Hello Parents!
This week was a busy one in Kachol Hebrew! We have finally started our Hebrew Book, Journeys through the Siddur: Shabbat at Home. This week, we learned all about the importance of candles to Shabbat and holidays.
We also took a long time reviewing "roots." We began with a conversation about root words in English. The students seemed to have a very strong grasp of this concept, and how things like prefixes, and suffixes help us to form words. This led us into a conversation about how we can apply these things to Hebrew. We did a bit of "detective work" to find Hebrew roots in some words we already knew, and some that we had never heard before.
Our first lesson has the students exploring the Hebrew root for "command." This is a VERY tricky root with both a vav and a hey in it, but the students did a great job in class of finding all of the vocabularly words with this three letter root in them. For homework, they will practice reading some of these words aloud, and begin to explore the other vocabularly words from the candle blessing.
As always, please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns!
Best,
Stacy
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Weekly Newsletter 10/5/10
Hebrew has been off to a great start!
We are currently working on reviewing letters and vowels. There is a lot to remember!
This week we had "Hebrew Letter Races" where we worked as a team to write letters, vowels, and words up on the board in Hebrew. There are a few letters that are still giving some of the students trouble, but for the most part, while writing the letters can be a bit tricky sometimes, their reading is excellent!
Next week we will begin with our book, Journeys through the Siddur for Friday Evening. Each week the students will have a reading assignment and an occasional written assignment to complete at home. Please make sure that your child is practicing their reading at home! It is so important for retention that they do a little bit of reading each day.
If you have any questions or concerns, I can be reached at sweinberg@ohabei.org or by calling the Temple office at 617-277-6610.
Best,
Stacy
We are currently working on reviewing letters and vowels. There is a lot to remember!
This week we had "Hebrew Letter Races" where we worked as a team to write letters, vowels, and words up on the board in Hebrew. There are a few letters that are still giving some of the students trouble, but for the most part, while writing the letters can be a bit tricky sometimes, their reading is excellent!
Next week we will begin with our book, Journeys through the Siddur for Friday Evening. Each week the students will have a reading assignment and an occasional written assignment to complete at home. Please make sure that your child is practicing their reading at home! It is so important for retention that they do a little bit of reading each day.
If you have any questions or concerns, I can be reached at sweinberg@ohabei.org or by calling the Temple office at 617-277-6610.
Best,
Stacy
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