פרשת לך לך 31.10.2014

10.11.2013

Dear Parents,

I’m very proud to introduce Ariot. Ariot is the “Lion” from the Tal-Am program.

Every Friday one of the 1^st grade students will get to have Ariot over for the weekend.

In the Ariot’s backpack you will find Ariot along with a binder.

Please take a picture of your child and Ariot together and help your child write about their experience spending time with Ariot during the weekend.

It can be in English, or English and Hebrew, or only Hebrew.

This week Ariot went to:Miles's home.

Ariot:

This week Ariot went to Jak’s home.

”Shalom kitah Alef”

We read the story:”Shalom kitah Alef”-

 in this story the kids were excited to discover the lion named Ariot!

“My library”-“ הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "

”Shalom kitah Alef”-

Hebrew workbook:

This week we started our workbook “עברית עם מורה אירית” Part 3!

We reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds and the vowel sound “AH” up to the letter Nun. We also focused on the Final letters: “Mem sofit” We practice writing words and we learned when to use a final letter.

Parashat Hashavua:

This Friday you will find a picture page in your child’s folder with a summary of the story of Parashat  לך לך (Lech Lecha). We learned the story of the beginning of Avraham’s journeys. We learned the story of how Avraham discovered there was one G-d. Please encourage your child to tell you the stories he/she learned about this Parasha using the pictures on the sheets.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Irit

ר"ח חשון

ר"ח חשון

Dear parents,

The first grade continues to learn a lot of Hebrew. I am so proud of them!

We learned a Hebrew song about the 4 seasons:

חוֹרֶף (Horef)- winter  אָבִיב  (Aviv) – Spring,  קַיִץ (Kayits)- Summer ,

 סְתָו   (Stav) -Fall.

 And we can answer the question: ""מָה הַעוֹנָה עַכְשָיו? What is the season now?

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

הַעוֹנָה עַכְשָיו: סְתָו   Ha’Ona Achshav: Stav. (The season now is fall.)

Hebrew:

This week we finished our workbook “Hebrew with Morah Irit” Part 2! We reviewed the Aleph-Bet letter names with their sounds and the vowel sound “AH” up to the letter Lamed. We also focused on the Final letters: “Kaf sofit” . We practice writing words and we learned when to use a final letter.

I’m sending home the workbook to keep and review.

Parashat Hashavua

This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a picture page with a summary of the story of Parashat:  נח. We learned that Noach was 10 generations after Adam and Havah.

Please look at the Hebrew words we learned in this Parasha as well. We know Ark= Tevah,  תֵבָה  flood=Mabool  מָבּוּל and rainbow is Keshet קֶשֶת.

Prayer

We are reading and singing the beginning of “Anim zemirot” and the “Ashrey” prayer.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit.

Rosh Hashanna

ב"ה

9.19.2014

Dear Parents,

I’m sending home our Rosh –Hashanah workbook project along with other projects we made during Judaic studies. Here are some of the things you will fined:

We practiced the song for the 12 Hebrew month, and we know that Rosh Hashanah starts on Alef & Bet of the first month of Tishri.

Rosh means "head" and Shanah means "year", together the two Hebrew words means: "head of the year". On Rosh Hashanah we go to "Bet-Keneset" (synagogue) and pray for a year of good health and peace. We need to think about the good things we did in the past year. We also promise to ourselves that in the year to come we will try to become better people by doing t'shuvah (repentance). We ask G-d to forgive us for any wrongs we have done.

- In "Bet-Kneset we pray from special prayer book call "Machzor".

-another name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom t'ruah, the day of blowing the shofar. The shofar is a ram's horn, and the sound reminds all Jews to return to Torah and to good deeds.

There are three types of shofar blasts blown on Rosh Hashanh, known as T'kee'ot:
T'kiah- a straight unbroken blast that ends sharply.
Shevarim- three broken sounds, like a shiver.
T'ruah- a group of nine short notes.

As you see we made a circle with the symbols and their meanings:
Round challah (challah agulah)- we pray that our coming year will be unending just like the round challah
Apple and Honey (tapuach be dvash)- we ask G-d to send us a year of sweetness.
Head of a fish (rosh shel dag) we ask G-d to be as the head and not as the tail.
Pomegranate (rimon)- we ask G-d that our merits increase like (the seed of) a pomegranate.

"שָנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה"  "May you have a sweet and happy new year."

Shabbat Shalom,    Morah Irit.

פרשת כי תבוא 9.12.2014

Dear Parents,                                                            בס"ד     י"ז אלול תשע"ד                                                                 

First grade is doing very well. In this week we started to learn how to ask for things only in Hebrew.

  אֶפְשָר בְּבַקָשָה....- May I please……

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

" אֶפְשָר בְּבַקָשָה לִשְתּוֹת מַיִם-  May I please drink water

Prayer:

We started the “An’im Zemirot” prayer. Wow! It is very impressive!

Chagim (Holidays):

We were very busy learning about Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh means "head" and Shanah means "year", together the two Hebrew words means: "head of the year". On Rosh Hashanh we go to "Bet-Keneset" (synagogue) and pray for a year of good health and peace. We need to think about the good things we did in the past year. We also promise to ourselves that in the year to come we will try to become better people by doing t'shuvah (repentance). We ask G-d to forgive us for any wrongs we have done.

- In "Bet-Kneset we pray from special prayer book call "Machzor".

-another name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom t'ruah, the day of blowing the shofar. The shofar is a ram's horn, and the sound reminds all Jews to return to Torah and to good deeds.

