First grade 11-4-11

Dear Parents,

First grade did an amazing job when they sang their two Hebrew songs today to welcome their special guests to “Special Persons day”. I know you where proud of them when they performed! I am so proud of them too!

SHALOM BAKITA (Shalom in the Classroom):

This week we learned the questions: “מי בכיתה?” and “?מי לא בכיתה” (Who is in the class? Who is not in the class?)  We also read the story called “Shachar Ba’Kitah?” that told us that – שחר לא בכיתה שחר בבית כי שחר חולה“Shachar Lo Bakita Shachar Ba’Bayit Ki Shacar Hole’”   (Shachar is not in the class.  Shachar is at home because Shachar is sick!). We learned that you wish a  " רפואה   שלמה" (speedy recovery) to someone who sick.  On the day we learned this, we had two students sick at home so we made phone calls from our class and we sang to them “Refuah Shelemah”! We all felt so good after doing this Mitzvah for our friends!

Hebrew workbook:

This week we finished our workbook about the vowel “Hirik” (the long E sound). We learned to spell words using both of the vowels we have learned (Ah and Ei). We also learned to follow Hebrew directions; identifying “ על יד “(“AL Yad”-next to) or “ מעל “ (“Me-Al” -above) and “Mi Tachat” (under) from pictures in our workbook. I’m very proud of everyone’s accomplishments! I am sending home the workbook for you to keep. Please encourage your child to go over the unit with you and read all the words.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find a picture page in your child’s folder with a summary of the story of Parashat  לך לך (Lech Lecha). We learned the story of the beginning of Avraham’s journeys. We learned the story of how Avraham discovered there was one G-d and what happened when he started to teach everyone about it. Please encourage your child to tell you the stories he/she learned about this Parasha using the pictures on the sheets.

Prayer:

This week we started learning about the “Ashrei” prayer in our morning dovening. We learned that the “Ashrei” is a psalm that is part of both the morning and afternoon prayer service.  After the first two introductory verses, the first letter of each verse follows the order of the Hebrew alphabet, forming an acrostic. The students noticed that every letter of the alphabet is there except for the letter “Nun”. We have finished reading the entire “Ashrei”  psalm and we are now practicing singing it together.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit.