Education – Aleph Wed

11/15: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We had an all-school t’fillah led by Rabbi Prass.  We talked about the Rally for Israel in Washington DC (https://www.marchforisrael.org/ ) where Rabbi Prass and 5 other members of CBA attended in person.
  2. Learned raysh and the ay vowel.
  3. We ended the day with an all-school Hebrew thru Movement led by Charlie.
  4. I really enjoyed meeting our parents yesterday.  Thank you for coming.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice the reading from this week.

11/8: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass. As part of the t’fillah, we read the English translation of a new song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZHU0MfZAMw) written about Israel’s current situation and watched a video showing how Israelis from all walks of life are helping the soldiers and others who are in need.  Ask your student about the song.
  2. Learned Tzadi and Final Tzadi
  3. We, along with kitah aleph, met with Rabbi Prass for “Hebrew Through Movement.” The students had an opportunity to lead the activities today, and we had a fun time.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice your vowels

11/1: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Participated in Tefillah with our entire school community.  In connection to the bakasha (intermediary prayer) for Peace in Jerusalem, Rabbi Prass led us in a conversation about who are people we pray for, and who do we pray for in Israel.  The learners had beautiful answers.
  2. Aleph & Bet Participated in Hebrew Through Movement with Rabbi Prass by doing yoga in Hebrew
  3. Learned what a Bimah is
  4. Learned the ee vowel

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Review the letters we have covered so far

10/25: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with Tefillah and several videos of Israeli soldiers commenting about how happy they were to receive notes from our CBA Students. 
  2. Learned the letter Gimel and the “eh” vowel
  3. We then met Rabbi Prass and Charlie to study “Hebrew thru Movement” with kitah bet. Several students had the opportunity to lead the group in Hebrew. We always enjoy this activity!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Help the Rain Get to Israel activity on page 24

10/18: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass. As part of t’fillah, we discussed the situation in Israel, and the students expressed some interesting opinions and asked several excellent questions.
  2. Learned the letters Hay and Yud
  3. Practiced the letters and vowels we have learned so far!
  4. Our class was able to enjoy going outside with Kitah bet class and Rabbi Prass and Charlie for Hebrew thru Movement.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Review the letters we have learned so far

10/11: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day started with our weekly T’fillah which including Rabbi Prass leading a discussion on the the events in Israel. Our students contributed some very sophisticated ideas stressing the need for peace between all people. At the end of the t’fillah we sang hatikvah.  We also made a video which is posted (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMMdC6zEYEY  or https://fb.watch/nDL6OdZC0n/ ) so that Israelis know they are not alone.  In the video each learner was able to say, “My prayer for Israel is……….”
  2. Learned the letters Hay and Yud
  3. Learned how to say Hand in Hebrew
  4.           At the end of the day, the entire Hebrew school gathered to taste an Etrog. Why? Because every year a handful of learners ask “What does it taste like?” So now that the holiday is over, we sliced it up, and asked for a representative from each class to sample it: Here is the video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzSkwJl43t0    

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Sound Check activity on page 19

10/4: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass.  We discussed times we personally have celebrated in the last week, and how we Jews have so many celebrations this month.
  2. We colored in all of the letters we have learned so far on the first page of our book
  3. We learned 2 more letters: Dalet and Lamed
  4. We learned the “Oh” vowel
  5. Our class was able to enjoy going outside with Rabbi Prass and Charlie, along with Kitah aleph, for Hebrew thru Movement and shaking and performing the mitzvah of Lulav in the sukkah. We combined the Hebrew thru movement vocabulary using the Sukkah.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Have a nice rest of Sukkot!
  2. Review what we have worked on

9/27: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We began the day with a community-wide Tefilla. Rabbi Prass led t’fillah and a discussion about what was one Jewish thing we did between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
  2. We reviewed letters we already learned: Shin, mem, and final mem
  3. We learned 3 more letters: Ayin, Aleph, Bet
  4. Kitah aleph & bet did Hebrew through movement with Rabbi Prass outside.

Homework to be completed by next class:

p. 12 in our textbook

9/20: Today in class we worked on:

  • In class, we get to know everyone: what do they know about Hebrew, maybe say some Hebrew words like Shabbat they may have heard 
  • We talked about languages. What languages have we heard of? Then talked about Hebrew and what makes it special
  • We learned the letters shin and mem. Goal to have everyone read one word by end of class and then celebrate that they read Hebrew!
  • Lihitaot (see you next time!).

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. No homework this week.
  2. Beginning next session, students will be assigned a workbook page to complete to reinforce what we did in class. This should take between 5-10 minutes to complete. If it ever takes longer, please have your student stop working and we will complete it together in class.