פרשת נשא 5.31.2013

5.31.2013

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful day at the zoo. It was perfect timing for our unit of this week.

Ariot 4:

This week we learned the story: "קולות בגן החיות"- sounds in the zoo.

Did you know that you call a different Hebrew sound for some of the animals? For example a dog barks: “Hav Hav” instead of “Waf Waf”.

Ask your child about the rest of the animals we’ve learned.

 Shalom:

This week we finished our unit on “Shalom Ba’Bayit U Ba’chots” (Shalom in the house and outside).  The “Shalom at Home” workbook focuses on the daily life of a Jewish child at home from waking up in the morning until going to bed at night.

This week we focused on the 4 different seasons. We learned about hot days and how important it is to drink water. I’m sending home the completed workbook. Please go over it with your child and let him/her share with you all we’ve learned.

 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called: “"עוד חלה בבקשה  More Halah please. This book is from our “Shabbat Shalom” unit.

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.

Prayer:

The first graders now know the beginning and the end parts of the “Amidah”. I’m very proud of all my first graders when they pray in the morning!

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :" נשא"
This Friday we learned about the 12 spies that Moshe sent  to look at the land of Canaan to see if it is good or bad. Please ask your child to tell you what’s happened at the end.

Vocabulary words:

I’m very proud of my first grade students’ achievements this year. Thank you as well. All your child’s studying this year would not have been so successful without your help and support. I’m sending the מחברת (notebook) home for you to keep. Please use this notebook for review during the summer.

Shabbat Shalom,   Morah Irit

פרשת בהעלתך

5.24.2013

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful activity today. We all had a lot of fun at the “Field Day”.

Ariot 4:

This week we learned 2 stories: "העפיפון"- The kite and the story:”אנחנו לומדים בחוץ” – We are studying out side.

Enrichment program:

The students are all excited about having a special enrichment workbook! This workbook gives the student an opportunity to learn and practice more Hebrew whenever he/she finishes their classroom assignment. This workbook will go home to be finished at summer vacation.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called: “"לילה טוב בינה ודב  Good night Bina an Dov.

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.

Prayer:

This week we added the beginning and the end parts of the “Amidah” to our regular tefila service every day. I’m very proud of all my first graders when they pray in the morning!

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :" בהעלותך"
This Friday we learned several stories from Sefer Bamidbar as well as the stories in our Parashat Hashavua. We learned that the Jewish people started complaining about living in the desert. They complained about the special food (Man) that they received as well as about the trip in the desert.

Vocabulary words:

There will be no more Hebrew vocabulary words for this year!  I’m very proud of my first grade students’ achievements this year. Thank you as well. All your child’s studying this year would not have been so successful without your help and support. I’ll send the מחברת (notebook) home for you to keep next week.

Shabbat Shalom,   Morah Irit

פרשת במדבר

בס"ד

5.10.2013

Dear Parents

The pictures and the DVD from “Chag Hasiddur” are ready! Please get it from your child’s Hebrew folder.

Shavuot:

Every day in our morning prayer we are counting the days that past Passover. Tuesday will be our last day of counting the days. Ask your child why we are going to stop count the days.  We also learned that Beney Yisrael got the Torah on Har (Mt.) Sinai on “Vav Sivan” (6^th of the month of Sivan).We learned a new song about Har Sinai and another song about the 5 books of the Torah as well.

Ariot 3:

This week we finished Ariot 3 workbook. We concluded with the story

"מה יש בעננים"    - what is in the cloud. The students used all of their imagination to see deferent shapes in the clouds.

Ariot 4: This week we started the Ariot 4 workbook. We read a story about “Salat shel Pilim” (An elephant salad). We learned that salad is very healthy for you. The story taught us that if the “pil Pilon” (the young elephant) wants to eat “pudding” he has to eat the salad first.

Ariot 5

This work book is a review of all the previous Ariot workbooks and it is all writing in script!

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s story is:"איפה הדב של דב"  (Efo Hadov Shel Dov)- Wher is Dov’s bear?

This story is a good practice for some of this week words.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :במדבר""
This Friday we learned about how the Jewish People traveled in the desert. We learned that the Mishkan was set up in the center of the camp with the tribe of Levi surrounding it. The rest of the tribes camped around the camp of Levi.

Vocabulary words:

This week we will not have Homework or test.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit.

פרשת בהר בחקותי

בס"ד

5.3.2013

Dear Parents,
Chag HaSiddur was fabulous. I’m very proud of all my students. Thank you for coming.

Script workbook:

Now  that all the students can read and write script letters fluently I’m sending home (to keep) our practice workbook. Please make sure your child is forming the letters correctly.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s story is:"טוֹב בַּבַּיִת"  (Tov Ba’bayit)- It is good at home.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat : בחוקותי

בהר""
This Friday we learned about the Mitzvah of Shimitah. This Mitzvah happens in Israel every 7 years. The farmers do not work their land, plant on it or sell any foods that grow from it. After 7 Shimitot, we celebrate the “Yovel” year. This occurs every 50 years. We also learned about the Mitzvah of Tzedaka. We learned that the best way to give Tedaka is to give it secretly so that no one knows that the poor person is getting money. We also learned that there is a the Mitzvah to lend money to someone who needs money. We also learned that you cannot ask the person to pay you back more money than he borrowed. This is called “neshech” or interest.

Vocabulary words:

These words are from our next unit מַה יֵש בַּבַּיִת? – (Ma yesh Babayit) what is in the house?

Bed  מִיטָה   

Sofa סַפָה

Computer מַחְשֵב

Clock שָעוֹן

Picture תְמוּנָה

You can practice with flash cards at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/2573288/3na3

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit

פרשת אמור

בס"ד

4-26-13
Dear Parents,
Chag Hasiddur is almost here and we are very excited and looking forward to it.

Chag Hasiddur

We are continuing to practice our lines and our songs for our “Chag Hasiddur”.

I am sending home another copy of your child’s part to practice at home (in case you have lost it). Please make sure your child practices and learns his/her part by heart.

Chag Hasiddur invitation:

Please look in your child’s backpack for our special invitation.

Chag Hasiddur dress code:

Please dress your child in a blue or black skirt or pants and a white shirt.  Please do not send your child in a suit or a dress. 

Siddur dedication:

I still need a dedication for some of the students. If you didn’t email it to me yet, please email me a short message to your child as a dedication for his /her siddur.

I"ll print it and put it in your child's siddur. Please do it ASAP

 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s story is:"יש גשם בחוץ"  (Yesh Geshem Ba’chotz)- there is rain outside.

Parashat Hashavua:  Parashat :אמור""
Rabbi Hauser did a project with the students to remember the three “Regalim” 3  Chagaim: Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot. Please look in your child’s folder and ask him or her about it.

Vocabulary words:

This week we will not have Homework or test.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit.

פרשת אחרי מת - קדושים

4.19.2013

Dear Parents,

On Tuesday we had a special program with activities for “Yom Ha atzmaut” (Israel Independence Day) It was a lot of fun.

Chag Hasiddur

We started to practice our lines and our songs for our “Chag Hasiddur”.

I am sending home a copy of your child’s part to practice at home. Please make sure you child practices and learns his/her part by heart.

Please plan on attending this celebration on Thursday, May 2^nd   at 9:30am.

What’s in the box?

This week we read the story called “Dan Ve Dina naganim” (The story is about children named Dan and Dina who play musical instruments). I brought to the class my own musical instrument in a big box.  I asked the children to guess what musical instrument was in the box and no one was able to guess correctly!  (Ask your child what instrument it was, or flip the page and look at the picture.). I explained what the instrument was and I played some songs the students knew.   We concluded with the “Hatikvah”.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s story is “הסוד”- “Hasod (the secret)

Ariot:

This week Levi’s home.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :"אחרי מות" ו "קדושים"  Acharei- Mot and Kedoshim.
We focused on how to respect our parents, Rabbi, teacher, or an older person.

Vocabulary words:

Our next word list comes from the next story in Ariot called: “Hasod” (“The Secret”)
The test will be on Thursday 4/25/13

Secretסוֹד 

Partyמְסִיבָּה

Basketסַל 

Lettuceחַסָה 

Saladסָלַט

Horseסוּס

Squirrelסְנָאִי 

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1292144/7li5Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit

פרשת תזריע מצורע

בס"ד

4.12.2013

Dear Parents,
This week we started the new month of “Iyar”. (Thank you to Moreh Dror for the raisins he gave us for Rosh Chodesh treat). We have so many things coming up! On Tuesday we will have a special program with activities for “Yom Ha atzmaut” (Israel Independence Day). We are also preparing for the achievement fair and of course we will start to prepare for our “Chag Hasiddur” celebration.

Yom Ha’ atzmaut:

This week we also started learning about “Yom Ha’ atzmaut” (Independent day).  Our new Tal-Am workbook “ My Israel” (Yisrael Sheli) focuses on:
1. The tie between the People of Israel and the Land of Israel;
2. The identification of the People of Israel with the State of Israel and Jerusalem. We learned that this identification is acquired and internalized through celebrating these special days as well as through displaying the Israeli flag, symbol and emblem, singing the national anthem, and saying the prayer for the welfare of the State.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"אה, יום העצמאות?!" -“Ah, Yom  Ha’ atzmaut?!”

 (Ah, Independent day?! ).

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 Eli,’ Natali and C.J’s home.

ספירת העומר  -  counting the Omer

We learned that from Passover until Shavout we count 49 days which is 7 weeks. Ask your child why we are counting the days.  We are counting the Omer every day as part of our “Tefilah” (Prayer).

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :"תזריע" and “מצורע"
This Friday we learned about – לשון הרע"“- l"ashon hara” . we learn to speak only nice thing about people.

Vocabulary words:

This is our next word list.
The test will be on Thursday  4/18/13

מילים למבחן

Counting the Omer סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר- 1  

Week- 2 שָבוּע

Weeks-   3 שָבוּעוֹת

  Day 4 יוֹם-     

Independence Day - 5 יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת

Flag –  6 דֶגֶל

 The hope   הַתִקְוָה-  7

Symbol 8 סֶמֶל

State / country  9 מְדִינָה=

Holiday10 חַג=        

                         

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/763952/9vn9בהצלחה!

Shabbat Shalom,    Morah Irit