Summer Hebrew Assignment First Week (Week of 7/10 Class)


1. Master lines 1-21 of the Avot V'Imahot, use the CD, practice 10 minutes every day.
(Prayer fluency 60 seconds for lines 1-21; students have transliteration pages for parents use only)
2. Go to www.anshetikvah.org and print out Reading Practice 1 and practice once a day.
(Parents can print transliteration page to study with their child)
3. Get your assignment page signed every day you practice for 10 minute or more.
PRACTICE TIMING PRAYER READING

In each year of Hebrew, different prayers and blessings are covered. Our goals for each year are to have all the students learn some of the vocabulary from the prayers, learn about the background of the prayers, learn to read the prayers well enough to participate in the services while someone else is reading and eventually read the prayers well enough to lead the service, which they have the opportunity to do for the first time when they become Bar/Bat Mitzvah. In order to achieve these goals, it is necessary for the students to obtain a certain level of fluency in the reading of the prayers. Because most people cannot tell if they are actually reading fluently enough to keep up at a service, we offer the study tool of giving students an amount of time in which a prayer should be read. This way, each child knows when he/she is practicing whether they are in fact reading the prayer with fluency.

SUGGESTED TIME GUIDELINES

BARCHU 10 SECONDS

SHEMA 10 SECONDS

BLESSING OVER WINE 10 SECONDS

BLESSING OVER BREAD 10 SECONDS

SHABBAT CANDLE BLESSING 15 SECONDS

SHEHECHEYANU 10 SECONDS

MI CHAMOCHA 25 SECONDS

AVOT V’IMAHOT 60 SECONDS

V’AHAVTAH 75 SECONDS

GEVUROT 60 SECONDS

OSEH SHALOM 10 SECONDS

AYN KAYLOHAYNU 45 SECONDS

BLESSING BEFORE TORAH 20 SECONDS

BLESSING AFTER TORAH 20 SECONDS

BLESSING BEFORE HAFTARAH 40 SECONDS

BLESSING AFTER HAFTARAH 60 SECONDS

ALAYNU 45 SECONDS

KIDDUSHA 20 SECONDS

KIDDUSH 50 SECONDS

MOURNER’S KADDISH 85 SECONDS

BIRKAT HAMAZON 155 SECONDS (2 MIN. 35 SEC.)

SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO STUDY

Hebrew is a great language, and is a lot of fun to learn. Sometimes, though, you practice a lot and it doesn’t seem to do much good. To help make the most out of the time you put in practicing, try these tips.

Study shorter sessions several times a week. Sometimes, we think that it is easier just to sit down and do all of our Hebrew homework in one sitting. Your brain and your long-term memory, however, like it better when you study many times for a shorter period of time. Try studying for 10 minutes at a time 5-7 times a week.

Read out loud. When you are learning Hebrew for conversation or for prayers, you are using the language out loud. It helps you read better out loud if you practice out loud. Reading to yourself and reading out loud are two different skills. Sometimes it feels like you are reading really well in your head, but you have a hard time in class. Always practicing reading out loud will help a lot.

Master one section at a time. When you sit down to learn something new, a lot of people think they should be able to master the entire lesson in one sitting. This is extremely difficult to do. Instead, try working one line at a time. Try this method:

Step 1: Practice reading that line until you can read it perfectly. When you have

read the line perfectly three times in a row, you can go on to the next line.

Step 2: When you have read that line perfectly three times in a row, read both

lines two times.

Step 3: Only after you have read both lines together perfectly two times should

you go on to the third line.

Use this method of practicing to learn new material quickly.

Remember that the most important part of practicing is actually to practice! If you use these tips when you practice, you will make Hebrew easier and class time much more enjoyable. B’hatzlachah! Good luck!

READING PRACTICE 1

Look Alike Letters - Read Aloud Study Guide for Students

Look Alike Letters - Read Aloud Study Guide for Parents