First grade 10.26.2012


Dear parents,
The first grade continues to learn a lot of Hebrew. I am so proud of them!
We learned a Hebrew song about the 4 seasons:
חוֹרֶף (Horef)- winter  אָבִיב  (Aviv) – Spring,  קַיִץ (Kayits)- Summer ,
 סְתָו   (Stav) -Fall.
 And we can answer the question: ""מָה הַעוֹנָה עַכְשָיו? What is the season now?

Ariot:
This week Ariot went to  Dovid’s home.

Ariot on the Smart board:
On Thursday we played together using the “Ariot”  Hebrew program on our class Smart board.

The kids were so excited to use the Ariot Hebrew games and exercises on the Smart board!

Hebrew workbook:
This week we finished our workbook “Mai’ot leot” Part 3!  We reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds and the vowel sound “AH” up to the letter Pay. We focused on: the differences between “Pay”, “Fay” and  the final letters “Fay sofit”  .We practiced writing words and we learned when to use the final letters.
Next week B”H we will start a new Hoveret (workbook) with the last 5 letters.

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