Education – Bet 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. We read and translated the stories דורון בכיתה       Doron in the class
  3. We learned new words from the story and created sentences with them. 
  4. We learned that Hebrew adjective have different endings for boys and for girls. 
  5. We read different sentences and we matched them with the right picture. 
  6. We ended the day with an all school Hebrew thru Movement led by Charlie.
  7. I really enjoyed meeting our parents yesterday.  Thank you for coming.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1.  Read the story we learned today, and practice the new words. 

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. Today in Hebrew class we learned new words that go with the story משפחה. Each child used the word we learned and told us in Hebrew about their own family. 
  3. יש לי אמא
  4. יש לי אבא
  5. יש לי / אין לי אח/ אחות
  6. יש לי כלב
  7. יש לי חתול
  8. After we created our sentences about our family we put them in writing.
  9. 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. Practiced the new words we learned.

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. We read and translated the story ‏יום הולדת לישראל.
  4. We learned new words and created sentences with them.

Homework to be completed by next class:

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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. We then met Rabbi Prass and Charlie to study “Hebrew thru Movement” with kitah aleph. Several students had the opportunity to lead the group in Hebrew. We always enjoy this activity!
  3. Today in the Hebrew class we:
    1. We read and translate the story יש לנו דגל. 
    1. We learned new words. 
    1. We learned about the map of Israel. We named Different cities in Israel. 

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. read the story we learned today. 

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. Our class was able to enjoy going outside with Kitah bet class and Rabbi Prass and Charlie for Hebrew thru Movement.
  3. We read the תקווה and we learned the meaning of it. 
  4. We took an alef-bet quiz.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. practice reading the תקווה

10/11: Today in class we worked on:

  1. 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. In Hebrew class we read and translated the stories Torah – a good gift תורה מתנה טובה
  3. We went over all the words we learned from the beginning of the year
  4. Ee practiced our writing skills. 
  5. We went over the colors in Hebrew. 
  6. 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 for next class:

  1. For fun work : practice  the meaning of all the words from the stories we learned so far 

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 read and translated the stories “Where is honey?איפה הדבש. “
  3. We learned the meaning of new words in the stories. משפחה, בית,נרות, יין, תפוח. שופר. דבש. חלה. 
  4. We reviewed all the Hebrew words we learned. 
  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 for next class:

  1. practice the new words we learned.  

9/27: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We began with 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 in Hebrew class we   greet each other in Hebrew 

שלום, מה שלומך ? טוב , לא טוב, ככה ככה, סבבה. 

  • We read and translated the story?מי בבית 
  • We learned  the meaning of new words in the stories. 
  • We made our own sentences from the words we learned. 
  • We matched the sentences to the picture in the story. 
  • We reviewed all the Hebrew letters and vowels. 
  • Kitah aleph & bet did Hebrew through movement with Rabbi Prass outside.

Homework for next class:

  1. practice the new words we learned.  

9/20: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Had an all school welcome assembly
  2. Today in Hebrew class we  learned how to greet each other in Hebrew 

שלום, מה שלומך ? טוב , לא טוב, ככה ככה,וסבבה. 

  • We introduced our self and went over the roles in the classroom and what we are going to learn this year. 
  • We read and translate the stories Shalom שלום. 
  • We learned the meaning of 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.
  • We learned the colors in Hebrew and we played the color game. 
  • Participated in Hebrew through movement with Rabbi Prass and the aleph class
  • We had a great First day!

Homework for next class:

  1. practice the new words we learned.