First grade 3.25.11

3-25-11
Dear Parents,
Our Purim celebration was a big success! We had so much “simcha” (happiness) all day! We wore costumes, we saw an amazing performance of the Megilah story by the 6^th grade and we played games in the Purim carnival. At the end of the day, we received from PTO, Mishloach Manot " משלוח מנות" The whole day was such fun!
Hebrew Sentence of the week:
כואב לי ____ ..."”- Koev li  (My ______ is hurt)

The student learned how to complain for any think that hurt them in Hebrew! Some examples are: “Koev li Harosh (I have a headache!) or “Koev li Hashen” (My teeth are hurting!).

”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 half 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 send to school the SD card with your child (I promise to send it back the same day) or Email me the pictures and I will print it for you! (My Email is: iritkaravani@hotmail.com)

Shalom Babayit Uavchutz (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)
This week we learned how much it is important to wash our hands with “sabon” (soup) and “Mayim” (water). Ask your child to sing for you our song: “Ani Rochets Yadayim Tri Li Li Li Li”

Ariot 3: This week we read the story about Glidah Le Gilah Hacholah ( An ice cream for Gilah who is sick) we connected that unit to our unit on cleaning in the Shalom Babayit Uavchutz workbook. We learned that washing our hands with soap we can prevent ourselves from getting sick.

Passover:

This week, we started learning about “Pesach” (Passover). We have starting making our own Haggadadot. Each of us will bring one home before Pesach.

We have learned the story of how the Jews became “Avadim” (slaves) in Egypt. We have reviewed the entire order of the Seder night as written in the Haggadah. We also 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. Of course, there is still a lot to learn! We will be spending a lot of time over the next few weeks learning all the laws and customs surrounding the Seder night and Pesach.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :שמיני""
This Friday we learned about kosher and non-kosher animals, birds, and fish.

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):

Questionשְׁאֵלָה 

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