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Shavua tov!
For homework this week and next we will continue learning the Ashrei prayer.
1) When we practise Ashrei, we are practising our Hebrew reading!
2) We are learning that we know many words that are “hidden” inside bigger words.
(like וּגְדוּלָּתְךָ comes from the word גָדוֹל)
3) We are learning that Ashrei is a really long prayer.
Homework sheet is found in your child’s blue Hebrew homework folder.
Shavua Tov! We are learning the prayer, Ashrei, in class for the next few weeks.
Homework: 1) Listen to the beginning of the prayer and fill in the missing words 2) Highlight or circle any words you recognize.
This homework sheet is in the students blue folder. Here I am singing the lines they have for homework this week:
As always, homework is due the following Monday. Happy singing!
Shavua Tov! This is an exciting week in kitah bet. We will begin learning parashat Lech Lecha. This is OUR parasha, meaning, this is the Torah portion that we will be learning in detail this year. During the next month we will learn why Avram and Sarai left their family, home, country and went to the land that God would show them.
In our Ivrit classes, we are continuously reviewing and building our vocabulary. This week for homework we will review “family” vocab. This will be done via Classkick. We would like all students to be familiar with this app in the event that they participate in online learning at any point.
Click this link for 2A and this link for 2B to log into Classkick. You DO NOT need a class code or name, simply scroll down and click “LOG IN” and then enter students’ school email address (firstname.lastname@theojcs.ca) and password, (shalomOJCS2). Once you’ve logged in from a device once, subsequent visits to Classkick will allow you to quickly enter the site through Google without entering email and password.
Once they are in Classkick, there are four slides to complete for Homework: October 26. This is a good time to check out Classkick and see how it works. Slides should be completed by next Monday, Nov. 2.
Have a great week and please reach out if you have any questions.
Shavua Tov! We have already finished celebrating all of the holidays in the month of Tishrei – my how time flies when you’re having fun! This week we will begin learning the weekly Torah portion (Parshat Hashavua)! This is one of my favourite times of the entire week!
Homework this week: Please complete homework by next Monday, October 19
Shavua Tov!
This week’s homework is to listen and follow along to the story of Hadassah and the Four Species.
While watching, you may want to make notes of what body parts the four species represent. Then fill out this worksheet found in the blue homework folder. All writing should be done in Hebrew cursive, if possible.
As always, please reach out if you have any questions.
Shavuah Tov!
I hope you had an easy fast and a meaningful Yom Kippur.
This week students will be reading a short piece called לוֹמְדִים תּוֹרָה “Learning Torah”. A hard copy of the worksheet is in their blue homework folders. Homework is due on Friday.
Step one: Read text on Flipgrid
Step two: Answer the questions. (Full sentences OR just the missing word, either is fine)
Shalom! This week we are beginning Hebrew homework. Homework is assigned on Monday and is due on Friday. If you feel the homework takes more than 10 minutes a day, please let me know.
Step one: Read סְלִיחָה שַׁחַר (Sorry Shachar) on Google Slides.
Step two: Draw a picture to illustrate the meaning of the five words on this page.
There is a photocopy of this worksheet in a blue folder in their note totes.
In kitah bet we are getting ready for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Last week we read a story called, “Why do we blow the shofar in the Hebrew month of Elul?” We learned that the shofar is telling us to: “WAKE UP! A NEW YEAR IS COMING AND WE HAVE TO GET READY!”
Bolded are the words we are learning in Hebrew.
What items do we need to get ready?
תַפּוּחִים בִּדְבַשׁ –Apples and honey for a sweet new year. (tapuchim b’dvash)
רִימוֹנִים – Pomegranates to represent all the mitzvot we will do this year. (rimonim)
חָלוֹת עַגוּלוֹת – Round Challah so that we will have a good year all year round. (challot agulot)
מַחֲזוֹר – Special prayer book to read the prayers just for the High Holidays. (machzor)
כַּרְטִיסֵי בְּרָכָה – Rosh Hashanah greeting cards to wish others a Shana Tova. (kartees bracha)
What else can we do to get ready for Rosh Hashanah?
תְּשׁוּבָה – We reflect on our year and think if there’s anything we can do better or change next year. (teshuvah)
סְלִיחָה – We say sorry to anyone we may have wronged. (selicha)
מִצְווֹת – We can do lots of good deeds to prepare for the new year. (mitzvot)
CLICK HERE to read the story we read in class.
Happy Crazy Hair Day!
There is no Hebrew homework this week. Enjoy your Purim celebrations!
If you have any small toys lying around at home (that you don’t want anymore) you are welcome to donate them to our Purim carnival prize booth. Please send them in for our Purim carnival tomorrow!
Todah Rabbah!
Kitah bet is going on vacation!
Please dress up for kitah bet
VACATION DAY next Wednesday.
Click here for next week’s Ruach THEMES!
Hebrew homework this week is to read and sing the Purim song “Ani Ahashverosh”.
The first half of the words are in their homework books. The second half will come home Wednesday. You can find the song here: