5-27-11

5-27-11
Dear Parents,
Chag HaSiddur was fabulous. I’m very proud of all my students. Thank you for coming.

“Chai Club”

Congratulations to another 5 students who joint the “Chai Club”! They are: Akiva, Michelle, Daniel, Madison and Brandon. They have finished reading all 18 books!  So far we have 13 students in the club. Please encourage your child to read so they can also become members of our club.

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

“אני סופר/סופרת את ה______” – I’m counting the ________

 Like: “אני סופר/סופרת את העומר”(I’m counting the Omer),

"אני סופר/סופרת את הספרים"(I’m counting the books).

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.

Ariot 4:

This week we learned 2 stories:”אנחנו לומדים בחוץ” – We are studing out side and the story “קולות בגן חיות” Sounds in the zoo.

Shavuot:

We learned in our “Tal-Am” Pesach-Shavuot workbook that from Passover until Shavout we count 49 days which is 7 weeks. Ask your child why we are 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 also learned a new song about the 5 books of the Torah.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :במדבר""
This Friday we learned about the Mitzvah of interest. We also learned about how the Jewish People traveled in the desert. We also 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:

       מְעָרָה   cave

קוֹפְצִים Jumping

רוֹקְדִים Dancing

אָדוֹן         Mr.

      גְבֶרֶת                  Mrs.

5-13-11

5-13-11
Dear Parents,
Thank you for coming to our Achievement fair. I was very proud to show you all our first grade projects from this year.

“Chai Club”

Congratulations to another 5 student who joint the “Chai Club”! They are: Channah, Samuel, Dani, Zack and Tovah who have finished reading all 18 books!  Please encourage your child to read so they can also become members of our club.

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

“_____ עָף/עָפָה  בּ____” –The _______ is flapping in the ______.

 Like: “הציפור עפה בשמים”(the bird is flapping in the sky), "הַעֲפִיפוֹן עָף לְמַעלָה"(the kite flapping up).

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 you child practices and learns his/her part by heart.

Please plan on attending this celebration on Friday, May 20^th  at 2:00 p.m. See you there!

Yom Ha’ atzmaut:

This week we finished our unit on “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 of Israel.

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. 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:

This week we will not have Homework or test.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit.

5-6-11

5-6-11
Dear Parents,
Passover is over and we have already started the new month of “Iyar”. We have so many things coming up! On Monday 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 are very busy preparing for our “Chag Hasiddur” celebration.

“Chai Club”

Congratulations to our first three members of the “Chai Club”! They are: Yakkov B. Yaki L and Samson J. who have finished reading all 18 books!  Please encourage your child to read so they can also become members of our club.
Hebrew Sentence of the week:

“ה -------- בריא לגוף” –The _______ is healthy for the body. Like: “הסלט בריא לגוף”, "הספורט בריא לגוף(“Salad is healthy for the body, sports are healthy for the body”.)
Chag Hasiddur

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

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

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.

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.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :אמור""
This Friday we learned about the special group - called the Kohanim. We learned that they are very special and must always be ready to serve Hashem in the Temple. We also did a project to remember the six Torah Chagaim: Shabbat, Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur.

Vocabulary words:
Our Hebrew vocabulary words for this week come from our next story in “Ariot 4” workbook:

Wing /wingsכָּנָף/ כְּנָפַיִם  

Birdצִיפּוֹר  

Benchסַפְסָל  

Flyingעָף/ עָפָה  

Kiteעֲפִיפוֹן  

You can practice with flash card at:
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1351889/u64i

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit