חופשה נעימה

12.21.2012

Dear Parents,

Today were very excited to change our weather board:

“איך היום בחוץ?” ( How it is today outside?) to winter pictures.

We have been practicing saying the Hebrew word for different clothes by saying a Hebrew sentence: “שחר לובש מעיל" (Shachar is wearing a coat)

“שרונה נועלת מגפיים” (Sharonah is wearin boots) etc.

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

חופשה נעימה"" – Chofsha Ne’ima (Have a nice vacation).

I wish you all חופשה נעימה.

Hebrew workbook:

We are half way in our workbook with the sound Eh.

After winter break we will start learning how to write Hebrew cursive letters! Everyone is looking forward to begin!

We have finished “Ariot 1 workbook”:

That’s right! We started and finished the “Ariot 1” workbook.

It was very easy because we had already learned so many of the vocabulary words and writing skills while doing our reading program. “ Ariot 1” was so fun when we challenged ourselves to figure out the words in the  “Hactava” (the spelling test at the end of each unit) and we were able to figure out the words without help. We can read all the Hebrew in it!  We were practicing Ariot I CD-ROM on the smart board in the classroom which includes the same stories and activities as in the workbook.

After winter break we will go B”H to the computer lab and each student will have the opportunity to practice the program

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "    ( Home work for the vecation).

6 short stories from the Ariot workbook:  “shalom  ani Ariot”- p.11,  “Shabbat shalom”- p.21,   “Aba babayit”-P. 37,   “Gimmel bagan?”- P.54-56    “Dag?”- P.72-74 and “Efo HavHav? “-P.87-89.

Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the winter break.It is a great way to practice all the vocabulary we have learned in this unit.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Morah Irit’s home.

First Grade Album:

We are working on a special album that reviews all the material we are learning in “Tal-Am” curriculum. Please send to school two of the following pictures (4”x6”):

1. A picture of the outside of your child’s house.

2. A picture of your child’s family (a group picture of as many members of the family as possible).

These pictures are very important for our learning in the class! You can e-mail me the picture and I will print it.

The due date is right after the winter break!

Coming after winter break:

I will be teaching a new unit on Hebrew script letters.

I will be adding a new weekly Hebrew homework and vocabulary test.

I will be starting a new unit on home & family (this is why the students need pictures of their home and family!)

Shabbat Shalom and have a great winter break!

Morah Irit

Chanukah week

Dear Parents,

First Grade Chanukah show was fabulous. I’m very proud of them. Thank you for coming.

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

 כַּמָה נֵרוֹת אֲנַחְנוּ מַדְלִיקִים בַּלַיְלָה הַ...... 

(How many candles do we light on the _____ night).

We sang this song every day of Chanukah.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Holam” (the long O sound). We learned to spell words with all three of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Ei” and “O”). Next week we will start the next workbook with the sound Eh.

Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “מקץ” – Mikeitz . We learned how much Yosef was faithful in Hashem. When Paro asked him if he could interpret his dream, Yosef’s answer was that it’s not him, it is Hashem’s interpretation.

Hagim (Holidays)

This week we had an exciting time celebrating Chanukah! We lit the Chanukiah every day in our classroom. We said the B’racha and sang “Hanerot Halaloo” and “Ma oz tsoor” every day. 

We finished two workbooks.  I’m sending home our Tal-Am workbook for Chanukah for you to keep. We also learned new songs and read Hebrew stories for Chanukah. (The books are shown on the back of the festival workbook). We also finished a review workbook in English for Chanukah as well. Please go over the two workbooks and encourage your child to tell you what we have learned!

 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "
This week’s story is called: "בִּינָה וְהַסֻפְגָנִיָה"- Bina and the jelly donuts.
 Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend.
Ariot:
This week Ariot went to   Esti‘s home.
First Grade Album:
We are working on a special album that includes all the subjects we are learning in “Tal-Am”. Please send to school (soon is better  - the latest time is after winter break).
two of the following pictures (4”x6”)
1. A picture of the outside of your child’s house.
2. A picture of your child’s family (a group picture of as many members of the family as possible).
These pictures are very important for our learning in the class!
You can Email me the picture and I will print it.

 Shabbat Shalom from Morah Irit.

First grade 12.7.2012

Dear Parents,

Please don’t forget to come and see the 1^st grade recite the ברכות (blessings) for lighting the Hanukiyah and perform a play about the Hanukkah story! Our Hanukah performance will be next Wednesday in the school shul.

