More students' video clips

More students' video clips

Hebrw video clips- watch your children sing!

Shalom,

I want to share with you the joy of Hebrew learning in the 5Th grade. The students learned a unit about fruit and vegetables, and learned a poem about how to prepare salad. They were so passionate about it, that they composed a tune, to go with the poem. Please watch to clips bellow, and enjoy!

Homework for Wednesday, and oral quiz tomorrow

Shalom,

The students did a great job with their fruit and veggie quiz.
Tomorrow they have an oral quiz on the poem איך עושים סלט

Home Work for Wednesday, 12/23/10Tal Am book, page 27, question 1: Why do we need to use all our thinking caps to solve a problem, and not just one of them. (Answer in Hebrew).

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Shalom,

I was so impressed with the way the 5th grade students performed only in Hebrew, during the Hanukkah play. The level of Hebrew conversation and learning in class is tremendous, and it is defiantly shown by the students’ confidence level and their enthusiasm to initiate Hebrew conversation.

This week we are learning in the Tal Am book about the different skills required to solve problems.
In Grammar, we are learning topic focused vocabulary and sentence forms- this time about fruit and vegetables. The students are writing and saying their own sentences, using the sentence forms learned, and are chanting a short poem about how to prepare a salad. (This is an opportunity for the students to learn more verbs in a fun and easy way.)

Upcoming quizzes:

1. On Friday, 12/17/10, quiz about fruit and vegetables vocabulary. (Please see attached review sheet and poem sheet. The students already received it in class and put it in their grammar folder. )

2. Oral quiz on the poem on Tuesday, 12/21/10.

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Oral quiz on Monday

Shalom,
On Friday we opened a clothing store in class! We enjoyed practicing the conversation,putting price tags on the clothes, and trying them on. Looking at the picture above, you can see how much fun we had.

Home Work:
Memorize your part, and Sir Israeli, for an Oral quiz on Monday.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Morah Galit

Home work due Thursday, 8-11-10

Shalom,

We had a wonderful time in The in class today, singing the new song, שיר ישראלי
The song explains the concept of "Kibbutz Galuyot"- קיבוץ גלויות
The state of Israel as the home of Jews from different countries and different cultures from all over the world.

Home work due Thursday, 8-11-10

Tal Am book (red book), p. 10- ב, ד

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Weekly Newsletter

Weekly Newsletter

Dear Parents and Students,
I hope you had a wonderful weekend.
The students learned the names of the different clothing items, and now they practice a conversation between a customer and a sales person in a clothing store. Therefore, we will open our own clothing store in class!
Please send with your child by Friday 2 labeled clothing items (shirt, pants, skirt, scarf...)
and two clothes hangers. (Yes, clothes will get back home, but please don’t send fancy clothing items…)

Upcoming Assignments:
* Wednesday, 11/10/10- quiz retake (for students who scored less than %80 on the Friday quiz. Study sheet for this re-quiz is available – please let me know if your child needs one.)

* Wednesday, 11/10/10- the first draft of the book report on the book "שתי טיפות מים שונות"
is due.

*Corrected drafts of the book report on the book "יהודה חזר הביתה" were due last week. If your child still didn’t hand in the corrected draft, he/ she should hand it ASAP for partial credit.

*Oral quiz- conversation in the clothing store.

Please contact me with any questions,

Have a wonderful week,

Galit Golan

Home Work Due Wednesday, 11/3/10

Home Work Due Wednesday, 11/3/10

Grammar packet (clothing items)- page 50.

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Weekly Hebrew Class Newsletter 10/29/10
Dear parents,

Yom Teomim was so much fun for everyone. We enjoyed games, and also presented ourselves and our twin in Hebrew, and made a Venn diagram in Hebrew. Please take a look at our diagrams. You can find them on the 5th Grade Hebrew bulletin board, by the learning center.
This coming week our focus in Tal Am will be on the kind of class we are, as well as on Moty and Yosi, the new twins in our study book. Please expect the book "שתי טיפות מים"
“Two drops of water, to be sent home with a book report worksheet on Thursday.

