Dear
Parents
Today
we prepared food for the birds. Please read about our parasha to understand why.
Tu
Bishvat
This
week we almost finished the Tal-Am unit for Tu-Bishvat. We focused on the tree’s
parts.
Next
week I will send the workbook for you to review and to keep.
Purim
Project:
Please
send to school an empty big size “Pringles” can. (If you can
send more than one, that will be great! It is supposed to be easier than
sending the house and the family Pictures).
“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.
“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 Sydney’s home.
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 “ז”.
Hebrew workbook:
This week we finished our workbook which teaches about
the vowel “Holam” (the “O” 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!
Andria
Rosenbaum's visit to CTA
Please look in the folder for more details.
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.
We learned that one of the customs associated with this Shabbat is to place crumbs outside for the birds to eat. We read in the Torah 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.
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.
We learned that one of the customs associated with this Shabbat is to place crumbs outside for the birds to eat. We read in the Torah 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.
This
is our word list from Ariot 3.
The
test will be on Thursday 2/2/18.
מילים למבחן
Crying בּוֹכֶה/בּוֹכָה-
Starכּוֹכָב-
Sickחוֹלֶה/ חוֹלָה -
Writing כּוֹתֵב/ כּוֹתֶבֶת-
It hurtsכּוֹאֵב -
Jar כַּד -
You can practice with flash card at:
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Irit