Special gift from Israel:

We have a new student named Adira.

Adira  joined our class on Monday and she is already part of the class. Adira brought to the students an Israeli dreidel with the letter “"פ on it instead of the “ש “ that we have on the other dreidels. First graders just learned about the reason for that difference. Please ask your child to explain it to you.

Thank you Adira, it was right on time.

 Hagim (Holidays):

This week we learned more about חנוכה “Chanukkah.” We got to color our own Chanukiya that I made out of plaster of paris.

We colored our own chart of the blessings for lighting the Chanukiyah. This chart is shaped like  a"סביבון" (dreidel)/ Please use it for Chanukah and put it on the fridge for a decoration.

I’m sending home all the art work we did (a chanukiyah, a sevivon box and the sevivon blessing.)

Chanukkah workbook:

In addition to the Tal-Am work book for Chanukkah, we started a new workbook in English that teaches the students even more details about Chanukkah.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

This week’s story is called: "אריאות והסביבונים"- Ariot and the dreidels

 Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend .

Ariot:

This week Ariot went to   Tzvi‘s home.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we continued our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Holam” (the long O sound). We learned to spell words with all three of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Ei” and “O”).

Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “וישב” – Vayeshev . We began learning the story of Yosef and his brothers and how Yosef was sold down to Egypt. We learned that Yosef is called a “Tzadik” because he always trusted in Hashem. He was able to keep his emotions inside himself and trust that Hashem had a special plan for him.  We learned that all the fights between Yosef and his brothers happened because Hashem wanted him to go to Egypt in order to save everyone from the terrible famine that would come.

Shabbat Shalom and Happy Chanukkah.          Morah Irit Karavani

פרשת וישלח

בס"ד יום שישי י"ז כסלו תשע"ג

Dear Parents,
We started to prepare for Chanukah along with our other learning.
Here are some things we learned this week:
Hagim (Holidays):
We started our new work book for Chanukah! We learned the story of Chanukah and we learned the Hebrew words: “Yehudim” (Jews) and “Yevanim” (Greeks).
Prayer:
We started to practice the blessing for lighting the “Chanukiyah” (Chanukah menorah).

Our Hebrew workbook:
This week we learned about the vowel “Holam” the long O sound) and we learned our letters up to the letter “ גו  "(. We have learned to spell words using all three of the vowels we have covered so far: “Ah”, “Ei” and “O”.

A Special story
In your child’s folder you will find a story called: “מה יש בכיתה שלי” (What is in the classroom). Each child wrote down in his/her book the items we have in our class in Hebrew. They also learned to change these words from the singular to the plural form. This story served as a good exercise for your child’s Hebrew reading and for practicing their vocabulary as well. Please review this story with your child. If your child brings a note from home that he/she read it with you will get a “דג” (fish)!  Ask your child to tell you all about our fish! The children love to get the fish.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "
This week’s story is called: “?מה יש בכיתה” (What is in the classroom?)
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend .

Ariot:
This week Ariot went to   Lila‘s home.


Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “וישלח” – Vayishlach . We learned that Yaakov prepared to meet Esav in 3 ways: 1- Shalom (peace- he send a מתנה present). 2-Tefilah (prayers to Hashem) and 3- Milchamah (war).
-Yaakov returned to the other side of the river to get the small כָּד –Kad (jar) that he had forgotten to take with him. Yaakov teaches us that we need to be responsible for our things even if it is something not so expensive.
Shabbat Shalom
Morah Irit.

First grade 11.16.2012

בס"ד יום שישי ב בחודש כסלו תשע"ג

Dear Parents,

Thank you for coming for the parent/teacher conferences. It was very nice to share with you my joy teaching your child!

Hebrew reading
We read the story “?מִי בא לכִּיתָה” (Who came to the class?)
This story was a great exercise for reading comprehension. It was also great for practicing reading sight words we know and words spell with both vowels.
I’m sending this story home as our library book to read over the weekend.
Please also read the question and the answer to practice the Hebrew sentence structure.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "
This week’s story is called: “?מִי בא לכִּיתָה” (Who came to the class?)
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend .

Ariot:
This week Ariot went to Dotan ‘s home.

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 in their folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “תולדות” (Toldot). We learned that Rivkah had twin boys: Esav and Yaakov. We learn about their differences. We learned the story of how Esav sold the birthright to Yaakov for a bowl of lentil soup.