Quizzes and Assignments:

1. On Friday we will have a vocabulary quiz about clothing items.
(A reviewsheet was emailed to all parents.)
2. Your child received back his/ book report, with a clean copy of this sheet. You child needs to copy the corrected version of the book report about the book "יהודה חזר הביתה" on this clean sheet.
Due date for submitting the corrected book report: 11/4/10

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Galit

"Yom Teomim" Venn diagram and צבעים Grammar packet, is due tomorrow, 10/28/10.

Shalom,

The students did a wonderful job with their "Yom Teomim" Venn diagram. If you didn't hand me your diagram, please plan on handing it tomorrow, 10/28/10.

צבעים Grammar packet ti due tomorrow as well.

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Upcoming quiz and Home Work for tomorrow, 10-27-10

Shalom,

We are now reviewing colors and sentence patterns in class. A quiz on the topic is scheduled to Friday, 10/29/10.
A study sheet was given to the students, and emailed to all parents as well.

Home Work for tomorrow, 10-27-10

Complete and decorate your Venn diagram about twin day.

Homework due Friday, 10/22/10

Homework due Friday, 10/22/10

Finish you stamp project.
יום תאומים worksheet
Plan yor outfit for יום תאומים

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Twin Day on Thursday, 10-21-10

Twin Day on Thursday, 10-21-10


We had much fun todayreading in our Tal Am books about 2 new characters: Moty and Yosi Melamed.
Moty and Yosi are twins, therefore, we will celebrate twin day on Thursday.
The students plan matching outfits with one or two partners, and they will present it in Hebrew before the class. This will be tied also to our new grammar topics: Colors and clothing.


Homework due Wednesday, 10/20/10
describe in your Hebrew notebook, what is the kind of class you would like to be part of, and the kind of class you would not like to be part of.
Use the adjectives we learned in class:

למדנית
מפולגת
חרוצה
מנומסת
חוצפנית
עצלנית
חברותית
חכמה
מאוחדת

H.W. Due Monday, 10/18/10

Shalom

Our preposition quiz was rescheduled to 10/22/10

H.W. Due Monday, 10/18/10Finish the picture on your stamp, if you didn't do so yet.

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Galit

Homework due Monday, 10-11-10

Shalom,

We are practicing prepositions and learning new vocabulary in class.
H.W. due Monday-
Wednesday Hebrew group (girls): Do the next exercise in your worksheet.
Thursday Hebrew group (boys): Do the part that is highlighted in pink in your worksheet.

Please bring you flash drive to class!!!


Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Grammar packet- Due Friday- 10/8/10

Shalom,

It was great to see every one after the long weekend.
Today we reviewed prepositions:
ב
בין
על- יד
על
מתחת

The students received a review packet to complete by Friday, 10/8/10

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Home Work- Due Monday, 10-4-10

Shalom,

Today we practiced a new conversation in class. Please encourage your child to practice this conversation at home. (You can find it in your child's Hebrew grammar folder.)

Home Work- Due Monday, 10-4-10

Complete and practice the conversation.

Chag Sameach,

Morah Galit

Home Work due Monday, September 27th

Shalom,

Today we practice in class conversations about Yom Kippur and Sukkot.
The students taking turns in the conversation' and present it before the class.

Home Work due Monday, September 27Th
Complete the writing of 6 sentences, with the new vocabulary word.

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Hebrew conversation and home work due tomorrow.

Shalom,

Today the 5Th grade students had an opportunity to practice with a partner a conversation about their own families. After practicing a few times, the students had the conversation without looking at their study sheet. The sounded almost like Israelis!

Home Work (due tomorrow):

Practice the conversation at home.

יום טוב!

מורה גלית

9/17/10 בס"ד

חדשות השבוע Weekly newspaper
Dear parents,

*It was wonderful meeting you at the Open House.

