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| December 9, 2011 | 13 Kislev, 5772 |
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MJCDS Maggid/Teller
the weekly newsletter of
Madison Jewish Community Day School
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| Shalom! | |
This week, 3/4 students ran their own literature circle book discussion groups,1/2 students studied magnetism, kindergarteners created their own version of a classic picture book, and everyone rehearsed Hanukkah songs.
Hope to see you Sunday at Tzedakah Night (details below.) Don't forget to bring gently-used children's books for our book drive benefitting The Road Home, an organization that serves homeless families with children in collaboration with local faith communities.
Shabbat Shalom!
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| Literature Circles |
 Third and fourth grade students have been doing an amazing job discussing their current reading material in "Literature Circles."
Each student is assigned a role such as the Discussion Director, who writes questions about the assigned chapter to discuss with the group. The Word Wizard gathers information on difficult or important vocabulary, and the Summarizer helps the group remember key plot points. Students rotate through the various roles each session, so that they all have a turn to try them out. It's wonderful to be able to listen in on these sophisticated and insightful student-led conversations!
The students are currently discussing The Heart of a Chief, by Joseph Bruchac. This is a story about a young boy living on a Penacook reservation today and attending a public middle school for the first time. Some of the students' most interesting discussions have centered on the main characters' conflicting feelings of pride in carrying on the traditions of his tribe and his desire to fit in at school. The students immediately voiced a connection with this character as they pondered the similar transition they will make in just a few years. I can't wait to hear more during their next literature circle!
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| Kindergarteners, Kindergarteners, What Do You See? |
 After reading the popular children's book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle, the kindergarten class wrote and illustrated their own version of this classic. This gave students a chance to creatively use color words, which they are working on adding to their sight vocabulary. This project also required them to sequence the words in sentences and the events in the story.
On each page of the book, a single-colored animal is asked the question, "What do you see?" Kindergarteners proudly read their own class book! They, of course, continue to enjoy many more books by the popular children's authors and illustrators, Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle.
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| Announcements |
Sunday Performance Logistics:
Please arrive at 3:15 pm.
Kindergarteners should wear either black or blue long bottoms and a solid colored shirt. (They will be representing different colored
candles.)
Third and fourth grade students should wear a solid white shirt and either blue jeans, black pants or blue pants.
There is no special attire for 1-2 students.
Hanukkah Havdalah Save the Date
Save the date for a gathering of MJCDS families Saturday night, Dec. 24 at the Rudins' home. We will do havdalah and celebrate Hanukkah and the beginning of winter break. Todah Rabbah to the Rudin family for the idea and the hospitality!
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Scholastic
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Hanukkah is coming! What better gift could there be than books? Look for flyers from Scholastic Book Clubs in your child's backpack and order online at www.scholastic.com/bookclub or by return the form to your child's classroom teacher. Mrs. Harris's classes use code HGZG2. Orders are due Dec 16. |
| Hanukkah Tzedakah Night this Sunday |
Join us this Sunday at the annual Hanukkah Tzedakah Night event, Dec. 11, 3:30-5:30 pm at the Goodman Jewish Community Campus in Verona.
This community-wide event produced by the Jewish Federation of Madison will feature a singalong led by Music Together teacher Aaron Johnson and performances by Yonim Israeli dancers, as well as students from Gan HaYeled, Chug Ivrit and the Madison Jewish Community Day School.
Following the performances, Hannukah and/or tzedakah activities organized by groups from around the Jewish community will begin.
The MJCDS community will be running a booth where we will collect gently used children's books that will be donated to the Road Home, and where we will also create festive bookmarks to take home.
Please bring gently used books (there is a special need for board books if you have them), and sign up to staff the booth by contacting Rabbi Ben-Gideon.
The Family Education Committee will be collecting money for The Road Home and the Camp Shalom Scholarship Fund and requests donations of $5 per family.
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| Upcoming Events |
Sun. Dec. 11: Hanukkah Tzedakah Night, Book Drive and Student Performance, 3:30 pm
Board Meeting, 8 pm.
Mon. Dec. 12: Geology Museum Trip (3-4 class)
Fri. Dec. 16: Swimming Lessons
Kabbalat Shabbat Together 1:25 pm
Mon. Dec 19: Students perform Hanukkah songs at Senior Residences
Tues. Dec. 20: Children's Museum Field Trip
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Let's stay in touch! Keep the lines of communication flowing with your child's teachers by calling school at 608-204-9900 or by emailing them at:
Jodi Harris jodi.harris@madisonjewishdayschool.com
Geri Goldman geri@madisonjewishdayschool.com Meisha Leibson meisha@madisonjewishdayschool.com Rabbi Ben-Gideon rabbi@madisonjewishdayschool.com |
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