EC 3rd Gr Brochure Winter 2016

3rd Grade

Enrichment Clusters

Winter 2016

SAR’s Schoolw

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Enrichment Pro

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program

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Table of Contents

Welcome To Our Enrichment Program 3

How Can I Help My Child Choose? 4

Multiple Intelligences 6

Enrichment Cluster Offerings 11

Dear Parents,

We are excited to send along our Winter Enrich-

ment Cluster Brochure for you and your child to to-

gether consider their talents and interests. Our Enrich-

ment Cluster Program aligns with Multiple Intelligence

Theory, and our many varied enrichment learning offer-

ings address the diverse abilities and strengths children

possess. Our ultimate goal is to help children develop

their interests and talents and understand how they can

share their gifts with the world. The program will run for

nine weeks beginning on January 13th.

Please feel free to be in touch with Sharon

Marson at [email protected] or at 718-548-

1717 x1212 if you would like to be involved in this pro-

gram or if you have any questions.

Please fill out the Student Selection Form to in-

dicate his or her 3 choices among the offerings by

Monday, December 14th. .

Enjoy!

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss

Principal

Sharon Marson

Director of Arts & Enrichment


“Every child should have the chance to be excep-

tional without exception.” ~Dr. Joseph Renzulli

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How Can I Help My Child Choose?

To help your child explore his or her interests

and strengths, you may want to consider the

accompanying list of Multiple Intelligences. Along with

each multiple intelligence description is a numeric list of

the Enrichment Clusters in which that intelligence is

engaged. There is also a Venn Diagram on the next

page to guide your child in making selections among

the offerings.

We are also asking that each child select 3

enrichment learning opportunities in which he or she is

interested.

Please fill out the online Student

Selection Form for your child in grades 3,

by Monday, December 14th, after which date

some Enrichment Clusters will become

filled.

Every student is guaranteed a place in one

of his or her three selections. If only one

selection is made, we cannot guarantee

placement in that Enrichment Cluster.


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Use this Venn Diagram as a tool to consider

your child’s talents (strengths) and

interests:

Talent Interest

What did you discover?

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Multiple Intelligences

Linguistic Intelligence (Word Smart)

Using language, spoken or written, to make connec-

tions and derive meaning.

You may like to read, play word games, tell stories, dis-

cuss ideas, or learn foreign languages.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence (Logic Smart)

Using numbers and reasoning to make sense of infor-

mation.

You may like to play chess, decipher strategy games,

brainteasers, or logic puzzles.

Spatial Intelligence (Picture Smart)

Using mental pictures to learn and remember informa-

tion.

You may like puzzles, mazes, creating art, or building

models.


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Kinesthetic Intelligence (Body Smart)

Using movement to express thoughts and ideas.

You may like physical activity, sports, dance, role-

playing, acting, or hands-on activities including building

things.

Interpersonal Intelligence (People Smart)

Understanding and caring about relationships and

people and their moods and feelings.

You may like group games, working cooperatively in a

group, or have the ability to motivate people and

communicate well with them.

Intrapersonal Intelligence (Self Smart)

Using thought and reflection to understand information.

You may like to be alone, are self-motivated, enjoy

your independence, and know yourself very well.

Naturalist Intelligence (Nature/Science Smart)

Understanding natural patterns and cycles to explain

how things work in nature and science.

You may like to learn about nature, enjoy being


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Musical Intelligence (Music Smart)

Using rhythm, musical patterns, tones, sounds, or

melody to understand information.

You may like to sing, play an instrument, compose

songs, remember songs, or are sensitive to noises or

sounds, and typically have strong language skills.

Existential Intelligence (Religious Smart) Some proponents of multiple intelligence theory proposed spiritual or religious intelligence as a possible additional type. It certainly reflects our learning community and environment. You may like to learn Torah, think about G-d, pursue dedication to mitzvot, consider the workings of the universe, and make connections between Torah and life.

Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

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Welcome to our Enrichment Cluster Program!