*The student did great on their משפחה vocabulary quiz today, using the words, and forming sentences with them.
This week we learned a new song for the holidays. This is a classic Israeli children song for the New Year.
Following are links to this song on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFYWWzhDpGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_djj1dhad4&feature=related (Same song, mixed choir, animated).

*No vocabulary quiz next week, as it is a short week

Please feel free to contact me with any question.
You can reach me via phone at the school: (614) 864-0299 x114,
or via email at: ggolan@toraacademy.org
Gmar Chatima Tova,,

Morah Galit

Song and quiz reminder

Dear Parents,

All students did great on their pretest today, and I’m sure they will do well on the quiz tomorrow.
Today we learned a new song for the holidays. This is a classic Israeli children song for the New Year. The children have the words for this song in their notebooks, and they need to practice the first tow verses for tomorrow as home work.
Following are links to this song on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFYWWzhDpGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_djj1dhad4&feature=related (Same song, mixed choir, animated)

Enjoy!

Morah Galit

Quiz and Home Work

Shalom,

Today we started our grammar and vocabulary unit. The first subject in this unit is :My family. המשפחה שלי
Each student received a folder for grammar. Grammar homework will be done in the grammar folder. Please make sure that your child brings his/ hers grammar folder to school every Monday and Wednesday.

Your child will have a Hebrew quiz on Friday, 9/17/10. Pretest will be on Wednesday, 9/15/10. Review sheets were given today (You can find then in your child’s Hebrew Grammar Folder)
An email with a copy of the first study sheet was sent today to all parents. If you haven't received it, please let me know.

H.W. due Wednesday:

Complete worksheet מי במשפחה שלי

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Weekly newspaper 9-3-10 and Homework due Wednesday.

Dear parents,

What a wonderful week we had. Practicing the vocabulary,
students had the opportunity to study with partners,
play a fun game (and win prices…), and write conversations
with the new vocabulary.
The students even had the opportunity to present their skit
before the class.
Homework is given almost every day. However, please rest
assure that the homework are being explained a few time in
class. If you still have questions about the homework, please
check my 5th grade Hebrew blog at:
http://5thgradehebrew.blogspot.com/
Students have two days to complete their homework. This
enables them to come and ask me question about the work,
on the day after it was given, and still be able to complete it
on time.

Please feel free to contact me with any question.
You can reach me via phone at the school: (614) 864-0299 x114,
or via email at: ggolan@toraacademy.org

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Galit

Study for Hebrew quiz

Shalom,
Great job everyone, on the wonderful skits today. I love the way you act in Hebrew.

Just a reminder: Study for the Hebrew quiz tomorrow

Morah Galit

Homework due 9/2/10

Shalom,

Today, the student took a pretest on מזג אוויר phrases. We checked it in class and learned that we know most of the phrases, but we all need to review at home.

Homework due 9/2/10-
Worksheet (P.33)

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

H.W. -Due Wednesday Sep.1st ,and quiz reminder

Shalom,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
We had a great review game about today. Students seem to know the new מזג אוירvocabulary.

H.W. -Due Wednesday:
Find a picture (in newspaper, on line...) that shows a certain weather, and describe the weather in your own words.

Vocabulary quiz on weather words- Friday, Sep. 3rd.

Laila Tov,

Morah Galit

Weekly newsletter 8-27-10

Dear parents,

The first week of school went smoothly. We are shaking the summer dust off our Hebrew, reviewing last year vocabulary, and learning some new word. The students had the opportunity to write about themselves in Hebrew, and you are all welcome to pick at our Hebrew bulletin board, located by the learning center.
We are now learning to say different phrases about the weather, preparing the kids to make a small talk in Hebrew…
The students made flash cards with the new words, and have the complete word list in their Hebrew note book. You can also find a copy of this list on my blog at http://5thgradehebrew.blogspot.com/

Quick reminders:
*Vocabulary quiz (weather words)- Friday, September 3rd.
* In case you haven't send A4 spiral notebook (large, lined paper), self photograph and Hebrew English dictionary with your child, please do so by Monday.


