First garde 1.28.2011

1-28-11

Dear Parents,

This week at recess time, the students got to build a nice איש שלג  –Snow man (Eish Sheleg) and a גדול כדור שלג- a huge snow ball (Kadur Shelg Gadol).

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

בילקוט שלי  יֵשׁ..." ”

–Bayalkot sheli yesh (In my backpack, there is….) Ask your child to tell you what was in שחר(Shachar) and שרונה  )Sharonah( "-ילקוט yalkot"  (backpack) in the books we read.

SHALOM BAKITA (Shalom in the Classroom):

This week we finished our Tal –Am workbook “Shalom 1- Shalom Bakita”. The workbook deals with everyday life in the classroom at the beginning of the school year, and focuses on familiarization with the characters of a "virtual" classroom, the articles and the learning habits in the classroom.
Shalom Bakita is further organized into 3 subtopics:
(a) Who is in the class?
(b) What is in the class?
(C) How to study.
These topics will accompany the students throughout the year, since they deal with the everyday life of the students.

SHALOM BABAYIT UVACHUTZ (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)

Next week B”H we will start learning “Shalom at Home and Outdoors”. This unit deals with the everyday life of the students outside of school. “Shalom at Home” focuses on the Jewish daily life at home from wakeup until sunset. It contains  such subtopics as: morning and evening routines, the body, clothing and nutrition, and combining the respective prayers and blessings.
“Shalom Outdoors” focuses on the world outside of the classroom and home. It is linked to the creation of the world and is organized according to the seasons of the year.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We are continuing to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. The students focus on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we reviewed the letters: ז=ז, ח=ח, ט=ט

Some students are writing their homework words in cursive but it is extremely important not to let them write it yet! The students are allowed to use Hebrew cursive letters only for the letters we have learned in the class. The students may think they know how to form the letters, but if they are forming them incorrectly, it will be very hard to fix their mistakes later.

Enrichment program .

The students are all excited about having a special enrichment workbook! This workbook gives the student an opportunity to learn and practice more Hebrew whenever he/she finishes their classroom assignment. This workbook can go home for the weekend if your child would like to get advance at home.

Please send me a note in the Hebrew folder to let me know if you are interested in having your child take this workbook home for the weekend. This is an optional assignment.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in their folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “משפטים” We learned that Moses gave many of G-d's laws to the B’nai Yisrael such as “be careful not to lie” as well as the laws of paying for any damages you do to another’s property. We learned about the four ways a person can damage another’s property and have to pay: If he/she damages, if their animal damages, if they spill or leave out something where you can trip, and if your fire damages.

Homework:

Please make sure the homework notebook is placed back into your child’s backpack. It is extremely important to have it in class on time, otherwise I can’t post their homework.

Vocabulary words:

 This week’s words will be from the story” Hagiga Ba’mishpacha” from “Ariot 2” workbook

The test will be on Thursday, 2-3-11.

Party, Celebration חֲגִיגָה -

Familyמִשְׁפָּחָה -

Brother- אָח

Sister אָחוֹת -

Uncle דּוֹד –

Aunt דּוֹדָה -

Grandfather סַבָּא –

Grandmother סָבְתָא -

You can practice with flash card at:

 http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1145973/v49t

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit