Pre-K+4+Tu+B'Shvat


 * = Essential Questions ||= * Why do we need trees?
 * How do we celebrate Tu B'Shvat?
 * Why do we celebrate Tu B'Shvat || Content/ Skills ||
 * = Judaic Studies ||= * Teach the kids where fruits and vegetables come from and how it all comes from Hashem
 * celebrate the birthday of the trees
 * teach about Israel and the importance of rain in Israel ||  ||
 * = Language Arts ||= * Kids learn Hebrew vocabulary for fruits and vegetables and parts of the trees
 * grocery lists in housekeeping
 * kids dictate words about a specific fruit or vegetable
 * Kids will wirte what ther tree would be if they could be an tree ||  ||
 * = Social Studies ||= * Look at pictures of trees in Israel
 * skyped with Israel and saw how they celebrated Tu B'Shvat with the seder ||  ||
 * = Math ||= * Kids sorted foods by where they came from
 * measure fruits and vegetables ||  ||
 * = Science ||= * Weigh and measure fruits and vegetables
 * making a fruit salad
 * planting
 * look at specific vegetables before cooked and compare to after being cooked ||  ||
 * = Social Skills ||= * Drama section is turned into fruit and vegetable store and kids interact with each other in school ||  ||
 * = Creativity/ Critical Thinking ||= * Observational drawings of the fruits and vegetables,
 * write a book called "If you can grow any tree, what would it be" and kids will illustrate it,
 * kids create tree art with variety of materials ||  ||
 * = Resources ||= * Internet
 * books ("The Giving Tree")
 * Skype ||  ||
 * = Assessment ||