Summary: Joshua was born in 1355 BC, in the Land of Goshen. Joshua was one of the 12 spies and was also Moses assistant. When Moses died right before leading the israelites into Israel G-d asked Joshua to take the lead and lead the jews into Israel. Joshua lead the jews into Canaan and then later passed away in 1245 BC. 

Deeper meaning: The deeper meaning of this story  is help people out when they need it. Moses died and the jews needed a leader to walk them through Israel. So Joshua stept in  when asked to help and took the responsibility and lead the jews to Canaan. 

Relevance: 

1. Do what you want, to others. 

     2. If you want people being nice to you, be nice to them.

1) Who do you think is a good leader and why? (Feel free to check out this list . I think a good leader is my grandma and my grandpa because I look up to them.

2) Call a grandparent or someone else that you feel would appreciate the call and ask them who they feel is a good leader and why? I asked my grandma and she said Governor Cuomo she said a good leader doesn’t just tell people what to do he has good form lots of people.

3) Write a blog post about leadership- include both the answers above AND how they are similar to or different that what we learned about Joshua. I think no because I don’t know Joshua so I don’t know how he feels.

This is my family room. This place is special to me because I always sit on my chair and couch and water shows with my mom and my sister. It make me feel happy because I feel comfertable and calm.

1. I am excited to create the experience for the kindergarten because I remember how fun it was when I was in kindergarten.
2. Something that has been challenging was coming up with things to do with the parsha my partner and I are doing.
3. My favorite part of the exdous story is the last part when moses and the slaves get freed and when they cross the water.

The Purim story influences our values as Jews today by show us how to stand up for ourselves for example when Esther went to the king to tell him what happened even though she could of gotten killed. We can act on these values by standing up for what you believe in. A problem that I see in the world are shootings. I would stand up by saying I don’t want people who aren’t in the military not to buy guns because people are getting shot. For example I could write to the senator and say what I feel about the laws. I could also talk to my class and to my family about how I think the laws should change.

One challenge that I had was reading/doing the megillah because I can’t read Hebrew. I practiced a lot in school by listening to it and also having it in hebrish (Hebrew-English) was really helpful. I had to learn how to make is interesting for the kids but also for me.

I now know that there are 3 important things about trope Melody, Accent, and Punctuation. I also know that there are 6 different types of trope.

I opened the Tanach I think I’m going to learn by…

I think we are going to learn what happened on Purim, why we have Purim, how to do mitzvot, and how we celebrate Purim.

We celebrate Purim at school by having a carnival, and go out and do mitzvot.

B’makom Sh’ayn ish, Tishtadel lehiyot ish.

I think it means that you don’t have to be like everyone else be your own person be a leader but follow too.

My goal is to be a question asker because I feel that if I do that I can be the best me.

We got to go to City-Hall on tuesday it was a really cool and fun experience. We got on the bus and it took 40-45 minutes for Hillel to get on the bus. We got there at around 1:45. When we got there we sat down and they gave us hat’s and sandwiches lunches. I ate the bread of the sandwich and ate my own lunch. When we were eating our lunches some people talked and The Mayor. Then the people called us by groups to get cake. When we were done with the cake. We got number stickers and got into groups.  We played a really fun game and you had to work together to solve the clues. I feel like it was a cool experience to see the Mayor talk about Israel’s birthday.

1. Was the Experiential Exodus objective met? How do I know kindergartners learned what was intended? I feel like I could of done more about the learning part because it could of been more about the plagues instead of just a game.

2. Were the kindergartners actively engaged? How do I know? I think they were confused at first but then they got it and it was fun.

3. Did I alter my plan as I presented the experience from one group to the next? Why? No because it was fun the first time and pretty simple. So I just stuck with it.

4. What additional assistance, support, and/or resources would have further enhanced this experience? Maybe more time. 

5. If I had the opportunity to share the experience again with the same group of kindergarteners, would I do anything differently? What? Why? I would make it more educational about the plagues.