פרשת ויקרא

בס"ד יום שישי ד' בחודש ניסן

Dear Parents,
we can feel Pesach in the air!

Passover:
This week, we started learning about “Pesach” (Passover) from the Tal-Am work book. We were very busy continuing 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 week learning all the laws and customs surrounding the Seder night and Pesach.

Cursive Hebrew letters:
We finished learning how to write all the cursive Hebrew letters. Please make sure your child is writing his/her letters correctly.

Homework:
Some children are still having trouble getting their homework notebook back to school on time. 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.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   
This week’s book is called:"גילה שואלת מה נשתנה" -“Gilah is asking “Ma Nishtanah””
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 Menashe’s home.

Shalom Babayit Uavchutz (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)
This week we learned the Hebrew words for the different foods we eat. We learned that we thank Hashem for providing us with food by saying “Birkat Hamazon” every day after we eat.




Parashat Hashavua:
This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat :ויקרא"”. We learned that the Jews brought korbanot because the process of bringing a korban helped them become close to hashem.

Passover words

Egypt מִצְרָיִם 1

slave-  עֲבָדִים 2

Evil-   רָשָע3

  Plate  קְעָרָה 4

Cup -  כּוֹס 5

Wine – יָיִן 6

 Spring   אָבִיב 7

Vegetable  יְרָקוֹת 8

Order-    סֶדֶר   9

Smart-    חָכַם 10

                       

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/215961/d2r4

פרשת ויקהל פקודי

Dear Parents,

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

Cursive Hebrew letters:

We finished learning how to write all the cursive Hebrew letters. The students have been focusing on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we will review all the letters. Now it is required for all students to write only in cursive! Please make sure your child is writing his/her letters correctly.

Homework:

The students are ready to write their homework in cursive. I know that for some students this transition will be hard so please courage your child to form the cursive Hebrew letters correctly. Please use the example of the script Hebrew letters that are posting on the inside of the homework notebook cover.

- The children are still having trouble getting their homework notebook back to school on time. 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.

Shalom Babayit Uavchutz (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)

This week we focused on the Hebrew words for different the clothing we wear. We also focused on how we thank Hashem for giving us our clothing every day by saying in our morning prayers the blessing: “" מלביש ערומים. We labeled our self with notes on our body naming what we were wearing to learn what each part of our clothing is in Hebrew. Next week we will learn Hebrew words for foods.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s book is called:"אופס" -“Oops”

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 Bina’s home.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat : "ויקהל פקודי" 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 the still must rest on Shabbat are recognize that Hashem created the world.

Vocabulary words:

Our Hebrew vocabulary words for this week come from our unit on food “Shalom 2” workbook:

Milk חָלָב-

Juice מִיץ-

Bread לֶחֶם-

Cheese גְבִינָה-

Chocolate milk שוֹקוֹ-

Jelly רִיבָּה-

Egg בֵּיצָה-

You can practice with flash card at:

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1222434/b95e

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit Karavani

פרשת כי תשא

בס"ד יום שישי י"ט אדר תשע"ג

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

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "
This week’s story is called: “בּוֹקֶר טוֹב בִּינָה וְדֹב” (Good morning Bina and Dov).
This story is a great exercise for this week vocabulary words..
 Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend.

Bonus reading:
I’m sending Home the completed Ariot 2 work book.
Reading the stories is a bonus, and any student who returns with the bonus reading form signed will get something from me.

Ariot:
This week Ariot went to Adira ‘s home.

Cursive Hebrew letters:
We are almost finishing learning how to write all the cursive Hebrew letters.
(3 more letters: ף,ץ  and ש )
The students have been focusing on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script.

Shalom Babayit Uavchutz (Shalom at Home and Outdoors)
We started our new Tal AM workbook called “Shalom at Home”. 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 sunset. This week we focused on body parts and how we thank Hashem for giving us a healthy body every day. Next week we will learn Hebrew words for the different clothing we wear.


