Ec brochure 2nd grade 2015

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2nd Grade Enrichment Clusters

Catalog Offerings Winter 2015

SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program Table of Contents Welcome To Our Enrichment Program

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How Can I Help My Child Choose?

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Multiple Intelligences

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program “Every child should have the chance to be exceptional without exception.” ~Dr. Joseph Renzulli Dear Parents, We are excited to send along our Winter Enrichment Cluster Brochure for you and your child to together consider their talents and interests. Our Enrichment Cluster Program aligns with Multiple Intelligence Theory, and our many varied enrichment learning offerings 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.

Please feel free to be in touch with Sharon Marson at marsos@saracademy.org or at 718-5481717 x1212 if you would like to be involved in this program or if you have any questions.

Please fill out the Student Selection Form to indicate his or her 3 choices among the offerings by Sunday, December 14th.

Enjoy!

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, Principal Sharon Marson Schoolwide Enrichment Program Coordinator 3

SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program 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 grade 2, by Sunday, December 14th.

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program 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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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program

Multiple Intelligences Linguistic Intelligence (Word Smart) Using language, spoken or written, to make connections and derive meaning.

You may like to read, play word games, tell stories, discuss ideas, or learn foreign languages.

See Enrichment Clusters: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence (Logic Smart) Using numbers and reasoning to make sense of information.

You may like to play chess, decipher strategy games, brainteasers, or logic puzzles.

See Enrichment Clusters: 5, 7, 9, 11, 12

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program Spatial Intelligence (Picture Smart) Using mental pictures to learn and remember information.

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

See Enrichment Clusters: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13

Kinesthetic Intelligence (Body Smart) Using movement to express thoughts and ideas.

You may like physical activity, sports, dance, roleplaying, acting, or hands-on activities including building things.

See Enrichment Clusters: 1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program 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.

See Enrichment Clusters: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15 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.

See Enrichment Clusters: 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15

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 outside, or appreciate the environment.

See Enrichment Clusters: 2, 3, 12, 15

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program 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.

See Enrichment Clusters: 6, 11, 15

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.

See Enrichment Clusters: 8, 14, 15

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

Welcome to our Enrichment Cluster Program!

Semester Dates: January 21st-March 25th

Have fun selecting among the offerings!

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

1. IMPROV 101 ENSEMBLE! Do you love to act, imagine, and be spontaneous?

Through Improv games and our own creativity, develop and practice basic performance skills such as public speaking, making eye contact, exercising your memory skills, and developing poise. Consider: How do we stand in front of an audience? What techniques can help us brainstorm while in the spotlight? How do improvisation artists learn to interact with one another on stage? Develop Improv skills as you master techniques with: “21 Countdown,” “1-Word Story,” “Copy Cat,” “Shrinking Box,” “Lines In Our Pockets” “Honey Walk,” and more! We’ll be creative as we laugh out loud with this Enrichment Cluster’s improvisational fun!

Facilitator: Talia Rauch Mrs. Rauch joined the second grade team three years ago. She enjoys the fun of improv and was part of an improv goup herself. She looks forward to sharing the joy and spontaneity of improv with her students!

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic Driving Question: How do improvisation artists develop improv skills and create joy in sharing that skill with others?

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

2. ROCKS AND MINERALS AND GEMS, OH MY. . .

Rocks rock. Do you love rocks or minerals and gems?

Do you like to collect rocks? Did you know that there are 100’s of kinds of rocks? And did you know that you are strong enough to crush a rock in your hands? Are you curious if there is anything that can scratch a diamond? Come join this Cluster to explore rocks, minerals, and gems. Perform science experiments on rocks. Use rock kits to make discoveries about rocks, minerals, and gems and find out what makes a diamond great. Join our outdoor rock hunt to form your very own rock collection . . . all in Rocks, Minerals, and Gems . . . Oh My . . .

Facilitator: Yael Edelstein Morah Yael has been teaching about rocks for many years and every time she does she learns something new about them. She even has a special rock that traveled with her when she moved. Morah Yael is excited to share her excitement about rocks with you.

Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist, Linguistic

Driving Question: How can our deep exploration as rock scientists help us organize our knowledge and understand our world?

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3. HEBREW TEA PARTY! Let’s have a tea party! Delicious or ‫טעים מאוד‬. Tea parties have been around for thousands of years and now you will have the chance on a cold winter day to warm up with a cup of tea around a lovely, creative tea table you set, all while speaking Hebrew in a natural setting. Bake tea biscuits using Ivrit, perhaps create an invitation in Hebrew to invite guests to one of your tea parties, maybe even design a tea kettle of your own to continue the Hebrew tea party at home. Explore teas of different cultures, the different herbs used in teas, and various ways to make tea. Tea parties are cozy, tea parties are special, tea parties are fun! Come, let’s make time for Hebrew and tea!

Facilitator: Adi Frankel Morah Adi has joined the 2nd grade Judaic Studies team. She loves all the arts and of course Ivrit and she is very excited to share her joy for Hebrew at a delicious tea party.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Naturalist, Interpersonal

Driving Question: How can we make tea an opportunity to develop Hebrew speaking?

