פרשת תרומה

2-15-13
Dear Parents,

Rosh Hodesh Adar  started with great “simcha” (happiness)! We wore funny hats and Moreh Dror gave us Hamantashen " אֹזֶן המן " to eat. We also danced with students from other grades. Even the tables in the lunch room were decorated. It was a lot of fun!

Purim:
We started the story of the Megillah. Next week we will place it in our “Pringels” can.
Thank you for sending a “Pringels” can.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We are continuing 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 “מ”. We learned that there are 5 letters that do not start from the top and one of them is “ט”.

Please make sure your child is perfuming “מ” and “ג” right.

“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.
Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Ariel’s home.

Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find in their folder a picture page with a summary of Parashat: “תרומה” we learn that the Hebrew word "תרומה" -(Terumah) means to give a present (contribute). We went over all the different things that were in the Mishkan including: the Mizbayach, the kiyor, the menorah, the shulchan, the mizbayach haZahav. We learned about the different miracles that Hashem did in the Mishkan as well.
Homework:
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.
Next week, since we do not have school on Monday for President’s Day, we will do our Monday homework on Tuesday during class time.

Vocabulary words:

This is our word list.

The test will be on Thursday  2/21/13.

מילים למבחן

King מֶלֶךְ

Queen מַלְכָּה

Crown כֶּתֶר

Banquet מִשְׁתֶּה

Feast סְעֻדָּה

Writing (M) כּוֹתֵב

Writing (F) כּוֹתֶבֶת

You can practice with flash card at:
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1203980/7ua5

פרשת משפטים

8-2-2013

Dear Parents,

This week at recess time, the students got to build a nice איש שלג  –Snow man (Eish Sheleg) with a “Kippah”.

Rosh Hodesh Adar:

Rosh Hodesh Adar  is coming this Sunday and Monday! As part of our special Rosh Chodesh program, please send your child (on Monday) with a funny hat to wear (it can be a special hat, funny hat or regular hat). Each student will receive a Hamantashen " אוזן המן" and we will be dancing with students from other grades. Look for our special crown we will decorate on Monday. It is a present from our friendship school - ”Shilo” in “Kfar Sabba- Israel” wtitc will be our pen pal next year.

“Brachot” - blessing on the computer

This week we learned a special unit about the Brachot. The students enjoyed exploring the different Brachots for different foods on the smart board. In addition to that, I created an online quiz about the various blessings for different foods so that the students can practice saying the correct blessing for these foods. Each student went online to use this program onour class computer and received a certificate with his\her grade on it. Your child can practice more by clicking on this link: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=blessing_1

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"זֶה שוּלְחָן שַבָּת?" -“Ze Sholchan Shabbat?” (is this a shabbat table).

We read this book as a review of our last unit of “"מה בילקוט ובכיתה ('what is in the classroom and the backpack).

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.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Tomer’s home.

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. We learned about the four ways a person can damage another’s property and have to pay: If he/she damages, if their animal damages, if they spill or leave out something where you can trip, and if your fire damages.

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.


Vocabulary words:
This week’s words are taken from the story” Hagigah Ba’kitah” (a party in the classroom) from the “Ariot 2” workbook. We learned the word “Hagigah”(party) a few weeks ago. Please make sure your child knows the translation of this word.
The test will be on Thursday, 2-14-13.

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1176308/7hn5

Sitting (M) יוֹשֵב

Sitting (F)יוֹשֶבֶת

Riddle.- חִידָה

Letters אוֹתִיוֹת

Saying (M) אוֹמֵר

Saying (F) אוֹמֶרֶת

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit

פרשת יתרו

Dear parents,

Here is what we were learned this week:

SHALOM BABAYIT UVACHUTZ (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)

We started learning “Shalom at Home and Outdoors”. This unit deals with the everyday life of the students outside of school. “Shalom at Home” focuses on the Jewish daily life at home from wakeup until sunset. It contains  such subtopics as: morning and evening routines, the body, clothing and nutrition, and combining the respective prayers and blessings. 
“Shalom Outdoors” focuses on the world outside of the classroom and home. It is linked to the creation of the world and is organized according to the seasons of the year. 

Our first unit was about our home and our family.

Each student got to see his\her own picture of the house and the family posting in the album. We talked and wrote few words about it.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"הבית הכי טוב ברחוב" -“Habayit Hachi Tov Barechov” (the best house on the street).

We read this book as part of our unit of “"שלום בבית (At home). Each student got to color his own book. (If your child didn’t finish coloring the book, please let him/her to finish it at home).

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.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Bassie’s home.

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.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We are continuing to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. The students focus on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we reviewed the letters: ז=ז, ח=ח

Homework:

Please make sure the homework notebook is 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 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.

Vocabulary words:

This week’s words are taken from the story” Oh, Oh Hatost” from “Ariot 2” workbook. The test will be on Thursday, 2-7-13.

Chef       טַבָּח

Car       אוֹטוֹ

T.V.   טֶלֶוִיזְיָה

Toast      טוֹסְט

Good (M)     טוֹב

Good (F)     טוֹבָה

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1159251/y9x5

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit

פרשת שירה

1-25-13
Dear Parents,
This week we prepared food for the birds. Please read about our parasha to understand why.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

Last week, we started to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. In this unit, we are focusing on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we were practicing the letters up to “ז” .
I know the students are very excited about writing their words in cursive,  but it is extremely important not to let them write it yet! The students are allowed to use Hebrew cursive letters only for the letters we have learned in the class. The students may think they know how to form the letters,  but if they are forming it incorrectly,  it will be very hard to fix their mistakes later.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   
This week’s book is called:"עץ גדול עץ קטן" -“Etz Gadol Etz Katan?” (Big tree, small tree). When we read the book, we clapped our hands each time we read the words “Gadol Gadol” (big). We snapped every time we read the words “Katan Katan” (small).
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend and clap your hands and snap to follow to the story. It is a great way to practice all the vocabulary we have learned.

