B”H

Dear Parents,

The Purple Room Friends worked with their Waseca sets this week. They learned about the different levels and how to work through each level as they increase in difficulty. They sounded out the words focusing on the ‘a’ sound in CVC words (CVC = Consonant Vowel Consonant).

In Math the Purple Room Whizzes tried to find many ways to make 6, 9 and some even tried to find ways to make 12.

In this week’s Parsha the Purple Room Friends learned about the largest court in the Land of Israel; the Sanhedrin and how the 71 judges sat in a semicircle while in the court. The Friends sat in a semicircle this week during Davening.

They also learned that a Jewish King would always travel with a Torah of his own. They played a fun game where they wore a crown and became a King and Queen themselves. They know that we must say a special bracha (blessing) when we see royalty.

The Purple Room Friends also learned about not wasting which included ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ – another feature highlighted in this week’s Parsha. Thank you to all who contributed to the Purple Room Recycle Box. The Friends went through it and decided what can be reused or reduced or recycled. They learned that we may not cut down a fruit tree. We may also only cut down other trees if we have a use for their wood. 

Discussion: Do you have a fruit tree on your property? 

Ari: I got a lemon tree.

Zoe: A grape trees. Just two grape trees. 

Mason: Lemon.

Hammond: I have a orange bush. Not a tree.

Roni: I have a watermelon growing in the ground.

Jemma: I don’t have any fruit growing. But my mom watered a plant and it got so big. Our cactus grew pink flowers and purple flowers.

Discussion: Suppose you were to build another room onto your home and needed the space where the fruit trees are growing. What would you do?

Roni: You could put it in a pot and put it in the new room.

Zoe: You can move the tree a little bit with your hand and make the new room at the same time.

Alice: You could build the room somewhere else.

Ari: If the fruit tree is already in a pot you can carry it. You could move it into the living room.

Hammond: If the tree gets too big in the pot you could make a hole in the ground and put it there. 

Art

The Purple Room Artists created Cotton Rounds Art with Pippettes to create a class mural which now hangs on the classroom door. Using the three primary colors, red, blue and yellow, they blended to create new colors.

Songs:

We pass the Torah around

Around and around.

Where it stops we do not know,

But you are the King!

Song 2:

(TTTO She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain)

Oh the king will hold his Torah

When he comes 2x

Oh the king will hold his Torah

‘Cause he always holds his Torah

Yes, the king will hold his Torah

When he comes

And we all will say a bracha

When he comes 2x

For a king we make a bracha

Yes, we say a special bracha

For a king we make a bracha

When he comes

Have a wonderful Shabbos!

Morah Perline and Morah Chaya