First grade 10.26.2012


Dear parents,
The first grade continues to learn a lot of Hebrew. I am so proud of them!
We learned a Hebrew song about the 4 seasons:
חוֹרֶף (Horef)- winter  אָבִיב  (Aviv) – Spring,  קַיִץ (Kayits)- Summer ,
 סְתָו   (Stav) -Fall.
 And we can answer the question: ""מָה הַעוֹנָה עַכְשָיו? What is the season now?

Ariot:
This week Ariot went to  Dovid’s home.

Ariot on the Smart board:
On Thursday we played together using the “Ariot”  Hebrew program on our class Smart board.

The kids were so excited to use the Ariot Hebrew games and exercises on the Smart board!

Hebrew workbook:
This week we finished our workbook “Mai’ot leot” Part 3!  We reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds and the vowel sound “AH” up to the letter Pay. We focused on: the differences between “Pay”, “Fay” and  the final letters “Fay sofit”  .We practiced writing words and we learned when to use the final letters.
Next week B”H we will start a new Hoveret (workbook) with the last 5 letters.

Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find a picture page in your child’s folder with a summary of the story of Parashat  לך לך (Lech Lecha). We learned the story of the beginning of Avraham’s journeys. We learned the story of how Avraham discovered there was one G-d and what happened when he started to teach everyone about it. Please encourage your child to tell you the stories he/she learned about this Parasha using the pictures on the sheets.

Prayer:

This week we started learning about the “Ashrei” prayer in our morning dovening. We learned that the “Ashrei” is a psalm that is part of both the morning and afternoon prayer service.  After the first two introductory verses, the first letter of each verse follows the order of the Hebrew alphabet, forming an acrostic. The students noticed that every letter of the alphabet is there except for the letter “Nun”. We have finished reading the entire “Ashrei”  psalm and we are now practicing singing it together.

Shabbat Shalom, Morah Irit

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

"My library”- הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי

Dear Parents,
I am very excited because we are starting a new program for the first grade called “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי " - ”!
I will be giving to each student a Hebrew book to practice reading at home. The books are from the unit “Shalom Bakita” and it is good practice for the sight words we learned in class. Once your student is finished reading the book to an adult, he should bring the book back to school with a signature from the parent and your child will get a “Dag”  (our reward fish).  This program will help create excitement about Hebrew reading and help improve their Hebrew reading skills. It will also give each student a real love for Hebrew reading when they see how well they read.
The first book is called: “Shalom Kitah Alef” (Shalom first grade).
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend so they can receive a new one on Friday.
(Only students who return their book signed will receive a new book).

With your help and support we can make a real difference in your child’s Hebrew reading skills!
Shabbat Shalom
Morah Irit.

10.19.2012

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10.19.2012

Dear Parents,
I’m very proud to introduce Ariot. Ariot is the “Lion” from the Tal-Am program.
Every Friday one of the 1^st grade students will get to have Ariot over for the weekend.
In the Ariot’s backpack you will find Ariot along with a binder.
Please take a picture of your child and Ariot together and help your child write about their experience spending time with Ariot during the weekend.
It can be in English, or English and Hebrew, or only Hebrew.

”Shalom kitah Alef”-
We read the story:”Shalom kitah Alef”- in this story the kids were excited to discover the lion named Ariot!


SHALOM BAKITA (Shalom in the Classroom):
This week we started the “Shalom 1- Shalom Bakita”.  workbook from Tal-Am program.
The workbook deals with everyday life in the classroom at 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.


Hebrew workbook:
This week we have almost finished our workbook “Mai’ot leot” Part 3! We reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds and the vowel sound “AH” up to the letter Nun. We also focused on the Final letters: “Mem sofit” and “Nun sofit”. We practice writing words and we learned when to use a final letter.



Parashat Hashavua
This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat: “"נח. Every week the first graders learn  the main ideas in the weekly Parasha.
We learned that Noach was 10 generations after Adam and Havah. Please look at the Hebrew words we learned in this Parasha as well.
We know Ark= Tevah,  תיבה  flood=Mabool  מבול and rainbow is Keshet.קשת
Please encourage your child to explain to you what is in Parashat Noach.

Prayer
We are doing very well reading and singing to following new prayers: “Baruch Shamar”, and “Anim zemirot”. We will start next week B"H “Ashrey” prayer.