 Shabbat Shalom,
Morah irit Karavani

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

11.2.2012

Dear parents,
Last week we started a new program for the first grade called “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "  and it is a big “הצלחה” (success).
If you want to read all about it, go to:
http://morahirit.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-library.html

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי " - ”!
This week’s book is called: “Shachar Bakita?” (שחר בכיתה?).
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend so they can receive a new one on Friday.
Don’t forget to remind your child that he\she will get a “Dag”  (our reward fish) when he\she is returns the book with a signature.

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

Hebrew workbook:
This week we finished our workbook “Mai’ot leot” Part 4!  We reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds and the vowel sound “AH” up to the letter Tav. We also focused on: “Shin” and “sin”. We practiced writing words and placing the dot on the right place. (Shin- on the right Sin-on the left). I’m sending it home for you to keep and review.
We will start a new Hoveret (workbook) with the vowel “Hirik” which sounds like a long E. We will learn to spell words with both vowels we have learned (Ah and Ei).

Parashat Hashavua
This Friday you will find in their folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat:  “ וירא” (Va yerah). We learned about two important Mitzvot that our Parasha teaches us: Hachnasat Orchim and Bikur Cholim. We also learned about other stories from the beginning of the Parasha. Please encourage your child to tell you the stories he/she learned about this Parasha using the pictures on the sheets.

Prayer
We are doing very well reading and singing following new prayers: “Baruch Shamar”, “Ashrey” and “Anim zemirot”

Shabbat Shalom
Morah Irit.

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

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

"My library”- הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי

Dear Parents,
I am very excited because we are starting a new program for the first grade called “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי " - ”!
I will be giving to each student a Hebrew book to practice reading at home. The books are from the unit “Shalom Bakita” and it is good practice for the sight words we learned in class. Once your student is finished reading the book to an adult, he should bring the book back to school with a signature from the parent and your child will get a “Dag”  (our reward fish).  This program will help create excitement about Hebrew reading and help improve their Hebrew reading skills. It will also give each student a real love for Hebrew reading when they see how well they read.
The first book is called: “Shalom Kitah Alef” (Shalom first grade).
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend so they can receive a new one on Friday.
(Only students who return their book signed will receive a new book).

With your help and support we can make a real difference in your child’s Hebrew reading skills!
Shabbat Shalom
Morah Irit.

10.19.2012

בס"ד

 ג' בחודש חשון תשע"ג

10.19.2012

Dear Parents,
I’m very proud to introduce Ariot. Ariot is the “Lion” from the Tal-Am program.
Every Friday one of the 1^st grade students will get to have Ariot over for the weekend.
In the Ariot’s backpack you will find Ariot along with a binder.
Please take a picture of your child and Ariot together and help your child write about their experience spending time with Ariot during the weekend.
It can be in English, or English and Hebrew, or only Hebrew.

”Shalom kitah Alef”-
We read the story:”Shalom kitah Alef”- in this story the kids were excited to discover the lion named Ariot!


SHALOM BAKITA (Shalom in the Classroom):
This week we started the “Shalom 1- Shalom Bakita”.  workbook from Tal-Am program.
The workbook deals with everyday life in the classroom at the beginning of the school year, and focuses on familiarization with the characters of a "virtual" classroom, the articles and the learning habits in the classroom.
Shalom Bakita is further organized into 3 subtopics:
(a) Who is in the class?
(b) What is in the class?
(C) How to study.
These topics will accompany the students throughout the year, since they deal with the everyday life of the students.


Hebrew workbook:
This week we have almost 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 Nun. We also focused on the Final letters: “Mem sofit” and “Nun sofit”. We practice writing words and we learned when to use a final letter.



Parashat Hashavua
This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “"נח. Every week the first graders learn  the main ideas in the weekly Parasha.
We learned that Noach was 10 generations after Adam and Havah. Please look at the Hebrew words we learned in this Parasha as well.
We know Ark= Tevah,  תיבה  flood=Mabool  מבול and rainbow is Keshet.קשת
Please encourage your child to explain to you what is in Parashat Noach.

Prayer
We are doing very well reading and singing to following new prayers: “Baruch Shamar”, and “Anim zemirot”. We will start next week B"H “Ashrey” prayer.

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit

Parashat Bereshit

בס"ד

10..12.2012

Dear Parents,
Even though this week was very short here is what we learned:

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.
I am sending the workbook we are using home so you can review with your child. Please keep this workbook at home.

Parashat Hashavua-Parashat Bereshit
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 Hebrew words your child wrote in the box.  The first graders learned about the creation.
On our “Kabalat Shabbat” Moreh Dror highlighted 2 things that we can learn from the creation to our life:

1.    G-D could create the world in one day but he didn’t – here we learn that if we want to do something and get a better result we need to take our time and not rush through our work.

2.    G-D stopped at the end of every day to check his work – we need to also check our work at the end. For example when we finish an answer for a test we need to go over it and check if it is all right.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit

Sukkot 2012

Dear Parents,

This week we completed the unit of Sukkot.
We learned about the Hebrew calendar and we’ve colored the days of the holidays.
We talked about a kosher sukkah and a non- kosher sukkah. What do we need in order to have a kosher one?  Ask your child!
We got to know the 7 Ushpizin (guests) that coming to visit us in the sukkah on each night of sukkot.
We reviewed the names of the 4 species and we compared each one of them to our body parts:
Lulav= spine
Etrog= heart
Hadas= eye
Aravah= mouth
We also compared it to different kind of people by comparing the taste to people who learn Torah and smell to people who do Mitsvot (good deed)

I’m also sending home to keep our first Tal-Am workbook for the high holyday.

In this Festivals workbook we learned about “Rosh Hashana”, “Sukot” and “Simchat Torah”.

We learned new songs and read Hebrew stories for these festivals.

(The books are shown on the back of the festival workbook).

We are very exited to finish reading the entire torah on Simchat Torah and start reading it all over again. We are ready to dance and have a real Simcha (joy) with our “Degel” (flag) we made for that special event.

Please don’t forget to take it with you to Bet-Keneset (Synagogue).

חג שמח    !

Happy Holyday.

Morah Irit Karavani

שבת שובה

בס"ד

9.21.2012

Dear Parents,

Even though this  week was very short, we were very busy learning about Yom Kippur.

-We looked at the calendar and we saw that the date is Yud which means 10, and the month is Tishrei.

Calender:

When we came back to school we found out that it is a new month (Tishrei) and a new Hebrew year ( תשע"ג).

We also saw that we are in the middle of Aseret Yemei Teshuva and that this Shabbat is Shabbat Shuvah.

Aseret Yemei Teshuva”

-We counted 10 days from Rosh Hashanah and now we understand  why these days are called: Aseret Yemei Teshuva” the 10 days of Repentance.

-We learn about Selichot service.

Shabbat Shuvah

-After Rosh Hashanah ends and before Yom Kippur starts the next notable day is the special Shabbat (this Shabbat) that has its own name: Shabbat Shuvah ("Sabbath [of] Return") meaning the Sabbath devoted to "teshuva" which means "repentance" in Hebrew.

Tashlikh (תשליך‎, meaning "casting off")

This week first grade went to the stream that is next to our school and trew their “mistakes”. Now we are all ready for “Yom Kipur”.

9.7.2012

9.7.2012

Dear Parents,
We have been very busy learning this week!  Here are some of the things we have accomplished:

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.

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.

Hebrew:
This week we reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds as well as the “AH” vowel sound up to the letter “Zayin”.
We also learned that the letter “ו”added to a word means “and”. Please ask your child to explain this to you.

Chagim (Holidays):
We continued working on our unit on Rosh Hashana. The students completed a project during Hebrew class and I will  send it home B”H next week along with our Rosh Hashana workbook.

Shabbat Shalom,
      Morah Irit.

8.31.2012

8.31.2012

Dear Parents,
We were very busy learning about the month of “Elul” and about Rosh Hashanah.
We learned a new song for the 12 Hebrew months, and we know that Rosh Hashnah starts on the first day of the first month of Tishri.
Prayer:
We learned the whole “Alenu  Leshabeach” at the end of the service. We added one more new prayer to our morning prayers:
“En ke elokenu” We love singing it with the music;
We are also saying the entire “Birkat Hamazon”. Please encourage your child to follow with his/ her finger along the words while he/she is davening or benching.
Hebrew:
Our small groups are running very well. We are using a workbook called “Me Ot L’Ot”, where we learn to read, write, and sound out Hebrew words. This week we finished the first “חוברת"- work book- up to the letter “Hey”. We learned the meaning of some of the Hebrew words and learned how to spell them as well. We focused on “ ה”  at the end of the Hebrew word  and on “ ה”  at the front of the Hebrew word which means “The”. We saw many examples of Hebrew sentences that start with “The”.
Ask your child to show you some of the sentences.
 I’m sending the workbook home to review and keep at home.
Parashat Hashavua - Parashat Ki Teitzei

