Gimel – Third Year – Tuesday (Kerman)

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

  1. Hello Gimmel Parents,I hope you are having a wonderful holiday experience.
  2. During Teffilah today, Rabbi spoke about the importance of Yom Kippur and forgiveness.The students found this to be very interesting.
  3. I hope you have an easy fast and that we are all inscribed in The Book of Life for a healthy and nachas filled New Year!
  4. When we returned to class, we collected Tzedakah, and our class took a test on the Hebrew Alphabet. It is very important that our students master the letters and vowels quickly as they learned in 3rd grade, and they are the key to doing well in Gimmel.
  5. We reviewed our homework
  6. Gimmel & Daled participated in Hebrew Thru Movement outside, led by Rabbi Prass
  7. Viewed the new homework
  8. Played a quick round of Jewish Trivia
  9. This is a great class whose energy and spirit I appreciate.

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Every student wrote out the homework for the week on an index card.
  2. The homework consists of:  
    • Studying the Hebrew Alphabet, pg.10- 1-5
    • Pg.11 1 -2   pg. 13 1-5 and pg. 14 1-2                   

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

  1. Hello Gimmel Parents, Thank you for sending us your talented and clever students.
  2. Our session began with 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 returned to class, collected Tzedakah, worked with our Flashcards, and reviewed our homework from last week.
  4. We corrected a matching exercise and looked at the homework for our next class.
  5. We played a shortened trivia game.
  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!

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Every student wrote out the homework for the week on an index card.
  2. The homework consists of:  
    • Page 4 lines 1-4,
    • Studying the Hebrew Alphabet,
    • Page 10…lines 1-2 &5
    • Page 11…Read the top section and
    • practice reading lines 1, 2, & 3 on the bottom of page 11.
  3. I would like to wish each Gimme family a Shana Tova. L’Shalom, Paul Kerman

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

  1. Hello Gimmel Parents, Thank you for sending us your amazingly clever and bright students! Also, thank you for attending our “Meet the Teacher” portion of our day. It was so awesome to meet each of you today.
  2. Our day consisted of an introductory session with Rabbi Prass, class time, a quick game of Jewish Trivia, and Rabbi’s Hebrew in Motion session.
  3. I look forward to communicating with you each week. If you want to contact me, please use my email: teechman8@gmail.com

Homework to be completed by next class:

  1. Every student wrote out the homework for the week on an index card.
  2. The homework consists of:  
    • Page 4 lines 1-4, Page 5 top section,
    • Studying the Hebrew Alphabet,
    • Pages 6 & 7 the top sections
  3. We will review these pages next week.