פרשת תרומה

2-15-13
Dear Parents,

Rosh Hodesh Adar  started with great “simcha” (happiness)! We wore funny hats and Moreh Dror gave us Hamantashen " אֹזֶן המן " to eat. We also danced with students from other grades. Even the tables in the lunch room were decorated. It was a lot of fun!

Purim:
We started the story of the Megillah. Next week we will place it in our “Pringels” can.
Thank you for sending a “Pringels” can.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We are continuing to learn 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 letters up to “מ”. We learned that there are 5 letters that do not start from the top and one of them is “ט”.

Please make sure your child is perfuming “מ” and “ג” right.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   
This week’s book is called:"וְנַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא"- Ve’ na ha foch Hoo- (the opposite!)
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 Ariel’s home.

Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find in their folder a picture page with a summary of Parashat: “תרומה” we learn that the Hebrew word "תרומה" -(Terumah) means to give a present (contribute). We went over all the different things that were in the Mishkan including: the Mizbayach, the kiyor, the menorah, the shulchan, the mizbayach haZahav. We learned about the different miracles that Hashem did in the Mishkan as well.
Homework:
Please make sure your child is writing his/her homework with pencil only!
Please make sure the homework notebook in 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.
Next week, since we do not have school on Monday for President’s Day, we will do our Monday homework on Tuesday during class time.

Vocabulary words:

This is our word list.

The test will be on Thursday  2/21/13.

מילים למבחן

King מֶלֶךְ

Queen מַלְכָּה

Crown כֶּתֶר

Banquet מִשְׁתֶּה

Feast סְעֻדָּה

Writing (M) כּוֹתֵב

Writing (F) כּוֹתֶבֶת

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

פרשת משפטים

8-2-2013

Dear Parents,

This week at recess time, the students got to build a nice איש שלג  –Snow man (Eish Sheleg) with a “Kippah”.

Rosh Hodesh Adar:

Rosh Hodesh Adar  is coming this Sunday and Monday! As part of our special Rosh Chodesh program, please send your child (on Monday) with a funny hat to wear (it can be a special hat, funny hat or regular hat). Each student will receive a Hamantashen " אוזן המן" and we will be dancing with students from other grades. Look for our special crown we will decorate on Monday. It is a present from our friendship school - ”Shilo” in “Kfar Sabba- Israel” wtitc will be our pen pal next year.

“Brachot” - blessing on the computer

This week we learned a special unit about the Brachot. The students enjoyed exploring the different Brachots for different foods on the smart board. In addition to that, I created an online quiz about the various blessings for different foods so that the students can practice saying the correct blessing for these foods. Each student went online to use this program onour class computer and received a certificate with his\her grade on it. Your child can practice more by clicking on this link: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=blessing_1

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"זֶה שוּלְחָן שַבָּת?" -“Ze Sholchan Shabbat?” (is this a shabbat table).

We read this book as a review of our last unit of “"מה בילקוט ובכיתה ('what is in the classroom and the backpack).

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 Tomer’s home.

Parashat Hashavua:

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

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


Vocabulary words:
This week’s words are taken from the story” Hagigah Ba’kitah” (a party in the classroom) from the “Ariot 2” workbook. We learned the word “Hagigah”(party) a few weeks ago. Please make sure your child knows the translation of this word.
The test will be on Thursday, 2-14-13.

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1176308/7hn5

Sitting (M) יוֹשֵב

Sitting (F)יוֹשֶבֶת

Riddle.- חִידָה

Letters אוֹתִיוֹת

Saying (M) אוֹמֵר

Saying (F) אוֹמֶרֶת

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit

פרשת יתרו

Dear parents,

Here is what we were learned this week:

SHALOM BABAYIT UVACHUTZ (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)

We started learning “Shalom at Home and Outdoors”. This unit deals with the everyday life of the students outside of school. “Shalom at Home” focuses on the Jewish daily life at home from wakeup until sunset. It contains  such subtopics as: morning and evening routines, the body, clothing and nutrition, and combining the respective prayers and blessings. 
“Shalom Outdoors” focuses on the world outside of the classroom and home. It is linked to the creation of the world and is organized according to the seasons of the year. 

Our first unit was about our home and our family.

Each student got to see his\her own picture of the house and the family posting in the album. We talked and wrote few words about it.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"הבית הכי טוב ברחוב" -“Habayit Hachi Tov Barechov” (the best house on the street).

We read this book as part of our unit of “"שלום בבית (At home). Each student got to color his own book. (If your child didn’t finish coloring the book, please let him/her to 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.

Ariot:

This week Ariot is going to Bassie’s home.

Purim:

This coming week we will start learning about Purim and the Megillah story!

Please send to school an empty big size “Pringels” can. ( If you can send more then one that will be great!) to put the Megillah in it.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We are continuing to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. The students focus on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we reviewed the letters: ז=ז, ח=ח

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.

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.

Vocabulary words:

This week’s words are taken from the story” Oh, Oh Hatost” from “Ariot 2” workbook. The test will be on Thursday, 2-7-13.

Chef       טַבָּח

Car       אוֹטוֹ

T.V.   טֶלֶוִיזְיָה

Toast      טוֹסְט

Good (M)     טוֹב

Good (F)     טוֹבָה

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1159251/y9x5

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit