חופשת חורף

Dear parents,

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

Yesterday we got to put jelly in our own “Sufganiya”. Yummy!!!

We also learned new songs and read Hebrew stories for Chanukah.

We finished two workbooks for Chanukah.  I’m sending home our workbooks for you to keep. 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 vacation.

Ariot:

Ariot is going with Morah Irit.

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.

Coming after winter break:

We will start a new unit about home & family (this is why the students need pictures of their home and family!)

We also will start to learn Hebrew script letters. Wow!!!

Vocabulary word:

No word list for the week of Jan 3^rd.

I will send a new word list on Friday Jan 5^th.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “ויגש” – Vayigash. From our Parasha we have learned how important it is to be responsible for our siblings and for our family.

I wish you all חופשה נעימה – Chofsha Ne’ima (Have a nice vacation).

Morah Irit

שבת חנוכה

בס"ד

Dear Parents,

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 Halalu”. 

Yesterday we celebrated a Chanukah Party with kindergarten and each student got to make his own “sevivon” (dreidel).

W also had a lot of fun at the Hanukkah carnival today.

Hannukkah projects:

We got to color our own Chanukiya that I bought from Israel

if you didn’t get it yet, please look in your child’s  backpack.

Hagim (Holidays):

We learned about the different of the Israeli’s dreidels and out of Israel dreidels. (Please read the story “"אְרִיאוֹת וְהַסְבִיבוֹנִים (Ariot and the dreidels).

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

 _____כַּמָה נֵרוֹת אֲנַחְנוּ מַדְלִיקִים בַּלַיְלָה הַ 

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

We are singing this song every day of Chanukah.
   שיעורי בית(shi urey bayit) – Homework.

First grade started this week an assigning Hebrew homework and Hebrew quiz routines.

I am so proud of the students who did all their homework’s 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 for the next day.

First Grade Album:

I still need two of the following pictures (4”x6”)  ASAP.

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!

Please send them in. You can Email me the picture and I will print it.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Gevah’s home.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we stared our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Holam” (the long O sound). We learned to spell words with all of the vowels we have learned so far.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "- A Special story for Chanukah

In your child’s folder you will find a story called: “"אְרִיאוֹת וְהַסְבִיבוֹנִים (Ariot and the dreidels).This story serves as a good exercise for your child’s Hebrew reading and for practicing their vocabulary. Please review this story with your child. 

This week we also worked on a book called:"שַרונה אוֹהבת אדום" -“Sharona Ohevet Adom” (Sharona Loves Red).This book is very similar to last week’s book:”Shahar O’hev Kahol”.

We read this book as a continuation of our unit of “"מָה בַכִּיתָה? (What is in the classroom?). Each student got to write the missing words in his/her book and color his/ her own book. (If your child didn’t finish coloring the book, please let him/her finish it at home).

Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weeken and to share with you their work. It is a great way to practice all the vocabulary we have learned in this unit. Please keep this book at home.

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.

This is our word list.

The quiz will be on Thursday 12/21/17.

Party, Celebration חֲגִיגָה -

Familyמִשְׁפָּחָה -

Brother- אָח

Sister אָחוֹת -

Uncle דּוֹד –

Aunt דּוֹדָה -

Grandfather סַבָּא –

Grandmother סָבְתָא –

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1145973/v49t

בהצלחה

Shabbat Shalom and Happy Hanukkah from Morah Irit

וישב 2017

Dear Parents,

First grade students are doing very well in class and now we are ready to move on to a higher level.

This coming week (12.11.17) we will start having a weekly Hebrew homework and vocabulary test. (Please sign the letter).

Hebrew workbook:

This week we finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel with “Segol” and “Tseyrey”.

Vacation reading:

In the folder, you will find a list of words with two of the vowels we have learned.

The list is built from Alef to Taf. It is very important to practice reading each word with the combination of each specific vowel.

This list is sent instead of a book. Please read it with your child as many time as you can and sign the paper.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

This week’s book is called:"שַחר אוֹהב כחול" -“Shahar O'hev Kahol” (Shahar Loves Blu).

We read this book as a continuation of our unit "מָה בַכִּיתָה? (What is in the classroom?).

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.

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 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!

Please send it to me soon as possible. You can also Email me the picture and I will print it.

Prayer:

We are practicing the song “הַנֵרוֹת הַלָלוּ” (Hanerot Halalu) -the song that we sing after lighting the Chanukiya.

Ariot:

This week Ariot went to Tzvi’s home.
Hagim (Holidays):

We learned that we celebrate Chanukkah to remember the great miracles that Hashem did for us during that time. We are saying thank you to Hashem! “תוֹדָה, תוֹדָה אֱלוֹקִים. תוֹדָה עַל הַנִיסִים” (Todah, Todah Elokim. Todah al hanisim,).

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 learned that Yosef’s story happened because Hashem wanted him to end in Egypt and to get into the palace.

Shabbat Shalom

 Morah Irit.

This is our first word list (from “Ariot 2” workbook).

The test will be on Thursday  12/14/17

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

מכתב על שיעורי בית

12.8.2017

Dear Parents,

First grade students are doing very well in class and now we are ready to move on to a higher level.

Starting this week (Dec 14) we will have a small quiz every Thursday on the 5 words we have studied. I will send home a list of vocabulary words every Friday in our “Friday Hebrew Folder”. Please keep the words in a convenient and accessible spot for your child, sign the folder, and send the folder back.

To help your child study the words, each student will have a special notebook that he/she will take home on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with their homework assignment. (starting Dec 11).

Every Monday, each student will write the words in Aleph-Bet order. Every Tuesday, they will write the words 3 times. And every Wednesday, they will have a word search puzzle with our week’s words.

For your convenience, I’ll make flashcards for practicing which will be available online.

Parents may not know Hebrew, but the students do. Parents don’t have to study for the test or do the homework!

Your child knows how to do it, we will also go over the vocabulary words in class. Please make sure your child is studying and doing his/her homework.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call me:

338-0308

Thanks,

Mora Irit Karavani

Name: ___________________________Date:____________________________

I read the letter and I understand that my child will have homework every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. (starting Dec 11).

The first quiz will be on Thursday Jan 14.

Parent Signature: ____________________

בס"ד חודש כסלו תשע"ח                                                                                  12.1.2017

Dear Parents,

This week we start to learn a unit about: “מַה יֵש בַּכִּתָה?”- What is in the classroom?

We got to label our classroom with all the Hebrew words we learned for the things that are in the classroom. (like: wall, chair, table, window, door, etc).

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.

Please read the book with your child at home. This story served as a good exercise for your child’s Hebrew reading and for practicing their vocabulary as well.

“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.

Please keep this book at home.

 “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 much more fun to figure out the words in the  “Hachtava” (the spelling quiz at the end of each unit) and we are still able to figure out the words without help.

This week we learned the story about “Adon blaon”-  Mr. Baloon.

Ariot:

This week Ariot went to Noa‘s home.

Hagim (Holidays):

This week we started to prepare for Chanukah.

We learned the story of Chanukah and we learned the Hebrew words: “Yehudim” (Jews) and “Yevanim” (Greeks).
Hebrew workbook:

We are half way in our workbook with the “Segol” and “Tseyre” vowles.

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.