8.28.15 second week

8.28.2015
Dear Parents,
We were very busy learning about the month of “Elul” and about Rosh Hashanah.
We learned a new song for the 12 Hebrew months, and we know that Rosh Hashnah starts on the first day of the first month of Tishri.

Prayer:
We learned the whole “Alenu  Leshabeach” at the end of the service. We added one more new prayer to our morning prayers:
“En ke elokenu” We love singing it with the music;
We are also saying the entire “Birkat Hamazon”. Please encourage your child to follow with his/ her finger along the words while he/she is davening or benching.

Hebrew:
Our small groups are running very well. We are using a workbook called “Me Ot L’Ot”, where we learn to read, write, and sound out Hebrew words. This week we finished up to the letter "ב" . We learned the meaning of some of the Hebrew words and learned how to spell them as well.

Parashat Hashavua - Parashat Ki Teitzei

This Friday you will find in the folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha. The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of Hashavas Aveida. “השבת אבידה” which means we must return lost objects to their owner. A person cannot pretend that he does not see the object, and he must watch over the lost item until the owner returns for it. He/she also cannot use that object while it is in his/her possession. One must also ask the owner for signs in order to establish that the object is really his. We also learned about the Mitzvah of Tzitzit as well. We learned that there are 5 knots and 8 strings which add up to 13. We learned that there are 613 Mitzvot and looking at our Tzitzit reminds us to always be ready to follow the Mitzvot of Hashsem. Please encourage your child to explain to you what is in the other pictures as well.

Shabbat Shalom, 
      Morah Irit.

8.28.2015
Dear Parents,
We were very busy learning about the month of “Elul” and about Rosh Hashanah.
We learned a new song for the 12 Hebrew months, and we know that Rosh Hashnah starts on the first day of the first month of Tishri.
Prayer:
We learned the whole “Alenu  Leshabeach” at the end of the service. We added one more new prayer to our morning prayers:
“En ke elokenu” We love singing it with the music;
We are also saying the entire “Birkat Hamazon”. Please encourage your child to follow with his/ her finger along the words while he/she is davening or benching.
Hebrew:
Our small groups are running very well. We are using a workbook called “Me Ot L’Ot”, where we learn to read, write, and sound out Hebrew words. This week we finished up to the letter "ב" . We learned the meaning of some of the Hebrew words and learned how to spell them as well.
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.

Smart board:

This week we got to learn on the Smartboard with the 0Ariot CD.

It was a lot of fun!!!

 Parashat Hashavua - Parashat Ki Teitzei

This Friday you will find in the folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha. The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of Hashavas Aveida. “השבת אבידה” which means we must return lost objects to their owner. A person cannot pretend that he does not see the object, and he must watch over the lost item until the owner returns for it. He/she also cannot use that object while it is in his/her possession. One must also ask the owner for signs in order to establish that the object is really his. We also learned about the Mitzvah of Tzitzit as well. We learned that there are 5 knots and 8 strings which add up to 13. We learned that there are 613 Mitzvot and looking at our Tzitzit reminds us to always be ready to follow the Mitzvot of Hashsem. Please encourage your child to explain to you what is in the other pictures as well.

Shabbat Shalom, 
      Morah Irit.

First week

8.21.2015

Dear Parents,

First grade is doing very well.

I am also s sending this letter by Email. Please let me know if you did not receive it or if you would prefer me to send it to a different Email.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free contact me at: iritkaravani@hotmail.com or ikaravani@torahacademy.org

Prayer:

We are davening all together, reviewing what we already know.

We will be learning new prayers as the year goes on.

Hebrew:

We are using a workbook called Me Ot L’Ot, where we learn to read, write, and sound out words.

This week we started the letter Alef,

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 share with you what they learned.

Chagim (Holidays):

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

Next week we will start the unit on Rosh Hashanna.

Please visit our 1st grade hallway and see that our 1st graders created "all about me" posters sharing their favorite things with Hebrew descriptions.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit.

Last fay of school

6-3-15                                                                                                                    בס"ד

Dear Parents,
Wow!  Can it be the end of the school year already? Today we had a ceremony. I gave each student a prize and a certificate that acknowledges one thing (of many) that he/she succeeded at during the school year.

-Summer work:

It is very important to help your student retain the Hebrew skills that he/she has achieved this year. I’m sending an enrichment workbook. I highly recommend that your child finish this workbook over the summer. I will give a small prize to whoever brings back the workbook completed at the beginning of next year.

-Siddur:

I’m sending home the Siddur that your child received at the Chag HaSiddur to use over the summer. Please make sure to return it to school with your child at the beginning of the new school year. They will use it every day next year as well.

-“Shabbat Shalom” workbook

This week we finished the Shabbat workbook. It is composed of 3 distinctive units which reflect the main ideas of the Shabbat theme: 
1. Bo'i Shabbat (Come, Shabbat) - Welcoming Shabbat in class and at home. 
2. Oneg Shabbat (Celebrating Shabbat) - What's permitted and what's forbidden during Shabbat. 
3. Shavua Tov (Good Week) - Farewell to Shabbat, Havdalah. 
These units deal, respectively, with the preparations for Shabbat, the Mitzvoth of Shabbat and the ritual of departure from the Shabbat on Motzaei Shabbat (Saturday night). 
The units include: Blessings over the candles, the challa and the Kiddush for Shabbat. 
The Shabbat Shalom unit is taught throughout the year and in parallel to Ariot and Shalom units, during the periods of the year when holiday topics are not taught.

-Jornal notbook:

I’m sending home the journal notebook call : "מחברת עברית"

In this מחברת  you’ll find all the daily work we wrote in it during the year.

-Cursive Hebrew workbook:

The students know how to write all the cursive Hebrew letters. The students have been focusing on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. Please use this workbook to make sure your child is writing his/her letters correctly.

In the folder you can find a paper with the letters your child needs to work on.

-supplies :

I’m sending with the students the new folder and notebook that we didn’t use (if there were any left).

 I’m very proud of my first grade students’ achievements this year. Thank you as well. Your child’s achievements this year would not have been so successful without your help and support.

Have a wonderful summer.

From:

Morah Irit Karavani

5-29-2015

Dear Parents,

We had a wonderful day at the zoo. We learned a lot!

I’m sending home some of our work from this year. Please look for more to come next week.

Shalom workbook:

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 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.

Ariot 3:

This week we finished Ariot 3 workbook.

 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”.

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.

Homework notebook - 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

שבועות פרשת במידבר 2015

בס"ד

5.22.15
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. Tomorrow will be the 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).
 

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.

Prayer:
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 their reading and all the vocabulary we have learned.
 
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.
 
שבת שלום וחג שמח
From Morah Irit Karavani

בהר בחוקותי 2015

בס"ד

5-15-2015

Dear Parents,

Chag HaSiddur was fabulous. I’m very proud of all my students.

Thank you for coming.

The Siddur:

We got to pray today from our own siddur we received yesterday.

It was very exiting!

We added the beginning of the "Amidah" prayer (18 Shmone Esrei),

I'm sending the old Siddur to keep at home.

 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

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

It is a great practice for the coming week words.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat : "בהר בחוקותי"
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:

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

אחרי מת - קדושים 2015

בס"ד

4.30.15

Dear Parents,
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 14  at 9:30am.

Siddur dedication:
If you didn't do so 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. 

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

This week’s story is called: “לילה טוֹב בִּינָה וְדֹב” (Good night Bina and Dov).

This story is a great exercise for this week's unit in the “Shalom” workbook.

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:

 Ariot thanks all of the first grade families for the wonderful time he spent at your  house.

you are welcome to see the Ariot pictures with the kids at the achievement fair, as well as what the students  wrote about their experience with Ariot.

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 Hebrew vocabulary words for this week come from our next story in the “Ariot 3” workbook. The theme of this story is: “She’ e’lot” (questions):

Question שְׁאֵלָה 

Who? מִי   

What?מָה   

Why?לָמָה  

How many?כַּמָה

Where? אֵיפֹה

You can practice with flash card at:
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1265507/d77f

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit