Bet – Second Year – Tuesday (Rogin)
10/22: Today in class we worked on:
- Today, the students gathered in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass for for tefillah. Rabbi Prass gave an explanation about the lulav and etrog. He showed us his ‘collection’ of an etrog from CBA over the last 18 Sukkot. We also talked about the sounds and sights of sukkot from day 1 – day 8.
- We did a vocabulary review for chapter two, did the homework that was due today, and learned the new vocabulary for chapter three.
- The students gathered in the sukkah to take turns shaking the lulav while holding the etrog. Ask you student what the lulav sounds like while being shaken.
- We began chapter three in our sefer. I heard some good reading in Ivrit!
*****IMPORTANT***** Please make sure that your student leaves all secular reading books a home, or in the car. Thank you so much!
Homework to be completed by next class:
- ***Review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud (Vowel markings). Your student should have flash cards from last year. Please encourage them to review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud for a few minutes each day.***
10/15: Today in class we worked on:
- Today, the students gathered in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass for tefillah. We talked about WHY we need to find some moments for joy. We connected this to our upcoming holiday of Sukkot, which is called our time of joy.
- We did a vocabulary review for chapter one and learned the new vocabulary for chapter two.
- We began chapter two in our sefer. I heard some very nice reading in Ivrit! 4. Kitah Bet & Kitah Aleph went outside for Hebrew thru movement with Rabbi Prass.
Homework to be completed by next class:
- ***Review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud (Vowel markings). Your student should have flashcards from last year. Please encourage them to review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud for a few minutes each day.***
- The students should finish the work on pages 12 & 13 in their main sefer. All the answers can be found in the book. If your student gets stuck. We will go over the homework next session.
10/8: Today in class we worked on:
- Today, the entire school gathered in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass for a memorial for the October 7 victims and hostages.
- The students had their first official Alef-Bet quiz. I saw some good scores. Please, have your student work with their Alef-Bet flash cards from last year. If you cannot find them, there are some nice ones available from Amazon or we can email you another set which you can have at home.
- The students worked on two practice sheets, dealing with the Alef-Bet. To have a strong foundation for learning vocabulary and reading, it is imperative to know the Alef-Bet and Nikkud.
Homework to be completed by next class:
- ***Review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud (Vowel markings). Your student should have flash cards from last year. Please encourage them to review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud for a few minutes each day.***
- The students should finish the work sheets at home.
9/24: Today in class we worked on:
- We had a productive day today.
- Participated in an all school Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass. We shared ‘noises’ that distract us and things that help us quiet and focus our brains. We talked about how t’fillah is one Jewish language/tool for quieting and focus.
- We started class with a few basic, but very important rules of shva. This is the vowel marking which is either silent, or makes sound like the I in the word hit.
- We started reading in our sefer. Ask your student if they remember the word for mouse. (It’s achbar.)
- We ended class with the entire Hebrew school coming together for Hebrew Through Movement led by Rabbi Prass, and one of our own Daled students, Ben G. We also heard the calls of the Shofar in celebration of Elul, the month leading up to Rosh Hashanah and the other High Holy Days.
Homework to be completed by next class:
- ***Review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud (Vowel markings). Your student should have flash cards from last year. Please encourage them to review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud for a few minutes each day.***
9/17: Today in class we worked on:
- We began with an all-school assembly. The 2 older grades (daled & gimmel) shared 3 things that are helpful to learn Hebrew and 3 things that used to make them nervous about learning Hebrew.
- We had a fun opening session. We introduced ourselves to each other. I explained how I like to have class proceed.
- Respect one other and respect your morah. Do not speak when others are speaking.
- Remember to bring your Ivrit folder, pencil, and sefer to each session.
- Always try to do your best, but remember I am here to help.
- I use many Hebrew words while teaching and will always translate in the beginning.
- The students took an Alef-Bet and Nikkud quiz. This is just to let me know how much they remembered from last year. It was a long summer.
- We ended the session with all school assembly to do Hebrew Thru Movement. Our kitah daled students helped lead it. Parents were invited for this first session so they could meet the teachers. It was great to see so many parents and to have almost perfect attendance at Hebrew school! We also sounded the shofar in celebration of this month of Elul.
Homework to be completed by next class:
- Review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud (Vowel markings). Your student should have flash cards from last year. Please encourage them to review the Alef-Bet and Nikkud for a few minutes each day.