פרשת תצוה שבת זכור

Dear Parents,

Even though we had a snow day on Rosh Hodesh Adar, this week we marked it by getting Hamantashen " אֹזֶן המן "  from Moreh Dror to eat. It was very Yummy!

Yesterday we had a wonderful program lead by students from High school Yeshivat Beney Akiva “Bet Yehudah” from Kfar Maymon in Israel. We sang Purim songs together and they asked us Purim questions.

Of course, the first graders knew all the answers.

Hebrew reading:

Last week we finished our reading program. This program has strengthened everyone’s reading skills and taught the important skill of sounding out and writing Hebrew words. This means every student can read any Hebrew word with all of the vowels as well as write any Hebrew word with any vowels! Wow!

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.

Purim Project:

Please send to school an empty “Pringels” can. ( If you can send more then one that will be great!) It supposed to be easier then sending Pictures.

Purim:

We started the story of the Megillah. Next week we will place it in our “Pringels” can. (Only if I have enough cans).

Please keep sending more “Pringels” cans.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

This week we started to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. The students focused on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we reviewed the letters up to “ד”.

א=א  ב=ב  ג=ג  ד=ד

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Rena’s home.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"וְנַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא"- Ve’ na ha foch Hoo- (the opposite!)

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 and will learn.

Homework:

Some children are still having trouble getting their homework notebook back to school on time.

Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only!

Please make sure the homework notebook in placed  back into your child’s  backpack.

It is extremely important to have it in class on time, otherwise I can’t post their homework.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of Tetaveh - תצוה"”. We learned about the Kohen Gadol 8 different garments he wore and the 4 garments the regular Kohen wore.

Vocabulary words:

This is our word list.

The test will be on Thursday 3/5/15.

מילים למבחן

Clown –  לֵיצַן1

Wine - 2 יַיִן

  Costumes 3 תָחְפוֹשֶֹת

Noise Maker (gragger)4 רָעָשָן

Hamentashen 5 אוֹזֶן הָמָן

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/2912299/6t5v

פרשת משפטים

2-12-2015

Dear Parents,

First grade students are doing great, we are getting ready to start how to write Hebrew in script. Yay!!!!

Hebrew workbook:

This week we finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Segol” and “Tsereh” (the short E sound). We learned to spell words with all four of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Ei” ,“O” and “Eh”).

We are now learning the last vowel: Shoorok & Koobots (oo sound).

This means that soon we will finish our reading program. Wow!  

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Yael’s home.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

This week’s story is called: "איך לומדים?"- How do we learn?

We talked about different things that we do in the class in order to learn. For example:

Reading, writing, singing, and even coloring are some of the things that help us to study.

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

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

בְּבַקָשָה לִקְרוֹא – Please read

As part of "אֵיך לוֹמְדִים?"- How do we learn?

We are using the direction of  בְּבַקָשָה לִקְרוֹא  – Please read

Purim Project:

Please send to school an empty big size “Pringels” can. ( If you can send more then one that will be great!) It supposed to be easier then sending Pictures.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in their folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “משפטים” We learned that Moses gave many of G-d's laws to the B’nai Yisrael such as “be careful not to lie” as well as the laws of paying for any damages you do to another’s property.

This is our word list from “Ariot 2” workbook 

The test will be on Thursday  2/19/15

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

פרשת יתרו 2015

Dear Parents,
On Wednesday we celebrated Tu Bi’shvat. We had a “seder” over fruits from “שִׁבְעַת הַמִּינִים” – Shivat Haminim (the 7 species). We practiced the ברכות-Berachot (blessing) over the special fruits and learned which blessing we should say first.

Tu B’Shvat:
This week we finished learning about the tree parts, and we started learning of “שבעת המינים” – Shivat Haminim (the 7 species). We learned that there are two main things that we do on “Tu Bi’shvat”: 1) we plant a tree, or give money for planting a tree in Israel. 2.we eat the special fruits of the land of Israel.

I’m sending home the Tu Bi’shvat workbook for you to review and to keep at home.
Homework:

The first week of Homework went very well.
Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only! 
Please make sure the homework notebook in placed  back into your child’s  backpack.
It is extremely important to have it in class on time, otherwise I can’t post their homework.

Ariot: this week Ariot is going with Shulie.

 “Ariot 1”  workbook:

We finished “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 our classroom and in the computer lab  which includes the same stories and activities as in the workbook.

Purim:

This coming week we will start learning about Purim and the Megillah story!

Please send to school an empty big size “Pringels” can. ( If you can send more then one that will be great!) to put the Megillah in it.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "    

6 short stories from Ariot 1 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 weekend It is a great way to practice all the vocabulary we have learned in this unit.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in their folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “יתרו” (Yitro). We learned that the whole Parasha is named after Yitro because he was the father-in-law of Moshe and he accepted that Hashem was G-d after hearing about all the miracles that Hashem did in Egypt saving the Jewish People..  We also learned about how the Jewish People received the Torah at Har Sinai. We learned about the 10 commandments which include honoring our Parents. I’m encourage you to bring you child to “בית כנסת” (synagogue) so they can hear all the 10 commandments in the Torah reading.

מילים למבחן

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

The test will be on Thursday, 2-12-15.

    

                          Pink  וָרוֹד

Bear-   דֹב

Come-   בֹּא

  Roof -    גַג

Mr. -  אֲדוֹן

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1109491/w57b

בהצלחה ושבת שלום