education – bet wed

5/17: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our kitah (class) had t’fillot time with Rabbi Prass. Each student had a chance to hold the Torah as we talked about inheriting the tradition we have been studying.  We also said the blessing over the omer and counted today, the 41st day of the Omer.
  • We enjoyed our last Pizza dinner together with the other classrooms. 
  • The children worked hard this year. I am proud of each of them.
  • Lihitaot (good-bye).

Homework for next class:

  1. Have a great and safe summer
    1. Don’t forget to register for the 2023-2024 school year.
    1. There are lots of Beth Am events happening over the summer.  You can find them all here.
    1. Have a great summer! Try to attend at least 3 shabbat services before the next school year. It’s a great way to review your Hebrew.

5/10 Today in class we worked on:

  1. We enjoyed a great afternoon having T’Fillah with all grades with Rabbi Prass in the Sanctuary.Rabbi Prass told the students that today is Lag BaOmer, which is the 33 day of the counting of the Omer. Ask your student what makes this day special.  Rabbi then discussed with the students, “what gets you fired up or excited” in a frustrating way and in a positive way, because one way the holiday is celebrated is with bon fires. The students then shared their thoughts on this subject.
  2. We took an alef-bet quiz. 
  3. We learned new words and colors in Hebrew,  then I told them a story in Hebrew with those world, 
  4. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community

Homework for next class:

  1. Fun work: Review the words we covered in class 

5/3 Today in class we worked on:

  1. We began with Tefillah. Today, we all stood in front of the open Ark while we prayed as a congregation. It was a very moving experience.
  2. We started the class with asking

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

  • We read and translated the story (Chapter 13 starting on p. 108): דגל כחול ולבן
    • Story pp. 108 – 109
      • Vocab words in the box on p. 109
    • Song p. 110
      • Voacb p. 110
    • Song p. 112
  • Learned the new words that go with the story and created sentences with them. (p 109 & 110)
  • Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community

Homework for next class:

  1. Fun work: Review the words we covered in class 

4/26: Today in class we worked on:

  1. 1.    Our kitah (class) had all school t’fillot led by Rabbi Prass. The students learned about Israel’s Memorial Day (Yom hazikaron) and Israel’s Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut).In class we read pages 60 -66 in our textbook (both the Hebrew and English) We counted the 20th Day of the Omer, and joined in Hatikvah.

2. Today in Hebrew class we learned about Israeli inventions. We talked about how a small country like Israel became so successful.

3. We practiced some of the words we learned last week. 

4. The day ended with Rabbi Prass explaining how Eliezer Ben Yehudah made Hebrew a living language once again. Rabbi gave each kitah an exercise to come up with two words of their own.  Ask your student which word they came up with. It was very clever!

Homework for next class:

  1. Fun work: practice the colors in Hebrew. 

4/19: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We enjoyed T’Fillah with all grades with Rabbi Prass in the Sanctuary.  Today was Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day.  One student from each kitah lit a candle today in honor of the 6 Million Jews who died in Holocaust.  We counted the 14th Day of the Omer, and joined in Hatikvah.
  2. We talked about Israel 75 birthday. 
  3. New words.  

עם – nation

ארץ– land

עם ישראל חי-The nation of Israel lives

ארץ ישראל-The land of Israel

  • We talked about the flag of Israel and what color the flag has. 
  • We started reading the story דגל כחול ולבן״. 
  • We ended with Hebrew Through Movement along with the other Hebrew classes. The day ended with Rabbi Prass giving each kitah an exercise in the counting of the 50 days of the omer.  Ask your student which numbers they had.

Homework for next class:

  1. Fun work: practice the colors in Hebrew. 

4/12: Today in class we worked on: 

  1. Our kitah (class) had t’fillot time with Rabbi Pras. Ask your student how it was different today.   
  1. In class, the students worked on the next check point in our books. There was some very good reading and translation happening! We started chapter 13 and will continue that next week. 
  1. The day ended with Rabbi Prass leading Hebrew thru movement where today we played Shimon Omer (simon says in Hebrew) 

Homework to be completed by next class:  

  1. Review the check point vocabulary.   

3/22 Today in class we worked on: 

  1. We enjoyed an all school T’Fillah with Rabbi Prass in the Sanctuary.  We continued discussing the 13 bakashot (request prayers) which are said every weekday, and focused on the one that asks God to grant us forgiveness. The students shared personal examples of mistakes, and how forgiveness affords them a chance to start over. 
  1. Today in Hebrew school, we read and translated the story הסדר.  
  1. We learned new words related to Passover.  
  1. We looked at Passover pictures, and we talked about what we  saw in the picture in Hebrew 
  1. We talked about the symbols on the Seder plate, in Hebrew 
  1. The entire school gathered for our model seder.  Our class presented the seder plate.  We will share the video soon.  