Please feel free to contact me with any question.
You can reach me via phone at the school: (614) 864-0299 x114, or via email at: ggolan@toraacademy.org

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Galit

Home work due Monday, 8/30/10

Erev Tov!

Great class today!
We've been practicing our weather words with a partner, and describing the weather in class.
Home work due Monday, 8/30/10
Study weather words.

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Homework- Due 8/27/10

Shalom,

Great work today speaking only in Hebrew in class!
Homework: For tomorrow- רק על עצמי page due Don't forget to decorate it.
For Friday- Study new מזג אויר (weather) vocabulary.

מזג אויר (weather) vocabulary

מזג אויר

מה מזג האויר היום? What is the weather today?


היום מעונןIt’s cloudy today.


יש שמש בשמיםThe sun is in the sky.


השמש זורחתThe sun is shining.


הרוח נושבת The wind is blowing.


הציפורים מצייצותThe birds are chirping.


הגשם יורדIt’s raining.


השלג יורדIt’s snowing.


העלים נושריםThe leaves are falling.


הציפורים נודדותThe birds are migrating.


הסנאים אוספים בלוטיםThe squirrels are gathering acorns .

Lila Tov,

Morah Galit

Supply list and home work

Shalom!

The first day of school went smoothly, and the students had the opportunity to share their summer experiences in Hebrew.

Please send the following with your child ASAP, and no later than the end of the week.
Child's photo
A4 (large page) spiral notebook
Hebrew English dictionary.

H.W. - Due Thursday
Worksheet רק על עצמי

Have a great day,

Morah Galit

The new school year is starting

Dear parents,

The new school year is starting, and I'm very thankful for the opportunity to continue as your child's Hebrew teacher.
We are heading toward an exciting year, learning Hebrew through the Tal Am program, guided by the principal of Ivrit B'Ivrit.
As always, the Hebrew department promotes open communication between parents to teachers and vice versa. This will enable you, as a parent, to know what your child is learning in Hebrew class, as well as tests and assignment schedule.
To reach this goal, you can check my blog, which will be updated often, and will contain the homework assignments, as well as quizzes and tests schedule. You will also receive a weekly letter, in your child's Friday folder, as well as reminder emails, before tests and other assignments.

Please feel free to contact me with any question.
You can reach me via phone at the school: (614) 864-0299 x114 or via email at: ggolan@toraacademy.org , or check my blog at http://ggolan.blogspot.com/

Looking forward to a wonderful school year,

Sincerely,

Galit Golan
Hebrew language and Israel education coordinator
Columbus Torah Academy
(614) 864-0299 X114

Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!

My name is Galit Golan, and I’m the Hebrew coordinator in CTA, as well as a Hebrew teacher for the 5th grade, and two of the upper school grades.

I was born and raised in Israel. I served in the Israeli military and right after that started gain my higher education in Tel Aviv University, where I received my Bachelor degree In Jewish history and Hebrew literature. I received my teaching diploma with honor from Bar Ilan University in Israel, and now in the process of completing my master’s degree. I worked many years as a teacher, a Hebrew director and curricula developer.

I believe that a relaxing and encouraging learning environment enables the student to learn more, and to enjoy the learning process better.

My main goals this year are:

●To continue bringing enthusiasm and excitement to the classrooms.

●To improve the student’s phonetic reading in Hebrew by tracking their levels and progress, and implementing a new approach, based on the “Hebrew Reading Magic” curriculum.

●To implement our spiral curriculum for grades 6th-12th, based on the school’s philosophy and specific educational needs.

● Support parents, students and new hebrew teachers, with all their Hebrew needs.

Please free to contact me regarding any concern you might have, or with any new ideas for the Hebrew program.

Galit Golan