There are three types of shofar blasts blown on Rosh Hashanh, known as T'kee'ot:

T'kiah- a straight unbroken blast that ends sharply.

Shevarim- three broken sounds, like a shiver.

T'ruah- a group of nine short notes.

Parashat Hashavua-Parashat Ki Tavo This Friday you will find in your child’s folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha.  Please look inside each picture for the words your child wrote in the box.  The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of “Bikurim”. “בִּיכּוּרִים”. We fulfill this Mitzvah by bringing the first fruits that our crops produce to the Kohein in the Bait Hamikdash. There, we said  special verses from the Torah to praise Hashem for the all the bounty He has provided us . We also learned about the “curses “ and “blessings” that Hashem will give us. Wonderful blessings  will come when we observe the Torah but if we do not observe the Torah, the Jews will receive curses.

Shabbat Shalom from Morah Irit.

Second week in first grade

9.5.2014                                                                                                                                                בס"ד

Dear Parents,

We were very busy learning about Rosh Hashanah.

We learned a new song for the 12 Hebrew month, and we know that Rosh Hashnah starts on the first day of the first month of Tishri.

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

  אֲנִי יוֹדָעָת I know (F)   אֲנִי יוֹדֵע /  I know (M)

Prayer:

We learned the whole “Alenu  Leshabeach” at the end of the service. We are saying the entire “Birkat Hamazon”. Please encourage your child to follow with his/ her finger along the words while he/she is davening or benching.

Hebrew:

Our small groups are running very well. We are using a workbook called: “Ivrit eem Morah Irit” (Hebrew with Morah Irit), where we learn to read, write, and sound out Hebrew words. This week we finished the first “חוברת"- work book- up to the letter “Hey”. We learned the meaning of some of the Hebrew words and learned how to spell them as well. We focused on “ ה” in the front of the Hebrew word which means “The”. We saw many examples of Hebrew sentences that start with “The”.

Ask your child to show you some of the sentences.

 I’m sending the workbook home to review and keep at home.

Parashat Hashavua - Parashat Ki Teitzei

This Friday you will find in the folder a Parasha sheet with pictures and a summary of what is in the Parasha. The first graders learned about the Mitzvah  of Hashavas Aveida. “השבת אבידה” which means we must return lost objects to their owner. A person cannot pretend that he does not see the object, and he must watch over the lost item until the owner returns for it. He/she also cannot use that object while it is in his/her possession. One must also ask the owner for signs in order to establish that the object is really his. We also learned about the Mitzvah of Tzitzit as well. We learned that there are 5 knots and 8 strings which add up to 13. We learned that there are 613 Mitzvot and looking at our Tzitzit reminds us to always be ready to follow the Mitzvot of Hashsem. Please encourage your child to explain to you what is in the other pictures as well.

When you come to visit the school, please feel free to come to the 1^st grade hallway, and see our bulleting board!  The students have written about themselves.

Shabbat Shalom from Morah Irit.

first week 2014

בס"ד

8.29.2014

Dear Parents,

Thank you for coming to the open house!. It was a pleasure to meet all of you.

Here are some of the things we accomplished:

Hebrew Sentence of the week:

שָלוֹם כִּיתָה א' - Shalom Kita Alef (Shalom first grade).

Prayer:

We have been using the Artscroll Siddur during our daily Tefillah service. While singing the Tefillot, the children follow the words in their siddurim. This helps them become familiar with the words of the prayers. This week we added one new prayer to our service: “Ein ke elokenu” We love singing it with the music! We also bentch Berkat Hamazon every day using the siddur as well.

Hebrew:

We are working in 3 groups. Two groups work independently, and one group works with me. We are using a workbook called “Ivrit eem Morah Irit” (Hebrew with Morah Irit), where we learn to read, write, and sound out words.

This week we finished the letters up to Dalet!

Parashat Hashavua

Every Friday you will find in the folder the Parasha in pictures, along with a summary. The first graders learned about the main ideas in the Parasha.

Please encourage your child to explain to you what in the pictures.

Chagim (Holidays):

We started with the month of Elul. We got to know all about the Shofar, and Moreh Dror has even come every morning to blow the Shofar for us.

Next week we will start our unit on Rosh Hashanna.

Please Pass through the 1^st grade hallway, and see our bulleting board, were the students wrote in Hebrew about themselves.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Irit.

פרשת נשא 2014

בס"ד

5.30.2014

Dear parents

Thank you for coming to the achievement fair and letting me share with you just a few things from all the activities and learning we had all year long.

Shavuot:

Every day in our morning prayer we are counting the days that past Passover. Tuesday will be our last day of counting the days. Ask your child why we are going to stop 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 learned a new song about Har Sinai and another song about the 5 books of the Torah as well.

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.
Prayer:

This week we added the beginning and the end parts of the “Amidah” to our regular tefila service every day. I’m very proud of all my first graders when they pray for their new Siddur in the morning!

“My library” הַסִפְרִיָה שֶלִי "   

This week’s story is:""האותיות בתורה שלנו- (the letters in our Torah)- a story special for Shavuot!

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 Rivka’s home.

Parashat Hashavua: Parashat :" נשא"
This Friday we learned about the 12 spies that Moshe sent  to look at the land of Canaan to see if it is good or bad. Please ask your child to tell you what’s happened at the end.

Vocabulary words:

There will be no more Hebrew vocabulary words for this year!  I’m very proud of my first grade students’ achievements this year. Thank you as well. All your child’s studying this year would not have been so successful without your help and support. I’ll send the מחברת (notebook) home for you to keep next week.

Shabbat Shalom,  Morah Irit.