1. CODEKIDS: Robotics and Video Game Programming

Have you ever played a video game and wished you could build one yourself? Are you a Lego lover who would love to bring your creations to life? Discover how to write a program (a series of instructions) to make your computer or robot follow commands. (It’s so cool!) Learn to follow a Lego design blueprint to construct robots that use interlocking gears. Remember, your robot will not be able to do your homework for you!

Facilitator: Rivka Heisler

Rivka Heisler is the mother of 4 Lego crazy kids, who has built countless constructions with her children. As the Technology Integrator at SAR, she has taught herself several computing languages including LegoNxt, Scratch, and Enchanting. She was accepted as part of an educational cohort to spend a week at MIT to learn more about teaching Scratch to elementary school students. She wishes she could play video games as well as she can program them.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Logical-

Mathematical, Spatial

Driving Question: How can we write clear directions that computers can follow and follow

directions to build a specified construction?


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2. MAD HATTERS STUDIO

Do you have an eye for style? Do you appreciate

beauty in accessories and notice beautiful hats at SAR,

in shul, in stores? Are you creative? Then you will

enjoy ,“Mad Hatters Studio.” Explore the millinery

world. Discover the parts of a hat, hat styles through

the ages, and hats around the world. Measure your

friends’ heads to get a sense of sizing. Start with a

simple paper hat to get the idea of dimension. Consider

color theory and accessorizing and be innovative as

you use a wealth of materials in interesting and

sometimes unusual ways to make what is plain,

beautifully accessorized. Deepen your understanding

of design when meeting a professional in the fashion

industry. Then, create your own hats, one to keep and

one to donate to a worthy organization.

Facilitator: Shoshana Bender

Morah Shoshana, third grade Judaic Studies teacher,

has style! Having studied at F.I.T. she loves fashion

and especially hats. She can’t wait to share her

passion for designing hats with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical,

Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Kinesthetic

Driving Question: How can we as hat-makers

create original works of art that someone in need

will enjoy and benefit from?


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3. INSTITUTE FOR SPORTS SCIENCE:

Exploring Human Movement

Who is your favorite athlete? What makes the top

athlete so much better than others in their sport? Are

you interested in the human body, its muscles and

bones? Have you ever wondered which muscle groups

to concentrate on for specific sports? If you answered

yes to any of the above questions, then sign up for

“Sports Science: Exploring Human Movement.”

Analyze outstanding plays by your favorite athletes,

and show your friends how those best in the game

make a difference.

Facilitator: Ken Gleason

Mr. Gleason has been around sports and athletes his

whole life. He is a former Division I baseball player at

Manhattan College and current basketball and baseball

coach on the high school level. He looks forward to

sharing his love of athletics with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist, Kinesthetic

Driving Question: How can what we discover about

athletes help us understand how to achieve

greatness?


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4. i-BOOK PUBLISHING, INC.: Photographs

& Memories*

Tell your personal story in a creative way! Do you have

photographs of a time or place or people that you

cherish? Would you like to create a photo book of that

favorite part of your life? Then you will enjoy using the

on-line publishing program, My Publisher, to turn your

favorite memories into a custom-made book! Explore

various ways to arrange your photographs in a unique

layout, design and embellish your backgrounds, and

add some text. Come preserve and publish in the

Photographs & Memories Enrichment Cluster!

Facilitators: Beth Pepper & Alana Gelnick &

Barbara Sopher

Morah Beth, General Studies Principal, has a passion

for stories and books that chronicle people’s lives and

record personal as well as collective history. Morah

Alana, ELC Principal looks to capture special moments

throughout her life by designing photo books. Barbara

Sopher taught 4th grade enrichment math and Ivrit at

SAR. She currently works for Sopher Management,

and is a Social Worker with an MBA from Columbia.

Her true love is being with her family and SAR!

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Linguistic

Driving Question: How can pictures tell a story?

*25-35 personal photographs related to a theme are

required. Photos need to be brought in digitally on

a USB flash drive.


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5. ARTLAB: What If Picasso Had An iPad?