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit

Parashat Bereshit

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10..12.2012

Dear Parents,
Even though this week was very short here is what we learned:

Hebrew:
This week we reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds as well as the “AH” vowel sound up to the letter “Kaf” “Chaf” and “Chaf Sofit.
I am sending the workbook we are using home so you can review with your child. Please keep this workbook at home.

Parashat Hashavua-Parashat Bereshit
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 Hebrew words your child wrote in the box.  The first graders learned about the creation.
On our “Kabalat Shabbat” Moreh Dror highlighted 2 things that we can learn from the creation to our life:

1.    G-D could create the world in one day but he didn’t – here we learn that if we want to do something and get a better result we need to take our time and not rush through our work.

2.    G-D stopped at the end of every day to check his work – we need to also check our work at the end. For example when we finish an answer for a test we need to go over it and check if it is all right.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit

Sukkot 2012

Dear Parents,

This week we completed the unit of Sukkot.
We learned about the Hebrew calendar and we’ve colored the days of the holidays.
We talked about a kosher sukkah and a non- kosher sukkah. What do we need in order to have a kosher one?  Ask your child!
We got to know the 7 Ushpizin (guests) that coming to visit us in the sukkah on each night of sukkot.
We reviewed the names of the 4 species and we compared each one of them to our body parts:
Lulav= spine
Etrog= heart
Hadas= eye
Aravah= mouth
We also compared it to different kind of people by comparing the taste to people who learn Torah and smell to people who do Mitsvot (good deed)

I’m also sending home to keep our first Tal-Am workbook for the high holyday.

In this Festivals workbook we learned about “Rosh Hashana”, “Sukot” and “Simchat Torah”.

We learned new songs and read Hebrew stories for these festivals.

(The books are shown on the back of the festival workbook).

We are very exited to finish reading the entire torah on Simchat Torah and start reading it all over again. We are ready to dance and have a real Simcha (joy) with our “Degel” (flag) we made for that special event.

Please don’t forget to take it with you to Bet-Keneset (Synagogue).

חג שמח    !

Happy Holyday.

Morah Irit Karavani

שבת שובה

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9.21.2012

Dear Parents,

Even though this  week was very short, we were very busy learning about Yom Kippur.

-We looked at the calendar and we saw that the date is Yud which means 10, and the month is Tishrei.

Calender:

When we came back to school we found out that it is a new month (Tishrei) and a new Hebrew year ( תשע"ג).

We also saw that we are in the middle of Aseret Yemei Teshuva and that this Shabbat is Shabbat Shuvah.

Aseret Yemei Teshuva”

-We counted 10 days from Rosh Hashanah and now we understand  why these days are called: Aseret Yemei Teshuva” the 10 days of Repentance.

-We learn about Selichot service.

Shabbat Shuvah

-After Rosh Hashanah ends and before Yom Kippur starts the next notable day is the special Shabbat (this Shabbat) that has its own name: Shabbat Shuvah ("Sabbath [of] Return") meaning the Sabbath devoted to "teshuva" which means "repentance" in Hebrew.

Tashlikh (תשליך‎, meaning "casting off")

This week first grade went to the stream that is next to our school and trew their “mistakes”. Now we are all ready for “Yom Kipur”.

9.7.2012

9.7.2012

Dear Parents,
We have been very busy learning this week!  Here are some of the things we have accomplished:

Prayer:
We have been using the Artscroll Siddur during our daily Tefillah service. While singing the Tefillot, the children follow the words in their siddurim. This helps them become familiar with the words of the prayers.

Parashat Hashavua-Parashat Ki Tavo
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 the box.  The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of “Bikurim”. “ביכורים”. We fulfill this Mitzvah by bringing the first fruits that our crops produce to the Kohein in the Bait Hamikdash. There, we said  special verses from the Torah to praise Hashem for the all the bounty He has provided us . We also learned about the “curses “ and “blessings” that Hashem will give us. Wonderful blessings  will come when we observe the Torah but if we do not observe the Torah, the Jews will receive curses.

Hebrew:
This week we reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds as well as the “AH” vowel sound up to the letter “Zayin”.
We also learned that the letter “ו”added to a word means “and”. Please ask your child to explain this to you.

Chagim (Holidays):
We continued working on our unit on Rosh Hashana. The students completed a project during Hebrew class and I will  send it home B”H next week along with our Rosh Hashana workbook.

Shabbat Shalom,
      Morah Irit.