Wednesday, February 26, 2014

פרשת ויקהל

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

We are going to learn writing cursive Hebrew letters:
This Monday we are going to start to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. In this unit we are going to focus on forming the letters correctly and working on reading text with cursive.

Ariot:
This week Ariot is going to Tovah’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 (moving), 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 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 your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat :ויקהל"”. We reviewed all the various vessels that are in the Mishkan and we learned that Bezalel was the one appointed by Hashem to build the Mishkan. We also learned that Moshe first warned them to keep the Shabbat before giving them the commandment to build the Mishkan. This told the Jewish People that even though the building of the Mishkan was important they still must rest on Shabbat and recognize that Hashem created the world.
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.
Hebrew workbook:
This week we finished our workbook which teaches about the vowel “Segol” and “Tsereh” (the short E sound). We learned to spell words with all four of the vowels we have learned (“Ah”, “Ei” ,“O” and “Eh”).
We are now learning the last vowel: Shoorok & Koobots (oo sound).
This means that soon we will finish our reading program. Wow!  


This is our word list.
The test will be on Thursday  2/27/14.



מילים למבחן

    
Crying בּוֹכֶה/בּוֹכָה-
Starכּוֹכָב-
Sickחוֹלֶה/ חוֹלָה -
Writing כּוֹתֵב/ כּוֹתֶבֶת-
It hurtsכּוֹאֵב -
Jar כַּד -


You can practice with flash card at:


Friday, February 14, 2014

פרשת כי תשא


Dear Parents,
First grade students are doing great, we are getting ready to start how to write Hebrew in script. Yay!!!!
“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 Boaz’s home.
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.
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.
Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat :כי תשא"” we learned about the Mitzvah of giving a “Machtzet Hashekel” (1/2 shekel coin) to the Bait HaMikdash so they can count how many people there are in Bnei Yisrael . Ask your child to tell you why ½ and not whole Shekel? We learned that the Kohanim used this money to buy animals for the daily Korban (sacrifice) that was brought every morning and afternoon. We also reviewed the story of the “Aigel Hazahav” or the sin of the golden calf. Have your child tell you the story!
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, 2-23-14.
You can practice with flash card at:

Sitting (M) יוֹשֵב
Sitting (F)יוֹשֶבֶת
Riddle.- חִידָה
Letters אוֹתִיוֹת
Saying (M) אוֹמֵר
Saying (F) אוֹמֶרֶת

Shabbat Shalom, Morah Irit

Friday, February 7, 2014

פרשת תצוה 2014

Dear Parents,
Special person day was great! It was very nice to share with you my joy teaching your child!

SHALOM BABAYIT UVACHUTZ (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)
We are going to start 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   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 will be about our home and our family.
Each student will get to see his\her own picture of the house and the family posted in the album. We will talk and will write a few words about it.
I’m still missing pictures from some families. Please send it ASAP if you didn’t send it yet! 

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   
This week’s book is called:"הַבַּיִת הֱכִי טוֹב בָּרְחוֹב" -“Habayit Hachi Tov Barechov” (the best house on the street).
We will read this book as part of our unit of “"שלום בבית (At home). Please let your child color his/her own book with the right color as it say in the book and send it back to school.
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 Natan’s home.

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.

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:
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit