Morah Schlussel Hebrew Update

Dear Parents,

This has been a pretty quiet, uneventful week at Shaarey Zedek Hebrew School.

We began our day on Sunday and Tuesday  with Tefillah. We now have two different Tefillah options. The Tefillah led by Shaarey Zedek teachers and the Tefillah led by Cantor Gutman that will train the students that want to be part of the youth choir at some Shabbat morniing and Friday nights services.

So far we have had a nice turn out at both groups.

We are continuing to sharpen our reading skills in our 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.The students are working very hard and accomplishing a lot. Formal assessment of the children will begin next week. These assessments are not something that the children need to study for or be stressed over. We simply want to better tailor our curriculum and classes to meet their needs. Each leaner will be asked to demonstrate the following knowledge:     

• Know the name and sound of the letters of the alphabet including sofit (final) letters.

• Know the different sounds of the Hebrew nekudot (vowels)

• Understand the correspondence between letters and nekudot (vowels).

• Explain the visual differences between letters that look alike but are 

As always, the  Hebrew Resource page is available as a tool for you to assist your child on their Hebrew reading and  tefillah chanting. Please feel free to be in touch with Allison Gutman with any questions.

different.

  

*   Practice right to left dictionality of Hebrew.

  

*   Decode one to three syllable sounds and combination words.

 *   Use a list of vowel rules to aid in decoding difficult or unusual sounds 

combinations such as:

a)           When ה  and י are silent. 

c)           Identifying the "double duty dot" on the שׁ  and שׂ. 

I hope you stay warm this weekend. Just think Spring will be coming to Israel very soon with the Tu B'shvat holiday that is just around the corner.

Shabbat Shalom, 

Toby Schlussel