first week 2014

בס"ד

8.29.2014

Dear Parents,

Thank you for coming to the open house!. It was a pleasure to meet all of you.

Here are some of the things we accomplished:

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

שָלוֹם כִּיתָה א' - Shalom Kita Alef (Shalom first grade).

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. This week we added one new prayer to our service: “Ein ke elokenu” We love singing it with the music! We also bentch Berkat Hamazon every day using the siddur as well.

Hebrew:

We are working in 3 groups. Two groups work independently, and one group works with me. We are using a workbook called “Ivrit eem Morah Irit” (Hebrew with Morah Irit), where we learn to read, write, and sound out words.

This week we finished the letters up to Dalet!

Parashat Hashavua

Every Friday you will find in the folder the Parasha in pictures, along with a summary. The first graders learned about the main ideas in the Parasha.

Please encourage your child to explain to you what in the pictures.

Chagim (Holidays):

We started with the month of Elul. We got to know all about the Shofar, and Moreh Dror has even come every morning to blow the Shofar for us.

Next week we will start our unit on Rosh Hashanna.

Please Pass through the 1^st grade hallway, and see our bulleting board, were the students wrote in Hebrew about themselves.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit.

פרשת נשא 2014

בס"ד

5.30.2014

Dear parents

Thank you for coming to the achievement fair and letting me share with you just a few things from all the activities and learning we had all year long.

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 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.
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 for their new Siddur in the morning!

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s story is:""האותיות בתורה שלנו- (the letters in our Torah)- a story special for Shavuot!

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 Rivka’s home.

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:

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 בחוקותי 2014

בס"ד

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 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. 

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Jacob’s home.

 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

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

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 and will learn.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat : בחוקותי

We learned that G-d told us that if we will keep the commandments, He would give us rain, plentiful crops and fruits, peace, etc.

and what will happen if we will not keep the commandments.

Vocabulary words:

This week we will not have Homework or test.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit.

פרשת בהר 2014

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.

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

Mother day:

Please look at the beautiful present and the note that your child made in Hebrew class, special for “Yom Ha’Em”.

 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s story is:"אופס" (Oops!)

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 and will learn.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Josh’s home.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat: "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.

Vocabulary words:

Our Hebrew vocabulary words for this week come from our unit on different clothing in “Shalom 2” workbook:

Shirt חוּלְצָה-

Pants מִכְנָסַיִם-

Socks גַרְבַיִם-

Shoes נַעֲלַיִם-

Skirt חֲצָאִית-

Pajamas פִּיגָ'מָה- 

Dress שִׂמְלָה-

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

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit

פרשת אמור 2014

בס"ד

5.2.2014

Dear Parents,
This week we started the new month of “Iyar”. (Thank you to Moreh Dror for the cookies 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 started to prepare for our “Chag Hasiddur” celebration.

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

Yom Ha’ atzmaut:

This week we 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 Zach’s home.

Parashat Hashavua:  Parashat :אמור""-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).

Vocabulary words:

This is our next word list.
The test will be on Wednesday May 7^th.

מילים למבחן

    

Milk חָלָב-

Juice מִיץ-

Bread לֶחֶם-

Cheese גְבִינָה-

Chocolate milk שוֹקוֹ-

Jelly רִיבָּה-

Egg בֵּיצָה-

	You can practice with flash card at: http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1222434/b95e

 

פרשת קדושים 2014

Deare parents,

“Chag Hasiddur” is getting closer!

Please plan attending it on Thursday, May 22  at 9:30am.

I’m sending 2 letters about “Chag Hasiddur”, Please fill in and return the letters ASAP.

Siddur dedication:

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. 

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). Today 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.   

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Isaac’s home.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

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

This story is going to be our next story in Ariot 3 work book and the vocabulary words for this coming week are from that story. (if you need help with some words, you can look at the vocabulary list).

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 and will learn.

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 and will counting the Omer every day as part of our “Tefilah” (Prayer).

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :" "קדושים  - 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 Wednesday 4/30/14

Secretסוֹד  

Partyמְסִיבָּה

Basketסַל  

Lettuceחַסָה  

Saladסָלַט

Horseסוּס

Squirrelסְנָאִי  

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1292144/7li5

 

4.4.2014

Dear Parents,
Yey! We can write all Hebrew words in script!

Passover:

We were very busy continuing to make our own Haggadadot. Each of us will bring one home before Pesach.

We have reviewed the entire order of the Seder night as it is written in the Haggadah. We learned the four names for Passover as well as the names of the four sons mentioned in the Haggadah.  We also learned that the four cups of wine we drink at the Seder stand for the four different languages for redemption and the four questions of “Ma nishtana?”.

I’ll send the Hagada B”H on Wednesday. Please look for it.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We finished learning how to write all the cursive Hebrew letters. Please make sure your child is writing his/her letters correctly.

This is the time to write all assignments in script

Homework:

Some children are still having trouble getting their homework notebook back to school on time. 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.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"גילה שואלת מה נשתנה" -“Gilah is asking “Ma Nishtanah””

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 Eden’s home.

Passover words

Egypt מִצְרָיִם- 1  

slave- 2 עֲבָדִים

Smart- 3 חָכַם

  Plate 4 קְעָרָה-     

Cup - 5 כּוֹס

                       

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/215961/d2r4