Education – Daled Tue. (Morah Traci)

11/28: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Our day began with all school Tefillah, a brief service, led by Rabbi Prass.  We discussed the recent ‘better’ news coming out of Israel in regards to the hostages being released.
  2. We continued with lesson 3 – the K’dushah. We practiced reading lines 1-6 (page 28), completed the vocabulary activity on page 29 and played a reading/vocabulary review game.
  3. With Chanukah right around the corner- we spent some time today practicing the Chanukah blessings.
  4. We did an activity that focused on the root Koof-Daled-Shin.  This root is in the word n’kadesh (let us sanctify/make holy).  This root tells us that “holy” is part of a word’s meaning.  We searched through the entirety of the K’dusha blessing and found every word with this root (all 6 of them)
  5. The last fifteen minutes of class was 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. Practice reading lines 1-6 of the K’dusha, on page 28.
    1. If you need help with pronunciation, or you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/kdushah-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=20

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. We started lesson 3, the K’dusha.  This blessing is the third in the Amidah.  The K’dusha proclaims God’s holiness.  Verses from this blessing come from the Bible (book of Prophets). We imitate the angels in the prophet Isaiah’s visions when we recite this prayer.  The blessing is on page 28 and we focused on lines 1 and 2.
  3. We did a Hebrew phonetics writing activity and played an online Gimkit game reviewing the G’vurot blessing.
  4. The last fifteen minutes of our day was spent with Charlie working on “Hebrew Through Movement” with the entire school.
  5. Happy Thanksgiving!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading lines 1-7 of the G’vurot, on page 16.
    1.  If you need help with pronunciation, or if you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/gvurot-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=19
  2. Practice reading lines 1-2 of the K’dusha, on page 28.
    1. If you need help with pronunciation, or you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/kdushah-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=20

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. This afternoon was spent reviewing the G’vurot blessing.  We worked on three worksheets – highlighting vocabulary and blessing themes.  We practiced reading the blessing individually and together as a group.
  3. Next, we, along with kitah gimmel, met with Rabbi Prass for “Hebrew Through Movement.” The students had an opportunity to lead the activities today, and we had a fun time.
  4. We wrapped up this afternoon talking about the word “Gibor”, which means “mighty”, “powerful” or “hero”. We discussed Jewish history heroes who acted bravely and helped the Jewish people and we also described things we’ve done that are brave and “hero” like.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the G’vurot, lines 1-7 on page 16 in your book.
    1.  If you need help with pronunciation, or if you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/gvurot-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=19
  2. Please bring a phone or tablet to class next week for an online review game.

10/24: 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. This afternoon we started by reviewing the 6 praises of God’s powers, or abilities, that are mentioned in the G’vurot: create life, sustain life, save life, help the falling, heal the sick, free the captive.  Since we are created in God’s image (B’tzelem Elocheim), we have the ability to act in “godly” ways.  We discussed actions we could take that would imitate some of God’s powers. For example – help the falling (donate food or clothes), heal the sick (visit sick friends or relatives, send get-well cards).
  3. We practiced reading lines 1-7 of the G’vurot on page 16
  4. We joined kitah Gimmel for Hebrew through Movement outside, led by our madrich Charlie.
  5. We wrapped up this afternoon with a vocabulary review exercise in our workbooks and played a review game.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the G’vurot, lines 1-7 on page 16 in your book.
  •  If you need help with pronunciation, or if you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/gvurot-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=19

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. This afternoon we started lesson 2- the G’vurot.  This blessing speaks of God’s powers to help us when we’re in need; God’s powers to create, to save and to sustain life.  We started with reading lines 1-2 of the blessing and introducing the vocabulary.
  3. We joined kitah Gimmel outside for Hebrew through Movement.
  4. We took an alef-bet letter quiz.  This is an assessment we do 3-4 times during the year to check up on our recognition of Hebrew letters and sound vowels make.  Everyone did a really nice job on the first quiz of the year!
  5. We ended class with a vocabulary review game.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  • Practice reading the G’vurot, lines 1-2 on page 16 in your book.
    •  If you need help with pronunciation, or if you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/gvurot-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=19

10/10: Today in class we worked on:

  1. 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. Today we wrapped up lesson one- Avot V’Imahot.  We completed a blessing review worksheet where students identified the theme of the blessing, key vocabulary words and reflected on what the blessing means to them.  They also completed a few activities in their textbooks while being pulled to read one on one with me.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq-3bOnA3HI  And we of course reviewed our Hebrew thru Movement vocabulary.
  4. Class ended with an Avot V’Imahot Blooket review game.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the Avot V’Imahot, lines 1-7 on page 5 in your textbook.
    1.  If you need help with pronunciation, or if you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/avot-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=18

10/3: Today in class we worked on:

  1.  Our day began with an all school Tefillah led by Rabbi Prass.  We We discussed times we personally have celebrated in the last week, and how we Jews have so many celebrations this month.
  2. We jumped back into the Avot V’Imahot (pg 5) and practiced reading the blessing all the way through.  We spent a little bit of time breaking words into syllables to help us decode and read challenging Hebrew words.
  3. Hebrew Though Motion with the Bet and Gimmel classes was outside in the sukkah!
  4. Back in the classroom, we introduced more vocabulary words and completed a vocab activity in our workbooks.  We played a few vocabulary games.
  5. We ended class by introducing root (Shoresh) letters.  Almost all Hebrew words are built upon root letters and are formed in such a way where small manipulations can create many different, but related meanings.  The first root we learned today was BET- RESH- CHAF.   This root is in the word “baruch” which means bless and “bracha” which means blessing!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  • Practice reading the Avot V’Imahot, lines 1-7 on page 5 in your textbook.

 If you need help with pronunciation, or if you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/avot-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=18

9/26: 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. We reviewed the vocabulary from last week before doing a family tree activity. The Avot V’Imahot outlines the very beginning of our Jewish family tree- Abraham and Sarah, their son Isaac and his wife Rebecca, and their son Jacob and his two wives, Rachel and Leah.  We made our own family trees, using Hebrew words for grandmother/grandfather, mother/father, aunt/uncle, cousin, sister/brother.
  3. We joined the 5th grade Gimmel class outside for Hebrew Through Movement
  4. For reading practice- we reviewed lines 1-3 of the Avot V’Imahot we learned last week. New lines will be added next week.
  5. With the last few minutes of class, we played Wordle with Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur words.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the Avot V’Imahot, lines 1-3 on page 5 in your textbook.

9/19: Today in class we worked on:

  1. Welcome back! It was great meeting everyone this afternoon.
  2. We began in an all-school assembly with Rabbi Prass.
  3. We jumped into a little Hebrew vocabulary and writing practice, sharing what Beit Sefer (school) we go to, our favorite seret (movie), sefer (book), and our favorite thing l’echol (to eat). We also shared what we did this kaytz (summer).
  4. We joined Rabbi Prass and kitah gimel outside for Hebrew Through Movement.
  5. Back in the classroom, we introduced the first bracha (blessing) we’re learning this year, Avot V’Imahot. This is the first blessing in the Amidah, the central prayer section of every service.  Avot means fathers and Imahot means mothers.  This blessing reminds us that our ancestors, Abraham, Issac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel each had a special and unique relationship with God. It asks God to watch over us, protect us, and bless us, just as God did for our ancestors. We read lines 1-3.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Practice reading the Avot V’Imahot, lines 1-3 on page 5 in your textbook.
    1. If you need help with pronunciation, or if you want to follow along, use this website: https://www.behrmanhouse.com/hinfree/avot-prayer-page.html?uid=0&modid=3&activityid=18