On Sunday, our students completed presenting their choices for our class Tzedakah צדקה project. Each student had the chance to present their charity or organization and tell us a little bit about why their cause was worthy of our class’s collection. After several rounds of voting and discussion, our class has chosen St. Baldrick’s Foundation for Childhood Cancer and Water 1st International. Continue reading
Month: September 2017
Beginning Trope
My daughter, Hannah Jane, is in 3rd grade. This is her first year as a Hebrew student at TBI. Last night we were discussing her Hebrew lesson with Morah Tammy. She loves this new skill of speaking בעברית (in Hebrew) and last night requested her dinner in Hebrew: ״אני רוצה לאכל נקנק״ (I want to eat hotdogs). Continue reading
Junior Youth Group
6th Graders are eligible to join our TBI Junior Youth Group (JYG). JYG is for TBI members in 6th, 7th and 8th Grade. The first JYG event of the year is this Sunday, September 17 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room. Pizza lunch will be served, and the cost is $5 per person. For more information or to RSVP, contact our Junior Youth Group Director, Rachel Shaykin.
Our first day
We had a great first day yesterday! We got to know one another, discussed the expectations of our classroom, passed out books and materials and started our first trope lesson. In the last few minutes of class I requested the students’ email addresses (if they wanted to receive email notices of new blog posts) and talked briefly about the blog. Continue reading
Welcome to 6th Grade
Welcome to 6th Grade / Kitah Dalet! My name is Marla Aviva Bentley, but you can call me מורה מרלה Morah Marla. This is my 7th year teaching here at TBI. For some of you, I have taught your older brother or sister. I am thrilled to meet each of you and your parents in the coming week. To learn more about me and my family, visit the ABOUT page of our blog.
This blog is where you will come to find out all the latest information about our class. The Home page will keep a running journal of our class activities, projects and assignments. Other pages of the blog detail specific projects such as the T’filah Project page or Trope page. Whenever I post to our blog, I will send you an email with a reminder to check the blog. Please be sure that the email provided to the school is the email you prefer I send information to. If there is another email you want included in any newsletters, please let me know.
Don’t forget that the opening day of Sunday school, September 10, you will be attending B’nai Mitzvah Seminar with your parents from 9:00-10:00 am with Rabbi Weinberg. At 10:00 you will join me for the rest of Religious School. Parents are welcome to visit in our class after a presentation in the Sanctuary (around 10:20). Our second session of Hebrew school will be from 11:10-12:10, followed by the Brotherhood picnic until 1:00 p.m. Sisterhood will be having our annual bake sale from 8:45-1:00 pm opening day too.
In the meanwhile, I look forward to meeting all of you this Wednesday for the first day of Hebrew school!