Daled – Fourth Year – Tuesday (Reisberg)

9/30: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Shana tova!
  2. All the classes joined together for t’filah led by Rabbi Prass.
  3. This afternoon we took the alef-bet quiz.  This is the same assessment students took in Bet and Gimel Hebrew – it’s a review of the names of the Hebrew letters and the sounds the vowels make.  We will retake this a few more times during the year.  The goal of the quiz is to keep this information fresh and see incremental improvements each time.  As of this year/grade, we expect the students to have mastered the letters/vowels
  4. We’re continuing with lesson 1, the Avot V’imahot.  We broke off into two groups; one group doing reading practice and the other group was working on vocabulary flashcards, switching activities halfway through
  5. At the end of class, we took a few minutes to learn a tool to help decode longer Hebrew words – looking at the consonants in the word and the vowels attached to them, we drew lines in the words breaking them up. Those lines represent the syllables in the word and when we read it, slowing down , taking breaths between syllables helps us get through the word a bit easier. For example: 
    • וּמוֹשִֽׁיעַ -> וּ|מוֹ|שִֽׁי|עַ
  6. We joined kitah gimel outside for Hebrew through movement.
  7. G’mar chatima tova!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the Avot V’Imahot, lines 1-5 on page 5 in your textbook.
  2. Complete the activities on pages 8 and 9 in your textbook.

9/17: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. Welcome back!
  2. Our session began with an all-school Tefillah where Rabbi Prass reviewed how our services are structured. We discussed why we are wearing kippot during Hebrew School t’fillot. We then prayed the avot v’imahot and sang the Israeli National Anthem.
  3. We continued with the Avot V’imahot blessing – the first blessing in the Amidah section of worship that reminds us of our ancestors and our connection to generations before us.  We focused on lines 1-3, and everyone did a really nice job reading!
  4. After mapping out the Jewish matriarchs and patriarchs on a family tree, we spent time mapping out our own family trees to reinforce new vocabulary words:
  5. Mishpacha (family), Ima (mom), Aba (dad), ach (brother), achot (sister), saba (grandfather), savta (grandmother), ani (me), dod (uncle), dodah (aunt), ben-dod (cousin-m), bat-dodah (cousin-f).
  6. Gimmel & Daled students went outside to have a lesson in how to blow the shofar with Rabbi Prass. It was fun to listen to the students try their best. I heard some impressive sounds!
  7. Shana tova! Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the Avot V’Imahot, lines 1-3 on page 5 in your textbook.
  2. Complete the activities on pages 6 and 7 in your textbook.

9/10: Today in class, we worked on:

  1. All students met in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass. He explained how the Hebrew school day will typically run. Rabbi explained since it is the month of Elul, the shofar is blown every day. Ask your student if they remember how many sounds the shofar makes.
  2. We did introductions of our names (English & Hebrew) and then introduced some Hebrew ‘school vocab”
    • בֵּית סֵפֶר (School)
    • סֶרֶט (Movie)
    • סֵפֶר (Book)
    • לֶאֱכוֹל (to eat)
    • קַיִץ (summer)
  3. We worked on our first prayer: Avot V’Imahot Introduction reading and understanding it.
  4. The students gathered back in the sanctuary with Rabbi Prass for Hebrew through Movement.
  5. Tzedakah will be collected every week.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the avot v’imahot