Ariot:
This week Ariot is going to Li’elle’s home.

Parashat Hashavua:
This Shabbat is Shabbat Shirah, (The Shabbat of Song). The Shabbat on which the parsha of Beshalach is read is called Shabbat Shirah, because it contains the song sung by Israel after the splitting of the Red Sea.


One of the customs associated with this Shabbat is to place crumbs outside for the birds to eat. We read in the Torah on this week about G-d giving the "מן" (“Maan”) to the nation of Israel, for their sustenance. Moshe told the nation of Israel that the Maan would not fall on Shabbat,  and therefore they should collect a double portion on Friday.  Datan
and Aviram, who wanted to embarrass Moshe and weaken his authority, took Maan they had collected on Friday, and after dark placed it out on the ground. When morning came, they hoped that people would think that the Maan did indeed fall on Shabbat, and Moshe was wrong.  However, no Maan was found on Shabbat morning. Why?  Because the birds carried it away before the nation awoke. Therefore, the nation indeed trusted  Moshe and respected the sanctity of the Shabbat. To reward the birds for this noble deed, we feed them the week on which we read of the surrounding incident, the week of Beshalach.
  There is an additional reason why we feed the birds this week. The chirping of birds is not just idle song. It is the way that birds praise G-d for providing them with their needs. Because, this week, we too sing praises of G-d for providing for us in the desert, we recognize the constant song of praise chirped by the birds by providing for their needs.

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.

Seder Tu Bi’shvat:
Today 1A and 1B celebrated together 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.

Homework:
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.

Vocabulary words:
 This week’s words will be from the story” Hagiga Ba’mishpacha” from “Ariot 2” workbook
The test will be on Thursday, 1-31-13.

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
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit

פרשת בא

בס"ד

1.18.2013 Dear Parents,  
We started “Shevat” month with  great new learning:                                              
Cursive Hebrew letters:                                                                                                    
On Monday, we started to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. In this unit, we are focusing on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we were practicing the letters: א=א, ב=ב, ג=ג, ד=ד .                                                                  
 I know the students are very excited about writing their words in cursive,  but it is extremely important not to let them write it yet! The students are allowed to use Hebrew cursive letters only for the letters we have learned in the class. The students may think they know how to form the letters,  but if they are forming it incorrectly,  it will be very hard to fix their mistakes later.
Tu Bishvat                                                                                                                       
 We started to learn the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat.  We used gematria again 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”.
We started “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 even more fun to figure out the words in the  “Hachtava” (the spelling test at the end of each unit) and we are still able to figure out the words without help.
Parashat Hashavua                                                                                                      
   This Friday you will find a picture page in the folder with a summary of the story of Parashat: “בא” (Bo). We reviewed the 10 makot (the Ten Plagues) 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)
Homework: 
 Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only!

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"מה יש בבית הספר" -“Ma Yesh Bevet Hasefer?” (what is in school).

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.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Roni’s home.

Vocabulary words:                                                                                                          

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

 The test will be on Thursday, 1-24-13.

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

Homework letter

1.11.2013

Dear Parents,

First grade students are doing very well. We are ready to move to a higher level. We will have a small quiz every Thursday on the 5 words we have studied. I will send home a list of words on Friday in our “Friday Hebrew Folder”. Please keep the words in an available place, 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.

Every Monday, each student must write the words in Aleph-Bet order. Every Tuesday, they must 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 to be practiced on line.

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 that, we also will go over the 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.

The quiz will be on Thursday.

Parent Signature: ____________________

פרשת וארא

1.11.2013

Dear parents,

This 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.

We are going to learn writing cursive Hebrew letters:

We are going to start to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. In this unit we are going to focus on forming the letters correctly and working on reading text with cursive.

שיעורי בית(shi urey bayit) – Home work.

Yes, we are going to start assigning  Hebrew Homework- Please sign the Homework letter and send it back in the folder.

We are going to start “Ariot 2 workbook” and “Ariot 2 CD”:

This week we will start “Ariot 2” workbook, and Ariot 2 program on the computers.

“Ariot” in the computer lab:

As part of the complex of teaching Hebrew in First grade,

Students will go once a week every Monday to the computers and practice “Ariot” with a special program for the computer.

On their computer the students hear the same story we are learning from the “Ariot” workbook in the class.

Students practice the new vocabulary we are learning in the class in different attractive activities that change every unit.

Students are equipped with special noise canceling headphones which helps the students to hear and concentrate on the talking from the computer.

Tu Bishvat

We are going to start to learn the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat. 

 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"שַרונה אוֹהבת אדום" -“Sharona Ohevet Adom” (Sharona likes red).

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

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.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Rachel’s home.

SHALOM BAKITA (Shalom in the Classroom):

This week we finished our Tal –Am workbook “Shalom 1- Shalom Bakita”. 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.

”My family” and “My house” Pictures:

Unfortunately, I didn’t get pictures from half of the class!

 If you haven’t sent your pictures yet or you have sent only one of the pictures, please send your pictures this week!

For your convenience you can Email me the pictures and I will print them for you! (My Email is: iritkaravani@hotmail.com)

Parashat Hashavua

This Friday we learned the summary of the story of Parashat: ” וארא“. We learned the 10 makot (the Ten Plagues) names in English and in Hebrew.

This is our first word list.

The test will be on Thursday  1/17/13.

מילים למבחן

    

                          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