With iPads we will paint, sketch, and print our artwork

while delving into and exploring art apps including

ArtRage. Did you know that with art apps you can use

a virtual brush and enhance digital images. Imagine

what van Gogh’s Starry Night might have looked like if

he used apps to paint this masterpiece? Let’s explore

the work of various artists and the techniques they

used to imagine what the design and composition of

their art might be if they were living in the 21st Century

and had an iPad to create. Come create computer

generated masterpieces of your very own. Perhaps you

will choose to put them on gallery-display!

Facilitator: Debby Schloss

Debby Schloss, a veteran SAR faculty member will be combining her love of art and computers in “ARTLAB” When Debby isn’t at SAR Academy, she loves spending family time trekking around Manhattan or tiyuling around Israel.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Intrapersonal ,

Interpersonal

Driving Question: How can we as digital artists

transform the way we look at and create art in the

21st Century?


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6. CERAMICS INSTITUTE

Did you know that one of the first human inventions

were clay vessels? Do you know where clay comes

from? Have you ever wondered how stone age men

were able to carry food and liquids back to their caves?

What is a vessel? Consider how Ancient Greeks,

Egyptians, and Israelites lit their homes and temples?

In this Cluster we will explore where clay is found and

how it is made. Experience the full process of ceramic

making starting with a slab to sculpting through glazing.

This is a hands-on design experience creating different

types of clay vessels that are both functional and

decorative.

Faciliatator: Chani Jaskoll

Chani, a professional artist and has been SAR’s art

teacher for many years. She has studied ceramics and

is currently working in a Ceramics Studio creating

many different kinds of hand-built vessels.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Kinesthetic,

Intrapersonal

Driving Question: How can clay be used to create a

vessel that holds liquids or solids?


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7. BIRD’S EYE VIEW: Avian Adventures With

Wave Hill

Attention aspiring scientists or nature lovers – get

ready to break out your binoculars! Discover how local

birds survive the winter – and how you can help. You

will visit Wave Hill, where you’ll investigate feathers,

feet, and skulls to learn about birds’ adaptations. Go

bird-watching on Wave Hill’s gorgeous grounds, and

learn to identify the laughing call of the woodpecker

and the black cap of the chickadee. After becoming

avian experts, transform a corner of SAR into a bird

haven and observation station. Use problem-solving

skills to construct feeders from recycled materials and

collect data to monitor your feeder’s success. Use math

and science skills to interpret the data and submit your

research online to eBird, a citizen science project from

the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Take flight as you

support our feathered friends!

Facilitator, Wave Hill Educator, Elizabeth Bradley

Elizabeth Bradley is a School Programs Educator at

Wave Hill. She is excited to share her lifelong love of

bird-watching and Wave Hill’s, compelling, hand-on

approach with the students of SAR.

Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist, Spatial,

Mathematical-Logical

Driving Question: How can we as bird researchers

design a plan to help local birds survive the

winter?


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8. DESIGN CHALLENGE: CONSTRUCT-A-

ROOM

What does it take? What materials work in building?

How do you create strong support? How do you make

a room fun, relaxing, exciting for a child, a dog, an

athlete, a shoe shopper? What about a particular place

makes you want to go back again and again? Let’s

explore design, color theory, and marketing to

understand what makes a space work for different

people and different needs. Meet a designer and

engineer to consider how decisions are made, from

materials used to placement of items in a space. Visit

some interesting spaces in our community to

experience the impact of those choices in action. Build

a room of your own to reflect your understanding of

planning for a particular person or particular purpose.

Let’s have fun and “Construct-A-Room!”

Facilitator: Rena Karol

Rena Karol has been an SAR parent for many years. In

recent years she has spent a lot of time in the ELC as a

substitute teacher. Rena is looking forward to sharing

her interest in design, and exploring and experiencing it

with the children in this Enrichment Cluster.


Mathematical, Spatial, Interpersonal.

Driving Question: What is the influence of space on

those who enter it?


