פרשת בא

בס"ד

1.18.2013 Dear Parents,  
We started “Shevat” month with  great new learning:                                              
Cursive Hebrew letters:                                                                                                    
On Monday, we started to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. In this unit, we are focusing on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we were practicing the letters: א=א, ב=ב, ג=ג, ד=ד .                                                                  
 I know the students are very excited about writing their words in cursive,  but it is extremely important not to let them write it yet! The students are allowed to use Hebrew cursive letters only for the letters we have learned in the class. The students may think they know how to form the letters,  but if they are forming it incorrectly,  it will be very hard to fix their mistakes later.
Tu Bishvat                                                                                                                       
 We started to learn the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat.  We used gematria again to find out that “Tu” is 15 and we celebrate Tu Bishvat on the 15^th of Shvat.          
 We also learned that this is a Rosh Hashana for the trees.                                    
 We all knew that tree in Hebrew is “Ets”  but now we all know that another word for tree is “Elan”.
We started “Ariot 2 workbook” and “Ariot 2 CD”:                                                     
We started “Ariot 2” workbook, and Ariot 2 program on the computers.                      
 Even though “Ariot 2” is more challenging,  it is even more fun to figure out the words in the  “Hachtava” (the spelling test at the end of each unit) and we are still able to figure out the words without help.
Parashat Hashavua                                                                                                      
   This Friday you will find a picture page in the folder with a summary of the story of Parashat: “בא” (Bo). We reviewed the 10 makot (the Ten Plagues) names in English and in Hebrew.
We learn that “בא” in gematria is 3 and in our Parasha we have the last 3 Makot (plagues)
Homework: 
 Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only!

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"מה יש בבית הספר" -“Ma Yesh Bevet Hasefer?” (what is in school).

Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend .It is a great way to practice all the vocabulary we have learned.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Roni’s home.

Vocabulary words:                                                                                                          

This week’s words will be from the story in “Ariot 2” workbook     

 The test will be on Thursday, 1-24-13.

Goose אַוָז-

Gold זָהָב-

Move (M)זָז -

Move (F) זָזָה-

Mountain הָר -

You can practice with flash card at:
 http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1131922/2mg2
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit