Education – Bet Tue. (Morah Rogin)

11/28: Today in class we worked on:

  1. our day began with an all-school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass.  We discussed the recent ‘better’ news coming out of Israel in regard to the hostages being released.
  2. In class, we did a review of the new vocabulary for chapter 7, which is about the upcoming holiday of Hanukkah.
  3. The students read through the b’racot for Hanukkah. We began chapter 7 in our sefer.
  4. I heard some very good reading!
  5. The last fifteen minutes of class were spent talking to the parents who visited the synagogue today for Hebrew school open house. While I was with the parents, the students were in the sanctuary doing Hebrew Through Movement led by our Madrich Charlie.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Please review the vocabulary for chapter 7, and the b’racot (blessings) for lighting the Hanukkah candles. This is on the blue sheet.
  2. Always remember to send your student with their yellow Hebrew folder, and with a pencil.
  3. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.

11/14: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with an all-school Tefillah, led by Rabbi Bellows. We studied the meaning of one of our prayers that dealt with “freeing the captive.” Rabbi then explained how old this prayer is and yet, how meaningful it is in our world today.
  2. In class, we did a review of the vocabulary for chapters 1-3, in preparation for the checkpoints for chapters 1-3.
  3. We resumed class by learning about the Hebrew letter doubling and finished with the chapters 1-3 checkpoints.
  4. The students are making very good progress.
  5. The last fifteen minutes of our day was spent with Charlie working on “Hebrew Through Movement” with the entire school.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. I sent home a worksheet for the students to practice writing the Alef-Bet. Please have them bring it back to class next week.
  2. Always remember to send your student with their yellow Hebrew folder, and with a pencil.
  3. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.

11/7: 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 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. In class, we did a review of the vocabulary for chapters 1-3, in preparation for the checkpoints for chapters 1-3.
  4. We resumed class by learning about the Hebrew letter doubling and finished with the chapters 1-3 checkpoints.
  5. The students are making very good progress.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. I sent home a worksheet for the students to practice writing the Alef-Bet. Please have them bring it back to class next week.
  2. Always remember to send your student with their yellow Hebrew folder, and with a pencil.
  3. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.

10/24: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Today, we began with t’fillah in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass. The students got to see where some of their cards went to in Israel. Ask them to tell you about what they saw.
  2. In class, we did a review of the vocabulary for chapters 1-3. We had their first lesson about prefixes and conjunctions. It gets easier as they read more and more.
  3. We had Hebrew through movement with kitah aleph, led by Madrich Charlie.
  4. We resumed class by finishing chapter 3. The next time we meet they will have their first check points in the sefer. They are making really good progress.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Always remember to send your student with their yellow Hebrew folder, and with a pencil.
  2. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.

10/17: 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. In class, we did a review of the Alef-Bet, and the vocabulary for chapters 1-3.
  3. Our class was able to enjoy going outside with Kitah aleph class and Rabbi Prass and Charlie for Hebrew thru Movement.
  4. The class had their fall Alef-Bet assessment quiz. The students did very well!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Always remember to send your student with their yellow Hebrew folder, and with a pencil.
  2. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.

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=Bf0PWJ40z1E or https://fb.watch/nCEXzIHHxD/ ) so that Israelis know they are not alone.  In the video each learner was able to say, “My prayer for Israel is……….”
  2. As part of our Hebrew thru movement time with kitah bet and Rabbi Prass, we tasted an Etrog. Here is the video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BufkJueH-M   And we of course reviewed our Hebrew thru Movement vocabulary.
  3. Kita Aleph was very fun to work with. Both Abigail and Leah showed excellence in their knowledge of the Hebrew Alphabet, we went through the letter flashcards several times to keep it refreshed before Hebrew Through Movement. After HTM, we worked on and read several pages in the book (pages 10-15 and 18 and 22). Both were very excited to play Hebrew Hangman at the end, Abigail chose a word that neither me or Leah were able to get. Overall a productive day.
  4. Lihitraot (good-bye)!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Please review the pages we covered in class today

10/3: 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. Our class was able to enjoy going outside with Rabbi Prass, along with Kitah gimmel and daled, 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.
  3. We went thru the Hebrew alphabet flashcards
  4. After that, we went thru some of the word flashcards to review the vocabulary
  5. We went thru pages 10-13 in the textbook.
  6. Overall the students were very good at participating and knew their alphabet well. I loved working with them, so fun.
  7. Lihitraot (good-bye)!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Please review the pages we covered in class today

9/26: Today in class we worked on

  1. Today we began 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. Today, we did a review of the Alef-Bet, and the vocabulary for chapter 1, and learned the vocabulary for chapter 2.
  3. We had Hebrew through movement with Madrich Charlie.
  4. We finished chapter 1 in our sefer and began chapter 2.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Always remember to send your student with their yellow Hebrew folder, and with a pencil.
  2. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.

9/19 Today in class we worked on:

  1. It was a wonderful first day of Ivrit (Hebrew)! We got to know a little bit about each other.
  2. We did a review of the Alef-Bet, had our first session of Hebrew through movement with Rabbi Prass. It was great to see how the students remembered the verbs from last year.
  3. We started our sefer (book) in chapter 1. The more your student reads, the more comfortable they will be with Ivrit. It just takes practice.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Always remember to send your student with their yellow Hebrew folder, and with a pencil.
  2. Please do not hesitate to ask questions.