ראש חודש שבט 2018

Dear parents,

We started the month of  “Shevat” with  great new learning:

Tu Bishvat:

 We started to learn the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat.  We used gematria 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”.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

This week we started learning 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 first two letters, א&ב

SHALOM BAKITA (Shalom in the Classroom):

This week we finished the “Shalom 1- Shalom Bakita”  workbook from theTal-Am program.

The workbook deals with everyday life in the classroom from 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.

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

Ariot 2: 
This week we finished Ariot 2 workbook. We read and studied the following stories:
“Adon Balon” (Mr. Balloon) We learned the names of all the colors in Hebrew as well as the words: Dag (fish), Dov (bear), Gag (roof) and Vav (hook).
“ Zozo Ha avazon” (Zozo the goose) In this story we learned the words Zaz (moving), Bayit (a house) Har (a mountain) the goose family and Dag (fish).
In the process we learned to differentiate between animate and inanimate objects.
“Ach Bamishpacha” (“A Brother in the family”).
Our Hebrew vocabulary included words like: “Chagiga” (party), Mishpacha (family), Aba (dad), ima (mom) dod (uncle) doda (aunt) Saba (grandpa) Savta (Grandma) Ach Chadash (a new brother), Achot chadasha (a new sister), Buba (doll), B’dicha (joke).

We really liked reading the story “Oh Oh Hatoast”!  (Yes, that’s how you also say toast in Hebrew!)
We learned the following Hebrew words: Tabach (chef), Oto (a car) Televiziya (T.V), Tov and Tova (good)
The chef likes (ohev)  good toast, a yellow one and not a black one.

-For the letter “Yud” we read the story:
“Yesh Chagiga” (“There is a Party”) We learned the Hebrew words: “Yoshev” and “Yoshevet”(“sitting” for boys and “sitting” for girls). We practiced these words by saying sentences in Hebrew about ourselves such as:  “ Ani yoshev/yoshevet al ha keese”- “I’m sitting on the chair”).
We also learned that the word “yoyo” is the same word in Hebrew and in English.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

Please read the 5 stories from Ariot 2 workbook

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Asher’s home.

Parashat Hashavuah

 This Friday you will find a picture page in the folder with the 10 makot (the Ten Plagues). We reviewed the 10 makot 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).

Vocabulary words:

This week’s words will be from Tu Bishvat unit:

The test will be on Thursday, 1-25-2018.

Tree עֵץ 

Leafעָלֶה

Leavesעָלִים

Flower פֶּרַח

Fruit  פְּרִי

You can practice with flash cards at:
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/3172492/c6s1

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit