Quinn and Anna began their social studies session by playing the dreidel game with their school mates. They had learned the hebrew letters and their meanings yesterday and retained the material. They really enjoyed playing with their friends. Afterwards, we went back to their classroom and reviewed everything that we have learned about Hanukkah this week. Then we read a non-fiction book about Hanukkah and discussed the connection of the Maccabee's fighting for their freedom of religious expression and Hanukkah. Both Quinn and Anna had lots of thoughts and insights on this topic. Next we read an adorable story by Eric Kimmel called, The Hanukkah Bear. We ended the session with each student starting a book about Hanukkah. We went to the computer lab and learned about Google images to find book cover designs and then started the writing process.