This Friday you will find in the folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha. The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of Hashavas Aveida. “השבת אבידה” which means we must return lost objects to their owner. A person cannot pretend that he does not see the object, and he must watch over the lost item until the owner returns for it. He/she also cannot use that object while it is in his/her possession. One must also ask the owner for signs in order to establish that the object is really his. We also learned about the Mitzvah of Tzitzit as well. We learned that there are 5 knots and 8 strings which add up to 13. We learned that there are 613 Mitzvot and looking at our Tzitzit reminds us to always be ready to follow the Mitzvot of Hashsem. Please encourage your child to explain to you what is in the other pictures as well.

Chagim (Holidays):
We continued learning our unit on Rosh Hashanna. We received our first “Tal Am” work book for the high holidays. We learned new songs and read a  Hebrew book call “שנה טובה” Shannah Tovah.


When you come to visit the school, please feel free to come to the 1^st grade hallway, and see our bulleting board!  The students have written about themselves.

Shabbat Shalom, 
      Morah Irit.

First week

24.8.2012

Dear Parents,
First grade is doing very well. In this week we learn how to ask for things only in Hebrew.

Here is some of our Subject we accomplished:



Prayer:
We are davening all together, reviewing what we already know.
We will be learning new prayer as the year goes on.

Hebrew:
We are working in 3 groups. Two groups work independently, and one group works with me. We are using a workbook called Me Ot L’Ot, where we learn to read, write, and sound out words.
This week we finished the letters Alef, Bet and Vet!

Parashat Hashavua
Every Friday you will find in the folder the Parasha in pictures, along with a summary. The first graders learned about the main ideas in the Parasha.
Please encourage your child to explain to you what in the pictures.

Chagim (Holidays):
We started with the month of Elul. We got to know all about the Shofar, and Moreh Dror has even come every morning to blow the Shofar for us.

We also started our unit on Rosh Hashanna.



Please Pass through the 1st grade hallway, and see our bulleting board, were the students wrote in Hebrew about themselves.


Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit.

first grrade 5.24.12

5-24-12Dear Parents,
Chag HaSiddur was fabulous. I’m very proud of all my students. The students loved doing it so much that they want to continue practicing. Thank you for coming.

“Chai Club”

This week I’m sending home 2 books: “Od Chala Bevakasha” (More Chalah please) for reading on Shabbat, and “Haotiyot Batorah Shelanu” (the letter in our Torah) for reading on Shavuot. These are the last two books for some students since they have finished reading 16 books already. Please encourage your child to read so they can also become members of our club. Please don’t send any books back to school tomorrow. We will continue with the Chai Club next week and we come back to our vocabulary words in the following week.

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

“ אני סופר/סופרת את ה______– I’m counting the ________

 For example: “ אני סופר/סופרת את העומר”(I’m counting the Omer), and in our parasha:  ה' סופר את בני ישראל (G-D is counting B’nai Yisrael).

Shalom:

This week we finished our unit on “Shalom Ba’Bayit U Ba’chots” (Shalom in the house and outside).  The “Shalom at Home” workbook focuses on the daily life of a Jewish child at home from waking up in the morning until going to bed at night.

This week we focused on the 4 different seasons. We learned about hot days and how important it is to drink water. I’m sending home the completed workbook. Please go over it with your child and let him/her share with you all we’ve learned.

Ariot 4:

This week we started Ariot 4 (the last book of Ariot).

We learned 2 stories:”פיל פילון” – (Pil Pilon) and “איפה העפיפון” (Where is the kite)

Shavuot:

This week we finished our Tal Am workbook unit on Pesach-Shavuot. We learned that from Passover until Shavout we count 49 days which is 7 weeks. Ask your child why we count these days.  We also learned that the B’nai Yisrael recieved the Torah on Har (Mt.) Sinai on “Vav Sivan” (6^th of the month of Sivan).We learned a new song about the 5 books of the Torah and the 4 names of “Shavuot”.

I’m sending home the completed workbook. Please go over it with your child and let him/her share with you all we’ve learned.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :במדבר""
This Friday we learned about how the Jewish People traveled in the desert. We also learned that the Mishkan was set up in the center of the camp with the tribe of Levi surrounding it. The rest of the tribes camped around the camp of Levi.

Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach from Morah Irit.