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1 The Week IN words November 4, :18 ג חשון תשעו פרשת נח

2 MAZEL TOV! Rabbi Moshe and Nina Rubin on the birth of a son. The second session of A er School clubs will be star ng on November 21. Keep your eyes open for registra on informa on! Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Wednesday, November 16 & Wednesday, November 23. Please visit portal to sign up. **NEW THIS YEAR All teachers will be available to meet on both scheduled nights. Carpool Reminders U turns in the parking lot are never permitted, even when other cars are not present Remain in your car when picking up and dropping off your child All carpool messages/changes must be received no later than 2:30p.m.

3 JuNIOr Pre-K PRESs JUNIOR PRE-KII & - MOROT MIRIAM & NAOMI We had a week full of learning and fun in Junior PreK! The children were enthralled listening to the story of Parshas Noach. They enjoyed trying to create their own teivos at center time with blocks, little people and animals. They also created a teivah to take home and learned a special song about Noach. "Noach was a tzaddik, a tzaddik, a tzaddik, Noach was a tzaddik in his days. The people all were wicked, wicked, wicked, the people all were wicked in their ways. Noach built a teivah, a teivah, a teivah, Noach built a teivah for everyone to see" This week we celebrated Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan! We learned that Rosh Chodesh is a special day. To honor the special day, we made Rosh Chodesh hats and joined the other classes for a special Rosh Chodesh activity where we made edible rainbows. We learned that we start davening for rain this month. We discussed the importance of rain and why we ask Hashem to bring us rain. The children had so many good ideas to add to our discussion and as a follow up activity enjoyed decorating the classroom with a big umbrella and raindrops. We started an exciting new unit about Shabbos. We know Shabbos is a very special day and began the unit by discussing the things we do to prepare each week for Shabbos. JUNIOR PRE-KII- MORAH LINDSAY This has been a very busy and fun week! It was so nice to get back to our full week routine. We spent this week completing our unit about Zoo Animals. We finished up our zoo animal book and are so excited to show you all the animal crafts we made. We talked about giraffes and even made our own giraffe eating leaves, since the children learned that giraffes love to eat fresh leaves from high up on the top of the trees. As a game we took our zoo animals and sorted them by the foods that they eat. We put carnivores in one group and herbivores in another. The children then took turns "feeding" the animals the foods they like to eat. For example, tigers are carnivores and we fed them steak. Zebras are herbivores, so we fed them hay and fruit. The children are working hard on their cutting skills and practiced by cutting out many different animals. Some of the children needed a little guidance but are really getting the hang of it! Another exciting thing we did this week was meet our first letter animal puppet. Her name was Alligator Ann. She was shy to come out and see everyone until we all sang "A is for alligator, alligator Ann, A aaaaa." After we sang to her, she came out and opened up her mouth really wide to show everyone the letter A that she had in her mouth. We then went around the circle and had the children open up their mouths one by one and Alligator Ann said the first letter of each child's name. The children thought it was hysterical. We discussed the letter A and words that begin with an A. We even have some friends in class whose names start with the letter A! Adina, Ahuva and Avigayil! We each made our very own Alligator Ann puppet! Next week we will start our new unit on farm animals. If anyone has empty milk cartons, soda bottles, egg cartons or toilet paper rolls, please send them in for some fun projects that we will be doing!

4 WEeKLY WRAP-UP

5 WEeKLY WRAP-UP

6 Erev Shabbos Parashas Noach 5777 Dear Parents, There s an endless debate that swirls around the question of what matters most; a person s words, or a person s actions. All voters caught up in the current presidential campaign season that is (blessedly) coming to a close will agree that even if actions are the most important words are very, very important. What and how things are said have a tremendous impact, especially on the listener s emotions. This concept is perhaps most pithily summed up by the famous saying: The pen is mightier than the sword. A clear example of the impact of words and attitudes on behavior can be seen in this week s Parsha. The Torah presents the incident of Noach s exposure after becoming drunk (Bereishis 9:22) with the following words: And Cham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and went to tell his brothers (who were) outside. As brought by the commentator Daas Zekeinim M Baalei Tosfos (Pasuk 25) the Medrash (Pirkei D Rabi Eliezer 23) says the following is what occurred: Cham saw his father uncovered, he went to tell his brothers in a disparaging manner, not with proper respect. Then this information became known outside, Canaan (Cham s son) heard and performed a despicable act against Noach. The Daas Zekeinim observes this is why Cham was referred to as Canaan s father - he is the father of the transgressor. Our late Rosh HaYeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Chanoch Henach Leibowitz, zt l, pointed out that according to the Daas Zekeinim, Cham is held accountable for his son s horrendous behavior, because his own behavior showed a lack of proper respect for his father. What is the connection? Cham didn t do anything wrong? Why is he being blamed for another s actions? It appears that Cham s disrespectful attitude allowed the natural respect his son Canaan had until then felt towards his grandfather, the Tzadik and Gadol Hador, Noach, to be shaken, opening the door to an unimaginable affront to Noach s dignity and stature. Without Cham s disrespectful manner of speaking, Canaan would not have acted the way he did. Do we show proper respect and reverence towards those we love? Are we careful to speak respectfully and honorably about Rabbonim, Mechanchim, Talmidei Chachamim? Do our attitudes and speech reflect a proper regard for our community leaders, older people, our boss and people in general? Do we realize the impact our words and attitudes have on our children? We express our emotions about people, institutions, government leaders, entire communities do we stop to listen to how our words are being internalized by our children? At this frenzied end-of-campaign time, as horrible words and disrespectful talk is everywhere, we need to realize their negative impact on (ourselves and) our children and bend over backwards in the opposite direction to be role models of dignity, honor, respect and mentschlichkeit. We can t control or significantly influence the outcome of the election, but how we speak and behave will impact our children and future generations for eternity. Have a wonderful Shabbos,

7 Now that Yom Tov is BEHIND us, it s time to start thinking AHEAD about SCRIP. The Scrip program starts in August and ends in July. All YTCTE families are required to purchase $5,000 in Scrip throughout the year All Scrip purchases will be applied to your family obligation of $5,000. Scrip is available to most stores that you visit regularly (Publix, Winn Dixie, Walmart, Whole Foods, South F sher Kingdom, Sara's Tent, Kosher Central, etc.). Visit our website to see a full list of stores. Scrip can be ordered online at ytcteam.org/scrip You can set up automated Scrip orders to be charged to your CC or added to your FACTS payment. Purchase SCRIP online or call Mrs. Ilana Gross at ext. 245 to order your SCRIP or for more information. This year the Scrip office will be moving to the South Campus (ECE, KES and RMS).Scrip will still be available to be sent home with DAC when ordered in advance. Mrs. Ilana Gross will be processing Scrip orders. If you need to contact her you can reach her at igross@ytc

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