Ms. Kalfon’s News Continuing to Build our World May 20, 2016  dkalfon@akibaacademy.org Important Dates and Times Continuing to Build our World The children really love coming together with friends and family. Especially when they have a chance to share their talents! We ended a busy week of learning with our Lower School Shabbat Oneg. Yehuda Sabo was so proud to stand with his Aba, Rabbi Sabo, to sing HaTikvah. Benji Furman and his other creative teammates demonstrated their architectural abilities with Legos! We also had a chance to contribute in making a new tile Mosaic. Friday May 6: Dismissal, 3:00 p.m. Candle Lighting, 8:10p.m. Monday, May 30: Memorial Day – No School Estimation Jar 5/20: Jadon Abramov 5/27: Xander Denn 6/3: Alma Daniel Pet Care Taker 5/23: Caleb Hochshuler (1A); Yitzchaki Lewin (1B) WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK Language Arts Math Words of the Week Mystery Readers “ea” / “ee” sound Learning: Main idea Details Making conclusions Reviewing: Numbers up to 40 and 100 Tens and Ones Learning Halves and quarters Call, help, gave, give, help, thank, their, Vocabulary: recently 5/26: Sarah Rosen 6/2: Keren Daniel May 24th – 3rd Grade Poetry Slam May 25th - 4th Grade State Fair