Dalet (6th Grade)
Teachers: Becky Roberts and Yafa Bosler
Assigned Feb 17
Sunday: Read first half of Ashrei, Bei Ana Racheitz, Mizmor L'David, and the brachah before the haftarah. Review the vocabulary pictured on pages 52-53. Recite the books of the Tanakh.
Homework for Ms. Roberts' class:
Review the vocabulary and books of the Tanakh.
Read at least 5 times through
Bei Ana Racheitz
Mizmor L'David.
Read at least 3 times through
first half of Ashrei
Brachah before the Haftarah.
Homework for Ms. Bosler's class:
Finish and bring to class Home Workbook pages 27-28
Classroom Workbook pages 30-31
Know the vocabulary pictured on pages 52-53.
On page 52, from top right, going left and down they are
Bless, You, King, World, Choose, Prophet, Good, Speak/ word/ thing (D'var means all of these.
On page 53 they are Bless, You, Choose, Torah, Moshe, Servant/slave/worshiper (Eved means all of these), Yisrael, Prophet, Fairness.
And KNOW the words and word parts in the yellow boxes.
Old homework:
ךָ your/ you
יו \וֹ his
and prefixes הַ the
וְ-\וּ and
לְ to or for
בְּ-\ב in or with
HOMEWORK for Ms. Bosler's class: Home workbook read pages 19-20 Practice page 29 of text and Bei Ana Racheitz. Review all vocabulary up to page 46.
HOMEWORK for Ms. Roberts's class:
Practice reading Bei Ana Racheitz
Review the vocabulary you have had this school year.
Look up your Haftarah portion, by going on line to find the portion for your date. We will begin learning trope next week and we will look at the first sentence of your portion, so bring information about what chapter book and verse your haftarah portion begins on.
Old homework:
--וְ -- בּ
עוֹלָם מֶלֶךְ נָתַן נָטַע אַתָּה
כָּבוֹד יוֹם בָּרוּךְ עָלַה
Learn these words
Praise הַלֵל
Cantor חַזָן
master רבּ
Practice reading individual words of Ashrei, not just singing it. Read the last word of a line, then the next-to-last word, so you are sure that you are accurately reading each word. Think about the blessings that you have, and discuss with your family the question of the week.
DO YOU THINK MIRACLES HAPPEN IN OUR OWN LIVES OR IN OUR OWN TIME?
Old homework
תּוֹרָה
it’s on the 3rd graders’ list too
רַחֲמִים compassion, mercy
צִיוֹן Zion (a poetic name for Jerusalem or Israel)
רוּחַ spirit, enthusiasm or wind/ breath
כַּווָנָה intention, focus, sincerity
Homework:
1) Complete essay portion of test, parents may assist
2) Practice page 21 in textbook
3) Study vocabulary words for re-test if student needs or wants to re-take test.
4) Complete vowel review sheets, to be turned in after Thanksgiving break.
Prefixes come before the word root
בּ- in, with
הַ the
וְ\וּ and
Suffixes, stuck on after the root, or maybe just after a prefix
וֹ\ ָ יו his , its
נוּ us, our, we
Words
Lord / in place of saying The Name יְיָ
our God/ God of us אֱלֹהֵינו
who/ which/ that אֲשֶר
you אַתָּה
blessed/ praised/ special בָּרוּךְ
ruler/ king מֶלֶךְ
his mitzvot/ his commandments מִצְוֹתָיו
world/ cosmos/ space-time עוֹלָם
makes us holy/ holies us קִדְשָנוּ
Homework:
Learn the words in the list above so you never miss any of them again.
Practice reading page 21 of your text and the first half of Ashrei.
Old homework:
review the roots גדל and אחד\ יחד that appear in these lines and the phrase
בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ
Work on Ashrei through the yud line.
HomeworK:
1 Practice lines 1-14 on page 21
2. do Home Workbook pages 3-6
3. Review prayers on pages 8 and 16
And review the names of the synagogue words from the sheets you have gotten most weeks.
Read at lease 5 minutes a day--
Old homework from earlier weeks
Write a few sentences to answer this thought question:
How is the Torah service like acting out the Giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai? How can the Torah be like a new gift each week?
Bring in your written answers to get a prize.
Homework Archives:
Remember the things you saw in the video:
people wearing T'fillin on their head and hand, the Gabbai Rishon calling up people who have an aliyah, the Gabbai Sheini following along to catch any errors in reading. The person lifting the scroll to show the words to the congregation during Hagbahah, and the person doing G'lilah, rolling up the Torah.
Have the students in pairs look up, read and compare Psalms 8 verses 2-3, Ps. 13:2-3, 22:1 23:1 and 46:2. How are they similar and how are they different in the way they talk to God?
שׁמע to listen, listen! (command), hear, pay attention to
גדל big, great, enlarge, expand, magnify
Be able to define the vocabulary words of September with 100% accuracy.
Journal time topic from class:
Read the Torah verse that says "Man will master the earth and rule the other creatures" and say what that means to you. Is it true? Is it possible? Is it an ideal? In what ways have people done tried to rule over and be master of other kinds of living things, and in what ways have people not done that? Creatures is a big category that includes bacteria and viruses as well as whales, mice, moquitoes, dogs, pigeons, earthworms and armadillos and 350,000 species of beetle.
Homework Assignment:
Kitchen table discussion: Was the world completed in the creation story? If not, what has occurred since then and what is left to create? How have humans been involved and how are they involved now in the job of Creation?
TAKE FIVE FOR HEBREW
Week of October 14, 2009
Student’s name__________________________
Practice time (at least five to ten minutes each day)
Parent’s initials
Wednesday _____
Thursday _____
Erev Shabbat _____
Shabbat _____
Sunday _____
Monday _____
Tuesday _____
Root words for the week: שׁמע (root for Listen, Hear)
גדל (root for Great, Expanded, Magnified)
Journal topic: If you were present at Sinai when the Torah was given, what would your feelings be like?
homework: practice the prayers for taking the Torah out of the Aron haKodesh
Kitchen table discussion: Was the world completed in the creation story? If not, what occurred then and what remains to be created? How are humans involved?
Prayer- review the first 12 lines of Ein kamochah. If you have not yet finished writing the translation in your own words, do so.
Journal Topic/Table Discussion- What does it really mean when we “pray for the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem”? If this is a metaphor, what is it that we are trying to build? What does tradition teach us will bring about success? What are some mitzvot that we can do to work toward bringing peace or improving the world? How can we do this individually, as a family, as a community, and globally?
Quiz next week on Ein Kamocha.
Enjoy Sukkot!!!
Homework from earlier weeksDefine
סְלִיחָה
תְשׁוּבָה תְפִלָּה צְדָקָה
Jewish laws
Jewish customs
Righteousness
Practice reading the first half of אֵין כָּמוֹךָ
and in your own words, write in your journal 2 or 3 sentences that explain the main idea of this prayer.
At home discuss Derech Eretz--proper, considerate behavior--and how as a family we can show better Derech Eretz in the coming year. Write 3 or 4 sentences about that discussion.
Kitchen table discussion: What does Isaiah mean when he says that G-d does not approve of our fast?
In addition to learning to perform and understand the liturgy of the Torah Service this year students will explore what it means to
Be Grateful
Feel Awe
Examine Ourselves and our Responsibilities
Reach Out for Conncetion
Meditate on Memory
AND Seek to Learn
For these actions are what Prayer does
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