Pre-K+4+Pesach

Making a seder plate to learn what is on it. Making a Maggid book - emphasizing how important it is to feel that we are the ones leaving Mitzrayim. Mah Nishtana puppets to help us learn it. Makkot mittens. Makie afikomen bag to use at the seder. ||  || different ways people make charoset, skyping with Israel, Different types of Jews - sephardic and ashkenazic, 3 types of Jews for the 3 matzot- kohanim, liveeim and yisroel - what were each of their jobs in B'nei Yisroel .Cleaning for Pesach- have kids bring in cleaning supplies from home. Send survey home to parents- how is Pesach celebrated at home with specific questions. Beeur chametz- communal burning of chometz before Pesach, communal kashering, selling chametz with the Rabbi. ||  || Put out paper and supplies to make flowers for spring to decorate room. Put out Pesach stencils for creative art. Make afikomen bag with needlepoint plastic and ribbon- kids will do whatever pattern they want ||  ||
 * = Essential Questions ||= How and why we celebrate Pesach today in our homes || Content/Skills ||
 * = Judaic Studies ||= Learning the story of Yetziat Mitzrayim, Learning the seder plate and the order of the Seder with Hebrew vocabulary.
 * = Language Arts ||= Learning the story from the chumash.Reading many,many Pesach books. Singing Pesach songs. Writing Pesach riddles. Learning the Mah Nishtan.a KWL chart- what questions do you have about Pesach - what do you want to know. ||  ||
 * = Social Studies ||= How Pesach is celebrated in different families, how it is celebrated in different countries, different customs at the seder,
 * = Math ||= Counting- the order of the seder, 4 cups of wine, 3 matzot, Songs- One is Hashem, Sequencing- how matza is made, Preparing charoset, Use of stencils and cutting on lines.. Counting the Makkot and sequencing them.Game to sequence order of the seder. Hopscotch with order of the seder. ||  ||
 * = Science ||= Making charoset- what happens when you mix ingredients together? Making salt water- what happens to the salt when you put it in the water? Boil potatoes for Karpas- compare the potato before boiling and after. Cutting and peeling potatoes, apples. ||  ||
 * = Social Skills ||= Painting large sheets together for cover of Maggid book. Dramatizing the story - working out who gets what part. Working together on the projects ||  ||
 * = Creativity/ Critical Thinking ||= Put out costumes for kids to act out story. Order forms in housekeeping to write up Pesach order. Set up seder table in housekeeping center. Game to determine what is chometz and what is kosher l'pesach.
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