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3rd Grade
Enrichment Clusters
Winter 2016
SAR’s Schoolw
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Enrichment Pro
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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 marsos@saracademy.org 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
SAR’s Schoolwide Enrichment Program
“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.
Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Logical-
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.
Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic, Logical-
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
marsos@saracademy.org 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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