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9. LEGO AND THE MISHKAN: Be A Lego

Master Builder And Build It Like Betzalel

Are you good with Lego and do you enjoy a creative

challenge? Do you wonder what the Jews carried as

they traveled through the desert and what it really

looked like? Which colors were used in the curtains

surrounding the golden aron? How high was the

menorah? How tall were the walls? Become a detective

and find the answers using an interactive computer

app, through illustrations and computer-based

diagrams, and in the Chumash. Then use 1,000s of

pieces of Lego as an inspiration to construct a mini-

Mishkan and all of what it held for public display.

Facilitators: Sharon Sturm

Morah Golda adores teaching Parashat HaShavua all

year, but especially the 2nd half of Sefer Shmot when

we learn about the Mishkan. She is an SAR mom who

loves building interesting Lego structures at home with

her kids. She is looking forward to sharing these

passions with children.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Existential,

Kinesthetic, Interpersonal

Driving Question: How can Lego help us

understand the construction of the Mishkan?


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10. Video Game Design

Learn to design video games without having to code!

We will learn about the elements of game design by

actually making and playing a variety of games. We will

start with the Gamestar Mechanic system and move to

other methods, such as Pixel Press and Games

Factory as time allows. Come to this Game Design

Cluster to become a master at considering what makes

a video game worth playing and then creating it!

Facilitator: Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg

Rabbi Rosenberg serves as Judeo Tech Integrator at

SAR. Most recently he was a winner of the ATID Day

School Innovation Challenge for creative classroom

teaching and the First Prize Winner of the Jewish

Education Project/Present Tense Hackathon. In his

spare time he teaches Limudei Kodesh in 5th grade

and is the Rav of Congregation Etz Chaim of Kew

Garden Hills.

Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical,

Linguistic, Interpersonal

Driving Question: How can we design a video game

that will enhance learning for children our age?


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11. FOUR STAR DINING FORUM*

Yes, we’ll be sampling the food at area restaurants, but

we’ll be doing much more than that! Be prepared to

learn about nutrition, practice math facts, develop your

descriptive vocabulary, and explore different parts of

the world. Then we’ll be revving up our writing so that

our reviews are as tasty and exciting as the food.

Restaurant reviewers are well-respected professionals,

who take pride in their work. Their reviews can help

determine if a restaurant becomes popular or not, and

the reviews themselves are sometimes the most widely

read column in newspapers and magazines.

Facilitator: Kathy Kafer

While she has never been a professional restaurant

reviewer, Mrs. Kafer has enjoyed dining & writing since

she can remember. Before coming to SAR, Mrs. Kafer

worked as a newspaper reporter, and she has also

written plays and screenplays. She is looking forward

to working together with SAR's new restaurant

reviewers.


Mathematical, Intrapersonal, Naturalist

Driving Question: In what ways can thinking

analytically and creatively hone our “Restaurant

Review” writing skills?

*Please be careful in selecting this Enrichment

Cluster for children with food allergies as the

establishments visited may not be nut free,

etc.


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12. ELECTRICITY CITY: LIGHT IT UP!

What is electricity? How does it work? How does

electricity travel? Did you know that electricity is even

involved when you turn on a faucet? Let’s use the

principles of STEM: science, technology, engineering,

and math to figure it out. We will blink and buzz our

way to electricity and circuitry! Create your own circuit

and investigate which materials conduct electricity.

Discover which ones insulate to stop electrons in their

tracks. Explore and practice electricity safety. Make

discoveries about batteries and create batteries out of

common household items including a lemon, potatoes,

and water. Then demonstrate your knowledge and

mastery in designing a light-up card that uses

conductive properties you came to understand in this

charged Enrichment Cluster.

Facilitator: Renata Cohen

Morah Renata is an artist, a curious math thinker, a

scientist, and an innovator. She taught biology for

many years and is now a science specialist at SAR

Academy as well as leads the course “Math Artist” in

our new “Voice and Choice” program.

Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist, Kinesthetic,

Logical-Mathematical, Spatial

Driving Question: How can our understanding of

electricity help us create electricity ourselves?


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13. 3D SCULPTURE EXPLORERS

In 3D Sculpture Explorers we will explore the art form

sculpture using wire, found objects, recycled materials,

and natural materials gathered on hikes outside

working in 3D: length, height, and width. Size, texture,

light, and color are also important design elements.

