Bet – Second Year – Wednesday (Eilian)
10/9: Today in class we worked on:
- We began in an all-school t’fillah with Rabbi Prass during which we honored the memories of the 1200 people killed in the Hamas terror attack in Israel on Oct 7, 2023 and prayed for the release of the 100+ hostages still being held in Gaza. We listened to songs of hope, emphasizing the resilience of the Jewish people.
- Today in Hebrew class we read and translated the stories “Where is honey?
- איפה הדבש.“
- We learned the meaning of new words in the stories.
- משפחה, בית,נרות, יין, תפוח. שופר. דבש. חלה.
- We reviewed all the Hebrew words we learned.
- We took an alef-bet quiz.
Homework to be completed by next class:
- Practices the words we learn today.
9/25: Today in class we worked on:
- We had an all school Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass. We discussed What is something precious you were given? And how do you ‘handle it differently’ knowing it is precious? Why is Jewish prayer/t’fillah a gift? We also heard the shofar in celebration of the Jewish month of Elul.
- Today in Hebrew class, we started learning the stories ‘Where is honey?
- איפה הדבש
- We learned the meaning of new words in the stories.
- משפחה, בית,נרות, יין, תפוח.
- We matched pictures to the matching sentences.
- We learned the names of the people in the family.
- אבא ,אמא ,ילד ,ילדה.
- We did word match. We connected the Hebrew word to the English meaning.
- We also reviewed all the Hebrew letters and the sound.
- Alef & bet went outside for Hebrew through Movement with Rabbi Prass
Homework to be completed by next class:
- practice the words we learned.
- Keep reviewing the alef bet
9/18: Today in class we worked on:
- 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.
- Today in Hebrew class we learn how greet each other in Hebrew
- שלום, מה שלומך ? טוב , לא טוב, ככה ככה,וסבבה
- We read and translated the stories שלום. And מי בבית.
- We learned the meaning of the new words from the stories.
- The children created their own sentences with the new words we learned today.
- We practiced our א ב and vowels.
- Aleph & bet went outside for Hebrew through Movement with Rabbi Prass and for hearing the sounds of the shofar for Elul.
Homework to be completed by next class:
- Practice the new words we learned.
- Review alef-bet
9/11: Today in class we worked on:
- We began with an all-school assembly. The 2 older grades (daled & hey) shared 3 things that are helpful to learn Hebrew and 3 things that used to make them nervous about learning Hebrew. We also lit a yizkor candle to remember the victims of 9/11. We also sounded the shofar in celebration of this month of Elul.
- Today in Hebrew class we learned how greet each other in Hebrew
- שלום, מה שלומך ? טוב , לא טוב , ככה ככה,וסבבה.
- We introduced ourselves and went over the roles in the classroom and what we are going to learn this year.
- We read and translate the stories Salome שלום.
- We learned the meaning of new words from the stories.
- The children create their own sentences with the new words we learned today.
- We practiced our א ב and vowels.
- We ended the session with all school-assembly to do Hebrew Thru Movement. Our kitah hey 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 perfect attendance at Hebrew school!
- We had a great First day!
Homework to be completed by next class:
- practice the new words we learned.
- Review your alef-bet letters