A quick note to share with you about the joy of learning together in our Kitah Alef.
It is hard to believe December is just around the corner… and we even saw שלג yesterday! so exciting!
We have been learning so much in Kitah Alef. It blows my mind how much vocabulary the students comprehend, and they are starting to communicate in short sentences now as well. I love the twinkle in their eyes, when they realize a word we were using every day is suddenly used elsewhere, and the “coin drops” as they truly understand the meaning, rather than just being able to use it in the daily context, where we hear it on a regular basis. We are almost done our first round of helpers (next week). During this week the student runs the morning routine, which includes attendance, day of the week and the day’s weather vocabulary. They do it all in Hebrew and it is a very steep learning curve from Monday to Friday. They are able to see how they improve from day to day and the pride it gives them is priceless.
It is not only the spken language that is being enhanced, but now, that we completed our first reading booklet (Ah sound with oll the Alef-Bet) the students are so excited to read actual books, with pictures, etc… Other moments that spark their excitement is when we sing our T’filot and they recognize new sounds that we only just learned, on the slide. These moments often lead to us stopping the T’filah for a bit and coming up to the board to find more of the sounds. These are real life experiences. There is complete immersion in what we are doing. I love teaching how to read. the excitement is so contagious!
Being able to read also allows us to play some vocabulary base games like memory, zap, matching, go fish, etc…
For those who want to read some of our books at home, I added books to my Bitmoji Classroom as well as a few fun games on Wordwall to practice the letters and vocabulary.