Come explore interesting materials to create a 3D

Artwork that pops! A sculpture may look exactly like a

person or an object or may reflect ideas and memories

in dimensional shapes. When setting out to create, it is

up to each artist to sculpt what he or she finds

meaningful.

Facilitator: Adiella Shem Tov

Morah Adiella created and facilitates Living Torah

classes as well as large scale artworks at SAR. She

has a BFA from Concordia University, where she

majored in sculpture and minored in psychology. She’s

passionate about Torah, art, and working with children,

and she loves that she gets to combine all three

passions at SAR.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Kinesthetic,

Naturalist, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Existential

Driving Question: How can multi-media be used to

express ideas?


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14. BROADWAY AND BEYOND MUSICAL

THEATER TROUPE

Are you a kid who loves to perform? Do you like to sing

or act? Do you know what type of training is needed for

musical theater kids? Let’s discover musicals through

the years and how people tell stories through song and

dance. Using the song, “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound of

Music, students will learn to sing the basic musical

scale on pitch. This musical theater piece will also be

acted out. As the song develops harmony and

counterpoint will become part of the learning process.

The final goal is to perform this ensemble piece for an

audience! Come to “Broadway & Beyond” to have fun

on stage!

Facilitator: Sigal Chen

Sigal Chen studied voice at the Jerusalem Academy of

Music and Dance in Israel. She has performed in

numerous concerts and productions of opera,

Broadway shows, and Jewish music. She is

enthusiastically looking forward to combining her love

of music and young children in this vocal Enrichment

Cluster.

Multiple Intelligences: Musical, Kinesthetic,

Interpersonal, Intrapersonal

Driving Question: How is musical theater like a

story?


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15. BEAD IT, STITCH IT, DESIGN GUILD

You will learn the beginning stitches and treasured craft

of needlework and embellishing projects with colorful

thread and creative appliqués. Join the wonderful world

of learning to bead and embroider and create beautiful

things including a headband for yourself with Ita Aber.

Ita used needlepoint and beading to create the

beautiful curtain for the aron in the SAR Academy shul!

Go look at it! Experience Jewish history as you design

and learn from a very unusual artist who has created

many Jewish ceremonial objects of great beauty.

Experience the tradition of needlepoint and beading

work from a master as she passes on her craft and the

needlework and beadwork tradition to you!

Faciitator: Ita Aber

Ita is a master of fabric arts whose work has been

shown in every major Jewish museum throughout the

world. Her diverse skills include embroidery, beadwork,

sewing, appliqué, silkscreening, and more. She is also

an art historian, curator, and author of, “The Art of

Judaic Needlework.”

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Logical-

Mathematical, Existential

Driving Question: What can Jewish art express?


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Student Selection Form For Enrichment Clusters

We are asking the children to think about the 3 Enrichment

Clusters they are most interested in attending. In reading

through our selections with your child, please guide him or

her in recognizing how he/she might be interested in several

different clusters. For example, if your child is “Logic Smart”

then “Design Challenge Design-A-Room, Inc.” or “Bead It,

Stitch It, Design Guild” might be exciting cluster selections.

Or, if their interest lies in the naturalist arena then perhaps

he or she would be drawn to “Birds Eye View: Avian

Adventures With Wave Hill” or “3D Sculpture Explorers.” It is

also OK to explore new disciplines when it is compelling for

your child.

Please make 3 selections on the online form by

Monday, December 14th.

Every student is guaranteed a place in one of his or

her three selections. If only one selection is made,

we cannot guarantee placement in that Enrichment

Cluster. Students will receive their cluster

registration prior to the first session.

If you have any questions, please contact Sharon Marson,

our Director of Arts & Enrichment at

[email protected] or 718-548-1717 x 1212.


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“Every child should have the

chance to be exceptional

without exception.”

~Dr. Joseph Renzulli

Phone: 718-548-1717

Fax: 718-601-0082

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EC 3rd Gr Brochure Winter 2016