgettable experience, yet at the same time, very
difficult to describe. Our talmidim saw and actually held ancient artifacts
that related to Chanukah that were from that time period. These included
a silver coin minted with the image of Antiochus, a Greek dreidel, and
the oldest menora extant valued at $1 million. The difficult part is
describing the feeling of seeing and handling items thousands of years
old that are mention in various places throughout Torah. Fantastic!
Incredible! Amazing! Surreal!