Moreh Ari's Class: Back in the Saddle

It's obviously been a while since I've communicated, and I figured it might happen, but I'm found a few minutes, and I'll just give some highlights of what's been going on in my classes since report cards came out.

In Kindergarten, grade 6, and junior high gym, my classes have been aided by a guest teacher, Michal, who has been doing amazing work in all three classes. She's an experienced dance instructor and I am very grateful to have her teaching me and the students a lot of new activities, projects, and games that make dance engaging and enjoyable.

In all the grades, of course, we are also working hard on Purim. In grade 9 we filmed a special presentation I am editing and can't wait to unveil at the assembly. In all of junior high, they've studied about the hidden role of God in the story of Purim and how we relate our lives to the state of the Jews in Persia.

In grade 2, 3, 4, and 5, they have been studying from Tal Am materials, doing puppet shows, and playing all kinds of games that help them remember the story of Purim and all the traditions we have.

In Art, grade 3 has made some clay sculptures and painted them. They have also been experimenting with art and soundwaves. I will post those pictures when the projects are finished, but they could explain it perhaps.

With grade 2, we have done a couple of art projects revolving around Bereshit, and we are about to begin some watercolor paintings.

In grade 4/5, their tissue paper mosaic group projects came out wonderfully, and they will be doing more advanced work with soundwaves starting tomorrow.

Finally, in grade 6, they are learning to use pixlr online graphic editor and WeVideo video editor to make stop motion animation. We've just begun and I will definitely post some of their videos soon.

In Options, we have begun to design 3D printable objects for our brand new 3D printer. It's super exciting, but also super frustrating, because it's a very finicky machine. It was built from scratch like an IKEA robot, and we've had to order a new part to get it to work again :( However, we've seen it in action and it's awesome and I can't wait to post all kinds of stuff we get done in the near future once it arrives.

SO as you can see, it has been excruciatingly busy, and the blog has fallen unfortunate victim to the balagan. However, it's still on my radar and I am still trying. Here are some photos, and I hope to put up some thoughts for parashat hashavua tomorrow.

3D designs ready for printing