Aleph – First Year – Wednesday (Wilgus)

9/11: Today in class we worked on:

1. What a wonderful first day of class!
2. We began with an al- 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.
3. We learned 3 Hebrew letters, learned that some letters like to put on different clothes at the end of a word (kinda like our parents who change out of work clothes at the end of the day!) and only show up at the end of a word.
4. We learned three vowels and learned that vowels often appear below the letters in Hebrew.
5. We practiced reading and combining our letters and vowels. And we practiced writing our letters.
6. Students also received a Machberet (notebook) to practice writing their Hebrew, which has a list of all the Hebrew letters and vowels on the back.
7. 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!
8. Thank you for a great day!

Homework to be completed by next class:

1. Complete the last 2 pages in chapter 1 of your Hebrew Book. Practice reading the words in Chapter one out loud at least 10 minutes a day.
2. Please bring some index cards to class going forward so we can make flash cards as we learn the letters and vowels.