Homework for next class: 

  1. Have a nice spring break and happy Passover.  
  1. Sunday, March 26 - Sunday, April 2 NO Religious & Hebrew School – Spring Break 
  1. Wednesday, April 5th: NO Wednesday Hebrew School – 1st Day Pesach 
  1. Sunday, April 9th: Religious School Resumes 
  1. Wednesday, April 12th: NO Wednesday Hebrew School – 7th Day Pesach 
  1. Wednesday, April 19th: Wednesday Hebrew School Resumes 
  1. You can always access the school calendars by clicking here. 
  1. You can always access the entire CBA calendar by clicking here. 

3/15 Today in class we worked on: 

  1. We had Tefillah with Rabbi Prass, and discussed one of the bakashot (request prayers) that asks God to grant us wisdom and knowledge. The students were able to explain why such a prayer is so important, even providing examples to aid in their explanations. 
  1. Today in the Hebrew class we Continued learning about פסח.  
  1. We learned what each symbol in the Seder plate means.  
  1. We practiced the four questions   מה נישתנה.  
  1. We practiced our colors in Hebrew.  
  1. We attended a whole school assembly with Rabbi Prass focusing on The Four Questions and Hebrew Through Movement. 

Homework for next class: 

  1. For fun work : practice the four questions   מה נישתנה.  

3/8: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Participated in Tefillah with Rabbi Prass, followed by a discussion of how we balance the need to be serious with an equally important need to be funny and enjoy ourselves. The students really understood how these behaviors are found in the way we celebrate Purim.
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we started learning about פסח. We talked about the symbols on the Seder plate. Each child picked up one symbol that he/she is going to talk about and explain what it means. 
  3. They also wrote and decorated a small poster with the symbol they picked. 
  4.  We started working on the four questions. 
  5. Read from the Megillah with our school community. They all did an excellent job!  The video of their reading is on the CBA Facebook page.

Homework for next class:

  1. For fun work : Practice your part in the play for פסח 

3/1: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We talked about one of the bakashot (request prayers)  in the Amidah which asks God to get rid of the wicked people.  We connected this to Haman, and the upcoming holiday of Purim.
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we review the letters in the vowels. 
  3. We learned about פורים. 
  4. We read and translate the story  היום פורים.   
  5. We talked about   משלוח מנות. 
  6. We played a game with the new words we learned. 
  7. We concluded our session today rehearsing the whole school Magilla reading experience.

Homework for next class:

  1. Fun work . Practice the new words we learned. 

2/22: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Participated in Tefillah with Rabbi Prass and Rabbi’s discussion about the new month of Adar. As the expressions says, “It’s Adar, be happy.” We also talked about how laughter can have a positive effect on one’s mood and health.
  2. We started our class with greeting each other in Hebrew. 
  3. We practiced words from the Magilla. 
  4. We work on the storyמשפחה‏ family. 
  5. We learned new words:

אבא   אמא    סבא   סבתא   אח גדול    אחות גדולה   אח קטן   אחות קטנה

כלב  חתול . 

6. After we finished reading the story and translated it, each child used the word we learned and told us in Hebrew about their own family members: 

אני ……

יש לי משפחה

יש לי אח 

אין לי אחות

האח גדול 

circled the English word that means the same as the Hebrew.

7. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community, where we added on new words for Purim.

Homework for next class:

  1. Fun walk read the story משפחה on page 28. 

2/15: Today in class we worked on:

  1. We enjoyed all grades T’Fillah with Rabbi Prass. 
  2. we repeated some of the stories we learned from the beginning of the year.
  3. We practiced words we learned and we created sentences with them.
  4. We practiced our colors in Hebrew.
  5. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community, where we added on new words for Purim.

Homework for next class:

  1. For fun work: Practice the words we learn today.

Today in class we worked on:

2/8

  1. We enjoyed all grades T’Fillah with Rabbi Prass.  We connected the prayer gevurot which talks about strength with tu bishvat.  We shared where we have grown, and how we are stronger because of that.
  2. Today in the Hebrew class we:
    1. We read and translated the story עולם יפה. 
    1. We learned the colors in Hebrew. 

לבן

אדום

שחור

כחול

צהוב

ירוק

  • We worked on matching pictures.
    • We learned our body parts. 
  • Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community. We worked on our Tu Bishvat words.  We even shared tree jokes

Homework for next class:

  1. For fun work : read the story we learned today. 

Today in class we worked on: 

2/1-

  1. Participated in Tefillah with Rabbi Prass. During silent prayer, we wrote notes which will be put in the kotel in Jerusalem by Rabbi Bellows next week when she goes there. 
  1. Today in the Hebrew class we practiced the days of the week in Hebrew.  
  1. We read and translate the story חג לעצים - holiday for the trees.  
  1. We learned new words.  