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:
Our Hebrew vocabulary words for this week come from our unit on different clothing in “Shalom 2” workbook:

Shirt חוּלְצָה-

Pants מִכְנָסַיִם-

Socks גַרְבַיִם-

Shoes נַעֲלַיִם-

Skirt חֲצָאִית-

Pajamas פִּיגָ'מָה- 

Dress שִׂמְלָה-

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

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit

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

פרשת שירה

1-25-13
Dear Parents,
This week we prepared food for the birds. Please read about our parasha to understand why.

Cursive Hebrew letters:

Last week, we started to learn how to write cursive Hebrew letters. In this unit, we are focusing on forming the letters correctly and reading words written in cursive script. This week, we were practicing the letters up to “ז” .
I know the students are very excited about writing their words in cursive,  but it is extremely important not to let them write it yet! The students are allowed to use Hebrew cursive letters only for the letters we have learned in the class. The students may think they know how to form the letters,  but if they are forming it incorrectly,  it will be very hard to fix their mistakes later.

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   
This week’s book is called:"עץ גדול עץ קטן" -“Etz Gadol Etz Katan?” (Big tree, small tree). When we read the book, we clapped our hands each time we read the words “Gadol Gadol” (big). We snapped every time we read the words “Katan Katan” (small).
Please encourage your child to read it aloud to you over the weekend and clap your hands and snap to follow to the story. It is a great way to practice all the vocabulary we have learned.

Ariot:
This week Ariot is going to Li’elle’s home.

Parashat Hashavua:
This Shabbat is Shabbat Shirah, (The Shabbat of Song). The Shabbat on which the parsha of Beshalach is read is called Shabbat Shirah, because it contains the song sung by Israel after the splitting of the Red Sea.


One of the customs associated with this Shabbat is to place crumbs outside for the birds to eat. We read in the Torah on this week about G-d giving the "מן" (“Maan”) to the nation of Israel, for their sustenance. Moshe told the nation of Israel that the Maan would not fall on Shabbat,  and therefore they should collect a double portion on Friday.  Datan
and Aviram, who wanted to embarrass Moshe and weaken his authority, took Maan they had collected on Friday, and after dark placed it out on the ground. When morning came, they hoped that people would think that the Maan did indeed fall on Shabbat, and Moshe was wrong.  However, no Maan was found on Shabbat morning. Why?  Because the birds carried it away before the nation awoke. Therefore, the nation indeed trusted  Moshe and respected the sanctity of the Shabbat. To reward the birds for this noble deed, we feed them the week on which we read of the surrounding incident, the week of Beshalach.
  There is an additional reason why we feed the birds this week. The chirping of birds is not just idle song. It is the way that birds praise G-d for providing them with their needs. Because, this week, we too sing praises of G-d for providing for us in the desert, we recognize the constant song of praise chirped by the birds by providing for their needs.

Tu B’Shvat:
This week we finished learning about the tree parts, and we started learning of “שבעת המינים” – Shivat Haminim (the 7 species). We learned that there are two main things that we do on “Tu Bi’shvat”: 1) we plant a tree, or give money for planting a tree in Israel. 2.we eat the special fruits of the land of Israel.

Seder Tu Bi’shvat:
Today 1A and 1B celebrated together Tu Bi’shvat. We had a “seder” over fruits from “שִׁבְעַת הַמִּינִים” – Shivat Haminim (the 7 species). We practiced the ברכות-Berachot (blessing) over the special fruits and learned which blessing we should say first.

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 will be from the story” Hagiga Ba’mishpacha” from “Ariot 2” workbook
The test will be on Thursday, 1-31-13.

Party, Celebration חֲגִיגָה -

Familyמִשְׁפָּחָה -

Brother- אָח

Sister אָחוֹת -

Uncle דּוֹד –

Aunt דּוֹדָה -

Grandfather סַבָּא –

Grandmother סָבְתָא -

You can practice with flash card at:
 http://www.flashcardmachine.com/1145973/v49t
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit