Sukkah Day 18

1. Explain how the Sukkah represents Judaism to you. If it does not, explain why. The sukkah represents Judaism to me by being the main part of a holiday and being holy.

2. What part of the Sukkah building process are you most excited to share with families/friends and why? I am most excited to show the studs and the carriage bolts and how hard we had to work to get the walls together.

3. What aspect of the building have you felt most connected to and why? I feel most connected to the studs because they were the hardest part and they connect everything.

4. How has building the Sukkah as a class helped grow your sense of community? The sukkah has grown our sense of community by forcing us to work with people that we may not exactly get along with. It also shows our true work ethic

5. When your family comes to the Sukkah on Wednesday night, what is one thing you are going to tell them about and why? I will tell my family about the trip to lowes and hot hard it was to get everything on and off the bus.

  1. Screwing plywood in
  2. Putting up skach
  3. putting up more plywood

Sukkah Day 16

1. What did you do today (describe the process of what you accomplished)? Today we got the 3rd wall up. I put the carraige bolts in. We also got the window in.

2.What is one thing you have done so far you were initially scared/worried about, but now feel more confident in after all this practice? I Was scared that I would drop something and hurt myself. I have not gotten hurt. I am very confident.

3. Give a step by step account of what you have done so far to get our Sukkah up to where it is today.

  1. we put sides together with carriage bolts
  2. we brought wood outside
  3. we put 2 sides together with screws and nails
  4. we put together studs
  5. we did 3rd corner
  6. we did other side of studs
  7. we did last corner
  8. we helped other groups for 1.5 weeks
  9. we brought wall to other side of school
  10. we put one wall up
  11. we used carriage bolts to connect the walls

We are getting the sukkah put safely together.

Sukkah Day 15

1. What did you do today (describe the process of what you accomplished)? Today I started putting the carriage bolts in. I use a giant drill and put it through 8 inches of wood. I also used a socket wrench to put the hex nuts on the carriage bolt.

2. What is one thing you have done so far you were initially scared/worried about, but now feel more confident in after all this practice? I was worried that my group was not going to pay attention and Dilly-dally the whole time. This did not happen we were the first group to bring our wood outside. We the FIRST wall done!!!!

3. Give a step by step account of what you have done so far to get our Sukkah up to where it is today.

  1. we put sides together with carriage bolts
  2. we brought wood outside
  3. we put 2 sides together with screws and nails
  4. we put together studs
  5. we did 3rd corner
  6. we did other side of studs
  7. we did last corner
  8. we helped other groups for 1.5 weeks
  9. we brought wall to other side of school
  10. we put one wall up
  11. we used carriage bolts to connect the walls

  1. Finishing our side wall
  2. putting our studs in
  3. doing the door frame

Sukkah Day 14

1. Explain in at least two sentences what YOU accomplished today. Today I accomplished finishing my sister stud so our wall could be done. I also felt like a leader when I came up with good ideas.

2. Explain in at least two sentences what YOUR GROUP accomplished today. Today my group finished our wall. We also carried it to the side of the school.

3. Explain in at least two sentences what YOUR GROUP has to finish tomorrow. If you don’t know, ask a group member. Tomorrow we need to help other groups move their walls. We can also paint our plywood.

Sukkah Day 13

1. Today, we worked on Screwing in the sister studs, and it felt great to do this because we were all working together with great and getting it done.

2. An example of when I worked well with a classmate was when we were doing the sister studs.

3. I have nothing left on my Sukkah wall. I am feeling awesome about the amount of work left.

This is us doing the sister studs.

Sukkah Day 12

 

today we were practicing hammering nails. We kept messing the real nails up so we practiced. We were teaching each other how to do it.

 

This is my group preparing to start the building for today.

 

 

This is us coming out bright and early to start.

 

 

This is a shot from a distance.

 

 

This is a picture of us bringing out materials.

Sukkah Day 11

1. What did your group accomplish today? Today we finished our wall!!!!!!!!

2. What do you have left to complete in order for your wall to be finished? Nothing!!!!!!!!!

3. Explain how well your group communicated/participated today. Be sure to include one specific example. We were great, there was no fighting.

Include at least 1 photo from today, with a description for each photo (ex: where were you, what were you doing, what did you feel at that time).

We were doing our final corner!!!!!

Sukkah Day 10

1. What did your group accomplish today? We got almost all of our studs done

2. What do you have left to complete in order for your wall to be finished? We have 2 studs and one corner.

3. What help do you need from me (Adon Kaufman) or your classmates? Be specific. We need nothing, we are doing great.

Include at least 1 photo from yesterday, with a description for each photo (ex: where were you, what were you doing, what did you feel at that time).I was drilling holes

Sukkah Day 9

1. Describe what skills (s) you have learned so far. Who taught you those skills? How did they teach you those skills? How can have mastered those skills? I learned how to build things much better than last year. Kaufman taught me with examples. I have mastered using screws.

2. Explain if you believe your group is ahead of behind other groups. Explain why you believe you are at that point. my group is ahead of all of the groups because we have all of our studs and most of out corners in. And most groups have not started the studs.

3. How effectively did your group communicate and collaborate with each other? Provide one SPECIFIC example to support your point. We communicated well. If we did not we would not be as far as we currently are

4. Today is a complete reset from last week. What is one goal YOU have for yourself? One goal is to finish our wall by Wednesday.

5. What is one goal you have for YOUR team? we have the same goal that is above.

Include at least 1 photo from yesterday, with a description for each photo (ex: where were you, what were you doing, what did you feel at that time).

~just need to connect the last set of studs and we will have one wall done!

Sukkah Day 8 – Problem Solving

1. What are the five steps to solving a problem (please list the steps)?

  1. find problem
  2. find solution 1
  3. find solution 2
  4. find solution 3
  5. try and see what works best2. Your group identified a problem you were experiencing. What was the problem? What were your solutions?
    our problem was getting consent from groupmates to do stuff and we solved it!!!
    3. Describe how it felt working with your group after you identified your problem and came up with solutions.
    It was so much easier now that we got that off of our shoulders.

Sukkah Purchasing Day

1. Describe a situation when you collaborated well with your group yesterday

Yesterday I collaborated well with my team when we were looking for pillows and wood. We knew exactly what to get and we did not argue.

2. Provide a specific example of a time when you did not collaborate well with your group yesterday

yesterday when we were looking for paint and spray paint our group did not collaborate well because we were arguing about how much we needed and the prices of our products.

3. For the specific example of your struggles, how would you change your behavior/actions next time so as to do better?

I would be calmer and let my groupmates choose so there was less arguing and to make it quicker. I shouldn’t care so much about colors.

4. Explain how well you planned (what you need to buy and how much) and executed that plan (actually did what you said you were going to do).

I think we planned well because we spent exactly $150 dollars and we got the exact amount of bolts and wood. We needed 12 2x4x10 and 3 2x4x12 also we needed 7 pillows, 7 carriage bolts, and more decor.

this is us finding our wood and carriage bolts.

 Sukkah Day 3

 

1. On Friday, we worked on the organization of our purchasing plan. We are organized with our purchasing because we worked tirelessly.
2. My level of organization has helped our Sukkah project so far. An example of this is I have neatly organized our prices on the google doc

sukkah day 2

1. Yesterday, we worked on our Sukkah project by finding our paint and screws and bolts. My part in the process was to find the paint.
2. One thing I learned because of this Sukkah project was we need more paint

Sukkah Day 1

1. Yesterday, we started our Sukkah project by finding the wood and decorations and price. My part in the process was to find the prices on lowes.com.
2. I am excited about building the sukkah because I have never built something that big.
3. I am a bit worried/not looking forward to nothing because it will be fun.
4. My biggest challenge yesterday was to find the wood online because it took a while.
5. Today, I will overcome my challenges by being more specific in my searches.