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4. MASTERPIECE MASTERCLASS OPEN ART STUDIO Do you have a favorite painting or piece of artwork? Is there an artist that you think uses a cool technique? In Masterpiece Masterclass you will have the chance to explore what most interests you in art in a fun, relaxed, positive environment. You can work on replicating a masterpiece you love or work in a style you’re intrigued by from pointillism to cubism, or even explore a totally new medium. Compare and contrast how famous artists do things differently from one another. Notice other people’s artwork and how to respectfully comment. MASTERPIECE MASTERCLASS is a free, calm, happy place where you can feel safe artistically to explore. Come discover what you especially love in art in MASTERPIECE MASTERCLASS! Facilitator: Natalie Jonas SAR mom, Natalie is an artist and art teacher who believes in supporting children in art exploration without judgment of their work. She is excited to share her love for art and this approach with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Intrapersonal

Driving Question: What can we as artists design for meaningful exhibition?

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

5. GAMECHANGER: Card Game Design Company Which game is your favorite to play? What makes you want to play again and again? What makes a card game very popular? Which of these games are available as iPad apps? You probably love playing a particular game, but what goes on behind the scenes to create it? Discover what makes games fly off the shelves. Explore a variety of card games and some new versions of much loved and played games. Then, individually or with your friends, design the next slamdunk card game. Come up with your own rules and create your own game. Then teach your game to others!

Facilitator: Lynn Zadoff Lynn has been playing cards since before she was a second grader! She plays by herself, with friends, family, and students. Lynn loves to teach card games, learn new games, and develop new versions of much loved games.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, LogicalMathematical, Spatial, Interpersonal

Driving Question: How can we as card game designers create a game that is appropriately challenging for children?

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

6. TAP INTO IT TEAM! Play with rhythm while having fun in this exploration of the world of percussion and tap. Watch tap as it evolves through time in film, studio, and stage and observe some of the tap dancing greats. Then, explore the possibilities of sound as we experiment with percussion on various surfaces in and out of the school building. Practice tap steps like the brush, scuff, shuffle, scuffle, flap, stomp, stamp, spank, heel and toe click, and paradiddle. Come put on tap shoes and Tap Into It!

Facilitator: Eva Broder Morah Eva, 2nd grade General Studies & Enrichment teacher has always been interested in dance, especially the magical way tap makes music when you dance.

Multiple Intelligences: Kinesthetic, Musical, Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal

Driving Question: How can we as tap dance choreographers work together as an ensemble?

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7. AD DETECTIVE AGENCY Why is Frosted Flakes cereal popular? How would you sell something to an alien, a pet owner, a child? What makes you say, “I want that?� Be an ad detective, learn the tricks of advertising and go behind the scenes of television, music, and magazines to find out how companies get you interested in their product. How are things placed in a store? Why are some things right next to the cash register? What do successful ads want us to buy, do, or think? Examine food advertising tricks and design your own cereal box using what you've learned. This class will inspire you to take a second look at the media messages all around.

Facilitator: Debra Eis SAR mom, Debra Eis worked in advertising for 10 years prior to joining the SAR team. She looks forward to sharing her knowledge of the magic of advertising with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, LogicalMathematical, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal

Driving Question: How can we in advertising create a campaign to interest children in a product?

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

8. TORAH THEATER TROUPE Do you like to act? Do you like to perform? Would you like to be creative acting out a story? How about acting out a story that is a riddle? Two women were arguing over a baby. Both said the baby was hers. How did Shlomo haMelech resolve the conflict? The king determined the baby’s true mother with an unusual solution. What do you think it was? How about this riddle? A princess was ill and three brothers each had something to contribute to her getting well: a magic carpet, a mirror, and an apple. Which did the princess consider most valuable? Why? Do you agree? Let’s explore, act out, and perform stories! Let’s experience them like they’re happening today!

Facilitator: Einav Rosen Morah Einav is part of the 2nd grade Judaic studies team, and mom to 5 kids. She loves to sing and act and teach Torah in special, fun, and meaningful ways.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Kinesthetic, Existential

Driving Question: What is wisdom?

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

9. OUT OF THE BOX LEGO EXPLORATION COMPANY Do you enjoy thinking creatively? Is it fun solving riddles and questions that have more than one right answer? And . . . are you a Lego lover? Then “Out of the Box Lego” is for you! We’ll explore ways to use Legos in constructing marble runs, in designing structures that have numeric values, and to experience diverse building challenges, Lego storytelling, Lego architectural design, an Attribute Lego game, and more! Meet with a building engineer or architect. Then, with your creative ideas flowing about all kinds of ways to use these colorful building blocks, create a “More Than One Right Answer” Lego Challenge of your own to challenge others!

Facilitator: Aura Lurie Morah Aura is part of our second grade team. She has studied at Bank Street and loves creating with Legos at home with her children. She is now looking forward to sharing her love for Legos with her students.

Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical, Spatial, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Linguistic Driving Question: How can an exploration with Legos develop our creative thinking and guide us in developing open-ended challenges for children our age?

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10. GRAPHIC DESIGN INSTITUTE: What If Picasso Had An iPad? Using Art Apps That “Real” Artists Use With iPads we will paint, sketch, and print our artwork while delving into and exploring art apps like 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 “What If Picasso Had An iPad?” 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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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

11. MUSICAL ZOO ENSEMBLE Do you love music? Do you think making music is cool? Have you ever wondered how a guitar is like a cello or a piano is like the harp? Using the Dalcroze approach you will play musical games and use songs to understand beats and to learn how to read music.

Discover what different notes are worth mathematically.

Then try beating them out on drums. Even compose a simple rhythm composition of your own. Explore live and online, musical instruments from around the world, from ancient times to today and musical performances of children. Perhaps even design an instrument of your own out of recycled materials that can make more than one kind of sound. Come to the Musical Zoo Ensemble and develop your love for musical instruments!

Facilitator: Miriam Filer SAR Mom, Miriam Filer is a Suzuki parent who studied cello and guitar alongside her children. She has spent several years learning new and exciting ways of exploring music through the Dalcroze method. Miriam is excited to share her love for learning music with the second grade students.

Multiple Intelligences: Logical-Mathematical, Kinesthetic, Musical Driving Question: How can our understanding of musical sentences help us create original musical stories?

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Enrichment Cluster Offerings . . .

12. 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 winter-and how you can help. Your adventure begins at 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, LogicalMathematical Driving Question: How can we as bird researchers design a plan to help local birds survive the winter?

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13. COMIC STRIP DOODLE STUDIO Do you like to draw? Do you think creatively? Do you enjoy comics and comic books? How about doodling?

Explore comics through time, from the earliest doodlers to present day cartoon artists. Find what makes people laugh. Discover a cartoon style you especially enjoy.

With iPads we will experiment with doodling and cartooning and explore art apps. You will then create your own colorful and interesting comic to tell a short, maybe funny story in your strip. Spice up your personal style with specialized doodles and experiment with some new techniques. Come professionalize your doodling in this Cluster and take it to new heights!

Facilitator: Necham Felt Necham is part of the 2nd grade Judaic Studies team.

She is studying Special Education. Necham is a veteran doodler and artist and is excited to share her artistic passion with our students.

Multiple Intelligences: Spatial, Linguistic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal

Driving Question: How you we help people think or laugh with our comic strip doodles?

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14. YOGA-KIDS EDITION Do you want to roar like a lion, hiss like a snake, and stand tall and straight like a tree? In Yoga-Kids Edition you will do all of this and much more. Get to breath deeply, strengthen and stretch your body, and relax your mind. Activities will include performing yoga poses, sharing stories, visual imagery, group building exercises, and more. Proper exercise clothing required: loose pants and a T-shirt. Come join us for a fun and relaxing experience in Yoga-Kids Edition!

Facilitator: Shifra Shafier Second grade Judaic Studies teacher, Morah Shifra, an avid runner, has also been practicing yoga for 10 years. She finds yoga to be a sanctuary in a busy world, a way to exercise, and a technique for creating inner calm and focus. She is excited to bring her love of this discipline to her Enrichment Cluster.

Multiple Intelligences: Kinesthetic, Intrapersonal, Existential

Driving Question: How can the practice of yoga increase a sense of calm in ourselves and impact on how we interact with others?

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15. WINDOW TO THE WILD: Connecting Kids With Wonder Do you like nature? Are you creative? Do you love to explore? Then this cluster is for you. Through hands-on outdoor adventures, science experiments, art, and music activities we will explore the sounds and sights of the elements: earth, wind, fire, and water. In creative exploration of the outdoors, we will hike outside, collect samples of earth around the school, catch the wind in kites we design, and walk to the Hudson River and paint there. This cluster will open your eyes, inspire new thoughts, and warm your heart to the beauty and wonder of Hashem’s world.

Facilitator: Adiella Shem Tov Morah Adiella has a BFA in Art Education with a specialization in Project Based Education. She has been teaching for 13 years and loves to incorporate adventure and self-motivated learning into all her teaching. Adiella is a fine artist, a singer/songwriter, and a recording artist.

Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Musical, Kinesthetic, Naturalist, Existential, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal

Driving Question: How can connecting with the elements develop a sense of wonder for creation?

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program 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 GameChanger: Card Game Design Company or Ad Detective Agency or Out of the Box Lego Exploration Company might interest him or her. If your child’s interest lies in the naturalist arena then perhaps he or she would be drawn to Rocks, Minerals, and Gems or Birds-Eye View or Window to the Wild: Connecting Kids With Wonder. It is also OK to explore new disciplines when it is compelling for your child.

Please make 3 selections on the online form

by Sunday, 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 Schoolwide Enrichment Program Coordinator, at marsos@saracademy.org or 718-5481717 x 1212.

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SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program

“Every child should have the chance to be exceptional without exception.” ~Dr. Joseph Renzulli

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lwide o o h c S s SAR’ rogram P t n e m Enrich

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