כי תצא 2016

Dear Parents,                                                            בס"ד      אלול תשע"ו                                                                 

 We have been very busy learning about Tishrey month.

 Moreh Dror comes to our class every day to blow the Shofar and teach us new things about the Shofar.

Prayer:

We pray all the 3 parts of “Shema Israel all the way to the word “Emet”.

Wow! It is very impressive!

Chagim (Holidays):

We were very busy learning about Rosh Hashanah.

Here are some of the thing we learned:

Rosh means "head" and Shanah means "year", together the two Hebrew words means: "head of the year". On Rosh Hashanh we go to "Bet-Keneset" (synagogue) and pray for a year of good health and peace. We need to think about the good things we did in the past year. We also promise to ourselves that in the year to come we will try to become better people by doing t'shuvah (repentance). We ask G-d to forgive us for any wrongs we have done.

- In "Bet-Kneset we pray from special prayer book call "Machzor".

-another name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom t'ruah, the day of blowing the shofar. The shofar is a ram's horn, and the sound reminds all Jews to return to Torah and to good deeds.

There are three types of shofar blasts blown on Rosh Hashanah, known as T'kee'ot:

T'kiah- a straight unbroken blast that ends sharply.

Shevarim- three broken sounds, like a shiver.

T'ruah- a group of nine short notes.

Prayer:

We Pray all the 3 parts of “Shema Israel”  all the way to “Emet”. Wow! It is very impressive!

Hebrew:

We are learning about the letter "ו"

We learned that "וְ" (veh) = And.

We practiced saying different thing using "וְ" like: "אִמָא וְאַבָּא"

Please ask your child to put 2 words together using- "וְ"  “Veh” (and).
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 Hashem. Please encourage your child to explain to you what is in the other pictures as well.

Shabbat Shalom from

 Morah Irit.

שופטים 2016

בס"ד חודש אלול תשע"ו

Dear Parents,                                                                             

We started to learn about the month of Elul. We got to know about the Shofar, and Moreh Dror has even come every morning to blow the Shofar for us.

Next week we will start the unit on Rosh Hashanna.

Prayer:

We are davening all together, reviewing what we already know.

This week we learned the first 2 parts of “Shemah” with the torah reading tune.

This coming week, B”H we will add the 3^rd part.

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 meanings of some of the Hebrew words and learned how to spell them as well. We focused on the “ ה” at both the beginning and the end of a word.  We learned that most of the time a “ ה” at the front of the Hebrew word means “The”.  We saw many examples of Hebrew sentences that start with “The”.
Ask your child to show you some of the sentences.

I am sending the workbook home to review and keep at home.

Parashat Hashavua- Parashat Shoftim

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha. We learned that the name of this week parashe means: judges. Please look inside each picture for the words your child wrote in Hebrew.

Reading assignment:

I am sending home (at the back of this page) a list of words that are a combination of words of the letters Alef up to Vav.

Please let your child read it until he/she reads it fluently.

With your help and support we can make a real difference in your child’s Hebrew reading skills!

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit.

אַבָּא

בָּאָה

גַב

גַג

דָג

בָּד

גָד

הָב

הָבהָב

הָבָה

וָו

שבוע שני

בס"ד

Dear Parents,

Here are some of the things we accomplished:

Hebrew:

This week we reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds as well as the “AH” vowel sound up to the letter “Dalet”.

We learned to read, sounding out and writing the words: אַבָּא, בָּא, גַג, גַב

We also learned the meaning of each word.

Chagim (Holidays): Next week B”H we will start to learn about the month of Elul.

Prayer:

We are davening all together, reviewing what we already know by using the Artscroll Siddur during our daily Tefillah service. While singing the Tefillot, the children follow the words in the siddurim with their finger. This helps them become familiar and recognize the written word, which strengthens Hebrew reading skills.

Parashat Hashavua- Parashat Re’eh

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 Hebrew.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit.

שבוע ראשון

8.25.2016

Dear Parents,

First grade is doing very well. I am also sending this letter by Email. Please let me know if you did not receive it or if you would prefer me to send it to a different Email.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free contact me at: iritkaravani@hotmail.com or ikaravani@torahacademy.org

Here are some of the things we accomplished:
Prayer:

We are davening all together, reviewing what we already know by using the Artscroll Siddur during our daily Tefillah service. While singing the Tefillot, the children follow the words in the siddurim with their finger. This helps them become familiar and recognize the written word, which strengthens Hebrew reading skills. This week we added a new prayer to our service: “Ein ke’elokenu” We love singing it with the music! We also bentch Birkat HaMazon every day using a bencher as well.

We will be adding and learning new prayer as the year goes on.

Hebrew:

We are working in 3 groups. One groups work independently, one group works with Morah Malka and one group works with me. We are using a workbook called “Me Ot L’Ot”. We learn to read, write, decoding and sounding out words.

This week we finished the letter Alef!

Parashat Hashavua

Every Friday you will find in the folder the summary of the Parasha along with pictures. The first graders learned about the main ideas in the Parasha.

Please encourage your child to explain to you what’s in the pictures.

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

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit.