First grade 2.24.2017

Dear Parents,

Rosh Hodesh Adar is coming this Monday! As part of our special Rosh Chodesh program, please send your child with a funny hat to wear (it can be a special hat, funny hat, or any hat). Each student will receive a Hamantashen " אוזן המן" as a treat.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

This week we started learning 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 first three letters, up to “ג”.

Purim Project-Need your help:

Please send to school an empty big size “Pringels” can. ( If you can send more then one that will be great!) We needs 6 more.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

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

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

“Chag HaSiddur”

“Chag Hasiddur” is getting closer!

Please plan to join us for this exciting event on Thursday, Mar 23 at 9:30am.

Please email me a short message for your child to be placed as a dedication in his /her siddur. If you need ideas, here is an example:

Dear ________

We are very proud of you.  We hope you use this siddur to help you build a relationship with Hashem that will help you throughout your life. We love you.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Chanale’s home.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we almost finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Holam” (the “O” sound). We learned to read and spell words with all four of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Ei” ,“Eh” and “O”).

Parashat HaShavua:

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture with a summary of the story of Parashat “משפטים”. We learned that Moses gave many of G-d's laws to B’nai Yisrael such as “be careful not to lie” as well as the laws of paying for any damages you cause 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 an animal, if they spill or leave out something where someone can trip, or if your fire causes damages, then you are responsible for paying.

Vocabulary:

This is our word list from the first story in the Ariot 3 workbook.

The test will be on Thursday 3/2/17.

מילים למבחן

    

Crying בּוֹכֶה/בּוֹכָה

Starכּוֹכָב 

Sick   חוֹלֶה/ חוֹלָה

Writing כּוֹתֵב/ כּוֹתֶבֶת

It hurts    כּוֹאֵב

Jar כַּד

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1900742/8xi4

Shabbat Shalom

Morha Irit

יתרו 2017

Dear Parents,

First grade students are doing very well. This week we started learning how to ask for things only in Hebrew:

  אֶפְשָר בְּבַקָשָה....- May I please……

We can ask for going to drink water:

" אֶפְשָר בְּבַקָשָה לִשְתּוֹת מַיִם-  May I please drink water

And even to go to the bathroom:

" אֶפְשָר בְּבַקָשָה לִלכת לשירותים-  May I please go to the bathroom.

Please ask your child to ask you questions at home in Hebrew using the words:

אֶפְשָר בְּבַקָשָה....- May I please……

With your help and encouragement at home, your child's Hebrew speaking can become more fluent.

We are going to learn writing cursive Hebrew letters:

This Tuesday we are going to start learning how to write cursive Hebrew letters. In this unit we are going to focus on forming the letters correctly and working on reading text in cursive.

Shalom workbook:

This week we started a new unit called:”"מה בילקוט what is in the backpack?

Our vocabulary words are taken from this unit.

In class we are practicing to ask for these items in Hebrew using a polite manner and starting with: אֶפְשָר בְּבַקָשָה....- May I please……

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Eden’s home.

“My Library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

Please read the 5 stories from Ariot 2 workbook

Ariot 2: 
This week we finished Ariot 2 workbook. We read and studied the following stories:

“Adon Balon” (Mr. Balloon) We learned the names of all the colors in Hebrew as well as the words: Dag (fish), Dov (bear), Gag (roof) and Vav (hook).
“ Zozo Ha avazon” (Zozo the goose) In this story we learned the words Zaz (moves), Bayit (a house) Har (a mountain) the goose family and Dag (fish).
In the process we learned to differentiate between animate and inanimate objects.
“Ach Bamishpacha” (“A Brother in the family”).

Our Hebrew vocabulary included words like: “Chagiga” (party), Mishpacha (family), Aba (dad), ima (mom) dod (uncle) doda (aunt) Saba (grandpa) Savta (Grandma) Ach Chadash (a new brother), Achot chadasha (a new sister), Buba (doll), B’dicha (joke).

We really liked reading the story “Oh Oh HaToast”!  (Yes, that’s how you also say toast in Hebrew!)
We learned the following Hebrew words: Tabach (chef), Oto (a car) Televiziya (T.V), Tov and Tova (good)
The chef likes (ohev) good toast, a yellow one and not a black one.

-For the letter “Yud” we read the story:
“Yesh Chagiga” (“There is a Party”) We learned the Hebrew words: “Yoshev” and “Yoshvet”(“sitting” for boy and “sitting” for girls). We practiced these words by saying sentences in Hebrew about ourselves such as:  “ Ani yoshev/yoshevet al ha keese”- “I’m sitting on the chair”).
We also learned that the word “yoyo” is the same word in Hebrew and in English!

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.

מילים למבחן

 This week’s words will be from the unit :”"מָה בַּיָלְקוּט what is in the backpack? 

The test will be on Thursday, 2-123-15.

Book bag-    יָלְקוּט

Pencil Box קַלְמָר-

Pencil-  עִפָּרוֹן

Eraser-  מַחַק

Crayon   צְבָעִים-  

Glue-    דֶבֶק   

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/3540209/p5i9

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit

שבת שירה 2017

Dear Parents

Today we prepared food for the birds. Please read about our parasha to understand why.

Tu Bishvat

This week we finished the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat. We created a 3D tree and we wrote the tree parts we learned in class on our own tree parts.

Purim Project:

Please send to school an empty big size “Pringels” can. ( If you can send more than one that will be great!) It is supposed to be easier than sending Pictures J.

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.

-Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework only with a pencil!
 “My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   
This week’s book is called:"אריאות בראש השנה לאילנות”- Ariot on Rosh Hashanna La’ Elanot.

We learned that as a Jewish people we are celebrating our Rosh Hashanna on Tishray month and the trees have their own Rosh Hashanna on Tu bishavat.

Please read this week’s book and find the similarities between both holidays.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Eliana B.’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.
We learned that 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.

Vocabulary words:

This is our word list.

The quiz will be on Thursday  2/16/17.

מילים למבחן

    Sitting (M) יוֹשֵב

Sitting (F)יוֹשֶבֶת

Riddle.- חִידָה

Letters אוֹתִיוֹת

Saying (M) אוֹמֵר

Saying (F) אוֹמֶרֶת

Shabbat Shalom
Morah Irit

בא 2017

Dear Parents

 We started to learn the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat.  We used gematria to find out that “Tu” is 15 and we celebrate Tu Bishvat on the 15^th of Shvat

This week we also finished learning about the tree parts. Some of the vocabulary words are from that unit.

I am sending a Tal-Am song for the tree parts.

Please let your child listing to the song as much as possible.

It is a wonderful way to practice our vocabulary words.

Purim Project:

Please send to school an empty big size “Pringels” can. ( If you can send more then one that will be great!) It supposed to be easier then sending Pictures.

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.

-Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only!
 “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 Racheli’s home.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Hirik” (the long E sound). We learned to spell words with all three of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Eh” and “Ei”).

We also learned to follow Hebrew directions; identifying “ על יד “(“AL Yad”-next to) or “ מעל “ (“Me-Al” -above) and “Mi Tachat” (under) from pictures in our workbook. We started the vowel “Holam” (the “O” sound),

 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.

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).

Vocabulary words:

This week’s words will be from Tu Bishvat unit:

The test will be on Thursday, 2-9-2017.

Tree עֵץ 

Leafעָלֶה

Leavesעָלִים

Flower פֶּרַח

Fruit  פְּרִי

You can practice with flash card at:
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/3172492/c6s1

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit

וארא 2017

1.17.2017

Dear Parents,

This week we continued to learn the unit about: “מַה יֵש בַּכִּתָה?”- What is in the classroom?

We got to make our own book with all the Hebrew words we learned for the things that are in the classroom. (like: wall, chair, table, window, door, etc).

I am sending home your child’s book “מַה יֵש בּכִּיתָה?”- What is in the classroom?

Please read the book with your child at home. This book is a great way to practice the words we have learned.

שיעורי בית(shi urey bayit) – Homework.

Please make sure your child is writing in his/her homework with a pencil.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we almost finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Hirik” (the Ei sound). We learned to spell words with all three of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Eh” and “Ei”).

TuBishvat                                                                                                                    

 We started to learn the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat. 

 We 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”.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Jacob’s home.

Parashat Hashavua

This Friday we learned the summary of the story of Parashat: ” וארא“. We learned the 7 (out of 10 ) makot ( Plagues)  their names in English and in Hebrew.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit

This is our word list.

The quiz will be on Thursday  2/2/17.

מילים למבחן

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

בהצלחה!

שמות 2017

Dear Parents,

This week we start to learn a unit about: “מַה יֵש בַּכִּתָה?”- What is in the classroom?

We got to label our classroom with all the Hebrew words we learned for the things that are in the classroom. (like: wall, chair, table, window, door, etc).

I am sending home the book called:  “מַה יֵש בּכִּיתָה?”- What is in the classroom?

Please read the book with your child at home. This book is a great way to practice the words we have learned.

Our Vocabulary words are 5 words from this unit.

 “Ariot 2 workbook” and “Ariot 2 CD”:

This week we learned the story about “Adon blaon”-  Mr. Baloon

 Even though “Ariot 2” is more challenging, it is much more fun to figure out the words in the  “Hachtava” (the spelling quiz at the end of each unit) and we are still able to figure out the words without help.

   שיעורי בית(shi urey bayit) – Homework.

First grade started this week an assigning Hebrew homework  and Hebrew quiz routines.

I am so proud of all the students who did all their homework’s on time.

Please make sure your child is writing in his/her homework with a pencil.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we started our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Hirik” (the long E sound). We are learning to spell words with all three of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Eh” and “Ei”).

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Lilly’s home.

”My family” and “My house” unit:

Please send (if you didn’t sent yet) two pictures about your family.

1. A picture of the outside of your child’s house.

2. A picture of your child’s family (a group picture of as many members of the family)

Parashat Hashavua-Parashat Shmot

The 1st grade began learning Sefer Shemot by studying the story of how the Jews became slaves in Egypt. They also learned about how Moshe was saved by the daughter of Paro and was raised in the house of Paro himself!

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit

1.20.2017

This is our word list.

The quiz will be on Thursday  1/26/17.

מילים למבחן

Chair כִּיסֵא-

Tableשוּלְחָן -

Boardלוּחַ -

Windowחַלוֹן -

Doorדֶלֶת-

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/3526964/y44x

בהצלחה!

ויחי 2017

We started this week  with  great new learning:  

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 much more fun to figure out the words in the  “Hachtava” (the spelling quiz at the end of each unit) and we are still able to figure out the words without help.

 שיעורי בית(shi urey bayit) – Homework.

Yes, we are going to start assigning Hebrew Homework (the first vocabulary list is on the back of this page).

Since we don’t have school on this coming Monday (Jan. 16), we will do Monday’s Homework on Tuesday at school.

Hebrew workbook:

This week we finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel with “Segol” and “Tseyrey”.

Vacation reading:

In the folder, you will find a list of words with two of the vowels we have learned.

The list is built from Alef to Taf. It is very important to practice reading each word with the combination of each specific vowel.

This list is sent instead of a book. Please read it with your child as many time as you can and sign the paper.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Talia C’s home.

Tu Bishvat

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

”My family” and “My house” unit:

We are supposed to start learning about our family and about our house in Hebrew. I asked a few weeks ago that you should send two pictures about your family.

1. A picture of the outside of your child’s house.

2. A picture of your child’s family (a group picture of as many members of the family as possible).

Unfortunately, I’ve received pictures only from a few of the class and therefore I will have to push off teaching this unit for another two weeks. If you haven’t sent your pictures yet or you have sent only one of the pictures, please send your pictures this week!

At the end of this unit, the pictures will be posted in your child’s album. For your convenience you can Email me the pictures and I will print it for you! (My Email is: iritkaravani@hotmail.com)

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of  Parashat “וחי” – Vayechi. From our Parasha we learned how important is a tzadik’s blessing.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit

1.13.2017

This is our first word list.

The test will be on Thursday  1/19/17.

מילים למבחן

                          Pink וָרוֹד- 1  

Bear- 2 דֹב

Come-   3 בּוֹא

  Roof 4 גַג-     

Mr. - 5 אֲדוֹן

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1109491/w57b

בהצלחה!