We are continuing our study of how things grow and change. We are learning about seeds and plants this week and how they grow! Take a look at our lima beans – their seed coats and their embryos. We planted them and will watch them grow, hopefully!
What is inside the lima bean?
What is inside the lima bean?
What is inside the lima bean?
Please return the January Reading Log to school. It’s time now to download a new reading log for February. Look on the right side of this blog for that link, print the reading log, keep a daily reading record and return it at the end of the month for a reading reward certificate!
We have been so busy learning! We are through כ in the aleph-bet. Today we did a review on the Smart Board that was so much fun!
We know the 10 commandments in English and soon will know them all in Hebrew. We are SO excited preparing for our Kindergarten Shabbat program. We hope you are all coming to share our joy of learning with us…not to mention the delicious challah we will be baking! Our Kiddush cups and candle stick holders are going to be beautiful!
Our vocabulary:
ו – vav
ורד – vered – rose
ורוד – varod – pink
ו – “veh” – and
ז –zayin
זבוב – zevoov – fly
זהב – zehav – gold
ח –chet
חלה – challah
חלון – chalon – window
חנוכה – Chanukah
ט- tet
טוב –tov – good
טוס – tavas – peacock
י –yod
ילד –yeled – boy
ילדה – yaldah – girl
ילקוט– yalkoot- backpack
ירוק – yarok- green
כ – kaf
כפה – kippah
כדור – cadoor- ball
כחול– cachol- blue
כתום – catom – orange
כיס – cees – pocket
כסף – ceh-seh-ph- money
Today we celebrated our 80th day of school!
We are very excited in Kindergarten about some important dates coming in the month of February!
We are preparing for our annual Kindergarten Shabbat Dinner and Program. On Feb. 7 we will be baking challah and would love to have any parent who is available to come and help. Look for an email soon. The actual program will take place on Feb. 10 at 5:30 pm. If you have not already returned your reservation form, please do so at your earliest convenience.
On Feb. 15 we will going on our next field trip to the Museum of Science and History. We will be participating in the program entitled The Little Star That Could, a planetarium program about the solar system. Please look for a permission letter in your child’s folder soon.
We have now added “daled” ’ד’ and this week “hay” “ה”
Words we have learned:
דב –”dov” – bear
דג –”dag” – fish
דוד–David
דניאל– Daniel
הר–”har” – mountain
הודו–”hoe-doo” – turkey
השם– Hashem
הבדלה–Havdalah
הגדה– Haggadah
“The First Thanksgiving,” a techno-tale written and illustrated by the Kindergarten class.
We have jumped right into learning our Aleph -Bet. Every week we learn a new letter and build a vocabulary of words that begin with that letter.
You will see worksheets come home reflecting each new letter. In class, we are also singing, eating and playing with every letter.
Each week I will try to update the blog with the words we are learning.
(Sorry I am behind but today I will post Aleph, Bet and Gimel.)
Just to give you an example, this week we are learning the letter “gimel” – “ג” Today we each ate a “גזר” (a carrot) while walking across a ײַגשרײ (a bridge). (see the picture above!)
Our Hebrew vocabulary:
אדום- “adom” – red
“echad” – one - אחד
אריה – lion – “aryeh”
ארון קודש – ark – “aron kodesh”
אתרוג – etrog – “etrog”
אמא – mother – “ema”
אבא – father – “abba”
אני – I – “ani”
אליהו – George’s Hebrew name – “Eliyahu”
אלימלך – Evan’s Hebrew name – “Elimelech”
אורי – Ethan’s Hebrew name- “Uri”
אליאנה – Eliana’s Hebrew name
איטא – Izabella’s Hebrew name – Eta”
–ב–
ברוז – duck – “barvaz”
בימה – bimah/stage – “bimah”
בית הכנסת – synagogue – “Beit HaKnesset”
בית הספר – school – “Beit HaSefer”
בית – house – “bayit”
ברוך – blessed – “baruch”
ברכה –blessing – “bracha”
ברכת המזון – the Blessing after meals – “Birkat HaMazon”
בורא – creator – “boreh”
בלון – balloon – “ba-lon”
בננה – banana – “bah-na-na”
באשא – Sophie’s Hebrew name – “Basha”
– ג –
גשר – bridge – “gesher”
גזר – carrot – “gezer”
גדול – big – “ga -dol”
גשם – rain “geshem”
גלידה – ice cream – “glee-dah”
Enjoy this slideshow from our zoo trip! Check for other photos in the “photos” page above.
Please return the October Reading Log to school. It’s time now to download a new reading log for November. Look on the right side of this blog for that link, print the reading log, keep a daily reading record and return it at the end of the month for a reading reward certificate!
