First grade 9.16.2011

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8.16.2011

Dear Parents,

Thank you for coming to the open house!. It was a pleasure to meet all of you.

Here are some of the thing we have done this week:

Prayer:

We have been using the Artscroll Siddur during our daily Tefillah service. While singing the Tefillot, the children follow the words in their siddurim. This helps them become familiar with the words of the prayers. This week we added one new prayer to our service: “Ein ke elokenu” We love singing it with the music! We also bentch Berkat Hamazon every day using the siddur as well.

Hebrew:

This week we reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds as well as the “AH” vowel sound up to the letter “Kaf” “Chaf” and “Chaf Sofit.
We also learned that the letter “ו”added to a word means “and”. Please ask your child to explain this to you. I am sending the workbookwe are using home so you can review with your child. Please keep this workbook at home.

Parashat Hashavua-Parashat Ki Tavo

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha.  Please look inside each picture for the words your child wrote in the box.  The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of “Bikurim”. “ביכורים”. We fulfill this Mitzvah by bringing the first fruits that our crops produce to the Kohein in the Bait Hamikdash. There, we said  special verses from the Torah to praise Hashem for the all the bounty He has provided us . We also learned about the “curses “ and “blessings” that Hashem will give us. Wonderful blessings  will come when we observe the Torah but if we do not observe the Torah, the Jews will receive curses.

Chagim (Holidays):

We continued working on our unit on Rosh Hashana. The students completed two projects during Hebrew class and I will  send them home B”H next week along with our Rosh Hashana workbook.

Shabbat Shalom,

      Morah Irit.