פרשת חיי שרה

בס"ד יום שישי כ"ד חשון תשע"ג

Dear Parents,
First graders know how to ask for things only in Hebrew. We can now ask for a pencil, an eraser or our work book! We can even ask to go to get a drink water or to go to the restroom. We always start asking politely by saying: “אֶפְשָׁר בְּבַקָּשָׁה....” (May I please.)  Please ask your child to ask you for things in Hebrew. I am sure you will be amazed at how much Hebrew your child can use!

SHALOM  BAKITA (Shalom in the Classroom):
This week we learned the questions: “מִי בַּכִּיתָה?” and “?מִי לֹא בַּכִּיתָה” (Who is in the class? Who is not in the class?)  We also read the story called “Shachar Ba’Kitah?” that told us that –שַחַר לֹא בַּכִּיתָה, שַחַר בַּבַּיִת כִּי שַחַר חוֹלֶה"“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  " רְפוּאָה שְלֵמָה " (speedy recovery) to someone who sick.  On the day we learned this, we had one student sick at home so we made a “Refuah Shelemah” card! We all felt so good after doing this Mitzvah for our friend!

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "
This week’s book is called: “?מִי לֹא בַּכִּיתָה” (Who is not in the class?)
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend .

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

Hebrew workbook:
We started a new Hoveret (workbook) with the vowel “Hirik” which sounds like a long E.
We reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds and the vowel sound “EE” up to the letter Kaf.
We learned to spell words with both vowels we have learned (Ah and Ee).
We focused on the “Yud” that follows a lot of the Hebrew words with the sound EE.

Parashat Hashavua
This Friday you will find in their folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “חיי שרה” (Haye Sara). We learned that Sarah died when she was 127 years old and Avraham bought the Ma’arat HaMachpela to bury her. We learned that the word “Ma’ara” means “cave”. We also learned that there are four couples buried there: Adam and Chava, Avraham and Sarah, Yitzchok and Rivkah, Yaakov and Leah. We also learned that Avraham sent Eliezer to find a wife for his son Yitzchok. Eliezer took 10 “gimalim” (“Gamal” means “camel”) and went to Charan, Avraham’s birthplace, to find one. There he finds Rivkah at a well.

 Shabbat Shalom,
Morah irit Karavani