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