5-13-11

5-13-11
Dear Parents,
Thank you for coming to our Achievement fair. I was very proud to show you all our first grade projects from this year.

“Chai Club”

Congratulations to another 5 student who joint the “Chai Club”! They are: Channah, Samuel, Dani, Zack and Tovah who have finished reading all 18 books!  Please encourage your child to read so they can also become members of our club.

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

“_____ עָף/עָפָה  בּ____” –The _______ is flapping in the ______.

 Like: “הציפור עפה בשמים”(the bird is flapping in the sky), "הַעֲפִיפוֹן עָף לְמַעלָה"(the kite flapping up).

Chag Hasiddur

We are continuing to practice our lines and our songs for our “Chag Hasiddur”.

I am sending home another copy of your child’s part to practice at home (in case you have lost it). Please make sure you child practices and learns his/her part by heart.

Please plan on attending this celebration on Friday, May 20^th  at 2:00 p.m. See you there!

Yom Ha’ atzmaut:

This week we finished our unit on “Yom Ha’ atzmaut” (Independent day).  Our new Tal-Am workbook “My Israel” (Yisrael Sheli) focuses on:
1. The tie between the People of Israel and the Land of Israel;
2. The identification of the People of Israel with the State of Israel and Jerusalem. We learned that this identification is acquired and internalized through celebrating these special days as well as through displaying the Israeli flag, symbol and emblem, singing the national anthem, and saying the prayer for the welfare of the State of Israel.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :בהר""
This Friday we learned about the Mitzvah of Shimitah. This Mitzvah happens in Israel every 7 years. The farmers do not work their land, plant on it or sell any foods that grow from it. After 7 Shimitot, we celebrate the “Yovel” year. This occurs every 50 years. We also learned about the Mitzvah of Tzedaka. We learned that the best way to give Tedaka is to give it secretly so that no one knows that the poor person is getting money. We also learned that there is a the Mitzvah to lend money to someone who needs money. We also learned that you cannot ask the person to pay you back more money than he borrowed. This is called “neshech” or interest.

Vocabulary words:

This week we will not have Homework or test.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit.