Owning our own learning in 8th grade Hebrew Core

Hi everybody!

I’m excited to share with all of you the amazing work that the students of the 8th grade are doing in the Hebrew Core class. Taking in mind one of our North Stars, “Own your own learning”, I can share some experiences that express and show this guide for our work at school.
As you know, we are working on the topic of “Food” and with that, the students are learning and practising the present tense in Hebrew (zman hove) so they can write a recipe (matkon)  taking in mind the correct way to write verbs.
Also, as I mentioned, the students are working on a dictionary (milon) with all the vocabulary learnt.
On this matters, one of the students owned her own learning and was the teacher for a day, showing how the present tense works for singular, plural, feminine and masculine. You’re gonna be able to see some pictures of it and a video (click in the link). Also you’re gonna be able to see how the other students where engaged, participating and asking questions.
Also, she suggested to do an online format for the milon, and wrote it in to a Google Docs, so you and her peers will be able to have an organized, structured and amazing way to have it at hand. I’m adding the link to it here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dkJpg_AGFEsGR6x_nSa3xVPOZsPLHF54Y_Ao-utt99o/edit?usp=sharing

So proud of all the work that all the students are doing, specially when they own it!

Keep doing this amazing job guys!

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Food Unit (יחידה אכל)

!שלום וברוכים הבאים הורים ותלמידים

Welcome to the 8th Grade Core Hebrew Blog!

I’m happy to present to all of you the first unit in which the students has been working since we started the School Year, “FOOD”!

Through some authentic materials, real necessities and practical lessons, the students are gaining new Hebrew vocabulary, practicing their different skills (listening, writing, reading and speaking) and making advances in putting in practice the language. They have been working in creating a Dictionary (Milón) with all the new words, categorizing the words into Nouns (Shemot Etzem), Verbs/Action words (Pealim) and Adjectives (Shemot Toar).  As well, with this dictionary and specially with the Verbs, the students has been putting in practice and making exercises for understanding how the Present Tense works in Hebrew (Zman Hové) so they can work in building full phrases.

For the practical lessons we had and incredible time, of course, PREPARING SOME FOOD! On Friday 6th of October we had the privilege to prepare a yummy salad in the Kitchen! All the instructions and ingredients for preparing the salad where in Hebrew with the vocabulary revised and practice at class. The students enjoyed it a lot and had an amazing time, they felt that they were understanding, having fun and learning! It was a great pleasure and honor for me, to witness this advances. So proud of you guys!

I leave here some pictures so you can also enjoy of the great time we had!

Welcome Back!

Dear Grade 7 and 8 Ivrit students,

A warm welcome as you embark on an exciting journey into your new class! It’s incredible to see your growth and achievements, and I am thrilled to have you continue your academic adventure with me. To the parents, thank you for your continued support. As your children step into this new chapter, I look forward to another great year. shanna Tovah Umetuka!

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Morah Ruthie

 

Beautiful projects about Israel from grade 8 Ivrit class

After visiting the entire length and breath of the land of Israel, my 8th grade Ivrit class chose several places to tell us about. The projects were beautiful and I couldn’t be more proud of them. I will greatly miss this group of students that I taught for the last four years. Here are some of their projects:

 Sasha Peters

Joey Shmorgun

Shylee Miller

Audrey Moore:

Shorashim project in grade 7

שורשים – כיתה ז’

The roots of the family are the ones that support it and keep it strong, just like the roots of the tree support and keep the tree strong. Without the roots, the tree cannot grow, develop and thrive.

What exactly are roots? Why are the roots of the tree compared to the roots of the family?

Our 7th grade Hebrew students started working on a new and exciting project called “Roots” (Shorashim). In this work we will examine our roots and be able to understand the importance of the family and its contribution to Jewish culture, and to our continued existence.

This work is an independent study, during which students will get to know a part of their family’s history, they will have an opportunity to ask questions, to inquire, to dive into their past, and thus they will learn details that they did not know about their personal histories.

Some ideas that students will focus on during their project are:

  • Their Family tree
  • About myself – “I am a link in the family’s chain”
  • About my family: “A link in the chain of our people”
  • Create or locate an art piece or artifact that they can use to connect to their personal history, family history or their connection to the Jewish traditions. 

They will all be asked to write a reflection about their journey with this Shorashim project.

I invite the families to be partners in preparing the project with your child and to join the journey towards discovering “My roots”.

Morah Ruthie