Kitah Aleph Update

Dear Parents, 

 We've had another wonderful week at Religious School, t We learned the letter Hay. Students learned how to write the letter and we learned the word Havdallah and learned that is how we say goodbye to Shabbat. The students also learned about the braided candle, spices and wine.

We worked on word building and your children were reading two letter words. As they learn more letters and vowels we will add a letter and they will read three letter words eventually leading to reading sentences. On page 47 of their Alef Bet book, I asked the students to color a picture after listening to about 7 sentences that I read them...They were simple sentences like Teacher is in the house, The boy is in the school, girl in the school, Pencil on the table etc. I have attached photos of some of the students drawings so you could see how well they understood the assignment. Each student had the opportunity to read and write words and letters and it is amazing how well they did!

On Tuesday, we read about Joseph and his brothers. Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, and the brothers were jealous. Joseph told his brothers about his dreams. The brothers threw Joseph into a pit and got rid of Joseph by giving him to people who were going far away to Egypt. The children colored and decorated a coat like Joseph's father gave him. They used their imagination and created beautiful coats. You can see their drawings on page 25 of the Torah workbook.

We will continue adding on new words each work and review the ones we have learned previously. The student previously. The students are growing each week and understanding more and more as they are learning new words.

Have a great rest of the week!

Thank you,
Lisa Dresner Wais