עץ/עצים - trees 

בוקר - morning 

יום הולדת - birthday 

פירות - fruit 

תודה - thank you 

שקדיה -  almond tree 

  1. We played the color game in Hebrew.  
  1. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community. Today we added on Tu Bishvat words. 

Homework for next class: 

  1. For fun work : read the story we learned today.  

Today in class we worked on: 

1/25-

  1. Our kitah (class) had sanctuary/t’fillot time with Rabbi Prass.  We talked about who has helped us grow, and connected that to the upcoming holiday of Tu Bishvat (new year of the trees) and the prayer avot v’imahot. 
  1. Today in the Hebrew class we practiced our Hebrew letters and vowels.  
  1. We read the Story דינה שמחה 
  1. We translated it and learned new words that go with the story.  
  1. We learned the days of the week in Hebrew.  
  1. We practiced writing skills.  
  1. We practiced  the colors in Hebrew.  
  1. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community led by Rabbi Prass.  

Homework for next class: 

  1. For fun work : Page 71, practice the days of the week in  

Today in class we worked on: 

1/18-

  1. Participated in Tefillah led by Rabbi Bellows 
  1. Today in the Hebrew class we read the Story יום שבת, יום מנוחה.  
  1. We translated it and learned new words that goes with the story.  
  1. We circled the Hebrew word that means the same as the English 
  1. For example: Blessing -(מנוחה. מורה. יפה. (ברכה.  
  1. We practiced writing skills, I gave them a word that we learned and they had to write it. They did a great job 
  1. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community  

Homework for next class: 

  1. For fun work: practice the new words we learned  

Today in class we worked on: 

1/11-

  1. Our kitah (class) had t’fillot with Rabbi Prass where we had a discussion about how much fun everyone had on break, how we express special moments, and that t’fillah can be an opportunity to express special moments.  
  1. We read and translated the story Shabbat Shalom  

    שבת שלום 

And מי בבית בשבת? 

  1. We learned new words from the story and created sentences with them.  
  1. Each child selected a word from the story and the children had to write the word and say what it means.  
  1. We looked at the picture from the story and a child had to say in Hebrew what does he/she see in the picture.  
  1. We did word match. We circled the Hebrew word that means the same as the English.  
  1. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community  

Homework for next class: 

  1. For fun work: Page 44 practice reading.  

Today in class we worked on: 

12/21-

  1. We began in an all-school t’fillah with Rabbi Prass where we talked about heroic acts we have seen and how that connects to the heroic acts of the Maccabees in the Channukah story.   
  1. Today in Hebrew school, we learned a very popular Israeli Hanukkah song.  

באנו חושך לגרש.  

  1. We talked about what it means, and learned to sing it.  
  1. We scrambled all the sentences and put them in order.  
  1. Our class along with the other grades were able to enjoy a pizza dinner.  
  1. Lihitaot (good-bye). Have a wonderful Chanukah, Happy and Healthy Secular New Years! See you all back on Wednesday, January 11th. 

Homework for next class: 

  1. The CBA Winter Break schedule is: 
  1. Sunday, December 25 - Sunday, January 8 NO Religious & Hebrew School – Winter Break 
  1. Tuesday, January 10 - Tuesday Hebrew School Resumes 
  1. Wednesday, January 11 - Wednesday Hebrew Sch

Today in class we worked on: 

12/14-

  1. We enjoyed all school t’fillot with Rabbi Prass where we talked about the gifts we have given and can give to our parents  
  1. Today in Hebrew class we talked about the meaning of Hanukkah and practiced the Hanukkah blessing.  
  1. We reviewed  the Hebrew Words we learned from the beginning of the year.   
  1. The story חג האור.  
  1. We wrote the Hebrew words next to the English meaning.  
  1. Played the color game in Hebrew.   
  1. Our class along with the other grades were able to enjoy learning with Rabbi Prass to learn Hebrew through Movement.  
  1. Lihitaot (good-bye). 

Homework for next class: 

  1. practice the Hanukkah blessings 

Today in class we worked on: 

12/7-

  1. Participated in all school Tefillah with Rabbi Prass 
  1. Today in Hebrew school we reviewed all the letters and the vowels.  
  1. We took a quiz.  
  1. We went over the Hanukkah blessing.  
  1. We mixed all the words of the Hanukkah blessing and put it in order again.  
  1. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community  

Homework for next class: 

  1. Practice all the Hebrew Letters and Vowels 

Today in class we worked on: 

11/30-

  1. Participated in all school Tefillah with Rabbi Prass 
  1. Today in the Hebrew class we read and translated the story Hanukkah חנוכה.   
  1.  we learned new words from the-story.   
  1. We worked on picture much. We matched the sentence with the matching picture. 
  1. We created sentences with Hebrew letters blocks.   
  1. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community  

Homework for next class: 

  1. Practice all the Hebrew Letters and Vowels 

Today in class we worked on: 

11/9-

  1. Participated in all school Tefillah with Rabbi Prass 
  1. We reviewed the colors in Hebrew and also learned new colors.  
  1. We practiced Reading and singing the national anthem of Israel ״ התקווה״.  
  1. We practiced the Hebrew letters and vowels.  
  1. Participated in Hebrew through Movement with our school community  

Homework for next class: 

  1. And also to review all the new words we learned.  
  1. practice the colors.  

Today in class we worked on:

11/2-

  • Today in Hebrew class we went over our vocabulary words we learned from the beginning of the year 
  • We continue to work on the story, “ משפחה family”
  • After we finished reading the story and translating it, each child used the word we learned and told us in Hebrew about their own family members. 

אני ……

יש לי משפחה

יש לי אח 

אין לי אחות

האח גדול 

  • We learned the colors in Hebrew. 

ירוק ,כתום,אדום,צהוב ,כחול,סגול. 

  • We ended class with the other Hebrew classes and watched a video about OSRUI summer 2023 and Rabbi Prass led Hebrew Through Movement.

Homework for next class:

  1. And also to review all the new words we learned. 
  2. practice the colors. 

Today in class we worked on:

10/26-

  • We started our class with greeting each other in Hebrew. 
  • We worked on the story משפחה‏ family. 
  • We learned new words:

אבא   אמא    סבא   סבתא   אח גדול    אחות גדולה   אח קטן   אחות קטנה

כלב  חתול . 

  • After we finished reading the story and translated, it each child used the words we learned and told us in Hebrew about their own family members. 

אני ……

יש לי משפחה

יש לי אח 

אין לי אחות

האח גדול 

  • We circled the English word that means the same as the Hebrew. 

Homework for next class:

  1. Fun walk: read the story משפחה on page 28. 
  2. And also to review all the new words we learned. 

Today in class we worked on:

10/19-

  • Today in Hebrew class we reviewed all of the new words we learned and  created sentences with  them. 
  • We read and translated the story עכבר בסוכה. 
  • We learned the meaning of new words in the stories. 
  • We did Hebrew in movement. 

Homework for next class:

  1. For fun work : Page 23
  2. And also to review all the new words we learned. 

Today in class we worked on:

10/12-

  1. We enjoyed an all-school t’fillah with Rabbi Prass
  2. Today in Hebrew class we reviewed the new words we learned. 
  3. We read and translated the stories “ in the sukkah” בסוכה. 
  4. We learned the meaning of new words in the stories. 
  5. We reviewed the Hebrew letters and  vowels. 
  6. We visited the Sukkah for shaking the lulav & etrog, and Hebrew thru movement.

Homework for next class:

  1. For fun work : Review all The new words  we learned. 

Today in class we worked on:

9/28-

  1. We enjoyed an all-school t’fillah with Rabbi Prass where we heard the sound of the shofar and looked at the pomegranate.
  2. Today in Hebrew class we   greet each other in Hebrew 

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

  • We read and translate the stories Salome שלום and ?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. 
  • We did Hebrew in movement. 

Homework for next class:

  1. For fun work : practice the new words we learned. 

Today in class we worked on:

9/21-

  1. We enjoyed an all-school t’fillah with Rabbi Prass where we heard the sound of the shofar for the month of Elul.
  2. We reviewed the Alef bet.
  3. We continued worked on Chapter 1, pages 4 – 7
    1. We practiced reading
    2. We went over the vocabulary
    3. We did pages 6 &7

Homework for next class:

9/21-

  1. Practice reading pages 4 & 5

Today in class we worked on:

9/14-

  1. We enjoyed an all-school assembly with Rabbi Prass where we heard the sound of the shofar for the month of Elul.
  2. Today in Hebrew class we learned how greet each other in Hebrew 

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

  • We introduced our self and went over what we are going to learn this year. 
  • We read and translated the stories Salome שלום. 
  • We learned the meaning of new words from the stories. 
  • The children created their own sentences from the new words we learned today. 
  • We practiced our א ב.
  • We participated in Hebrew through movement to practice new vocabulary outside with Rabbi Prass
  • We had a great 1st day!