General Studies
The name of our math program.
What is My Math?
- Math books for each student to write in.
-modeled lessons, guided practice, independent practice, and homework as review.
This teacher sews her own clothes.
Who is Yelena?
She is very good!
This is the name of the social-emotional learning approach we use at Briskin.
What is R.U.L.E.R.?
Recognizing
Understanding
Labeling
Expressing
Regulating
Tools include Charter, Mood Meter, Meta Moment, Blueprint, feeling word curriculum
This is how you say "Good Morning" in Hebrew.
What is Boker Tov?
This folder goes home full at the end of each week.
What is the Friday Folder?
-will come home full of projects and assignments completed during the week.
-should be returned EMPTY on Monday.
-stickers for every Monday it is brought back empty.
The only regular homework assigned in kindergarten.
What is reading to/with your child(ren) every night!
-reading is developmental (crawling, walking)
-improves language, literacy, and listening skills.
-promotes bonding and emotional development
This teacher just started a Master's in Social Work.
Who is Karen?
Go Sooners!
This is the largest country in Western Europe.
What is France?
Kindergarten will be studying France leading up to Global Fest this year!
This is how you say red in Hebrew.
What is adom?
This is the name of the puppet that visits our class every 10th day of school.
Who is Zero the Hero?
This is where students should start when writing letters and numbers.
What is at the top?
The lines in handwriting are called the sky line, fire line, and grass line.
Always start at the sky or fire line!
This teacher's grandparents met at TIOH.
Who is Brigitte?
She is TIOH Royalty!
This is a black and white bird that cannot fly.
What is a penguin?
Units of study are based around science but are cross-curricular.
Five senses, tree homes, force, penguins, and butterflies.
Each student will be assigned a Friday when they get to do this special job in Hebrew or Judaic Studies.
What is the Shabbat Helper?
-weekly schedule is in the packet.
-parents can zoom in!
The name of the website we use for movement breaks and fun!
What is Go Noodle?
Educational, themed, silly, and fun!
During this time, students are put into small groups and go through rotations focused on particular skills.
What are language arts rotations?
-3 times per week
-two teacher-led groups and one independent group
-focus on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
This teacher bakes very good cookies.
Who is Jessie?
She has never met a cookie she does not like.
The name of the project each student will complete when they are "student of the week."
What is Marvelous Me?
-each student will be assigned a week to be marvelous me.
The name of our Hebrew puppet.
Who is Safta Rivka?
This instrument, popularized by music educator Carl Orff, is the basis for Briskin's kindergarten music program.
What is the xylophone?
The term used to describe sounding out a word and independently writing a letter or group of letters to represent each sound the child hears.
What is inventive spelling or kid code?
This teacher is currently in the process of moving.
Who is Lobat?
-She needs more space because...
This is the most exciting day of kindergarten and includes creating an at-home project.
What is the 100th day of school?
-each student makes a 100th day project
-the entire day is focused on the number 100!
On the third day of creation, G-d created this.
What are trees and plants?
Kindergarten engages in this activity every morning to build social, emotional, and fine/gross motor skills.
What is Explorations?
-We start each day with explorations.
-Emphasis on learning through play!