Zephira Derblich-Milea
This is Zephira's third year teaching for Bet Sefer Avraham. She comes to us with tons of enthusiasm and creativity. The children adore her sunny disposition and her clear limit setting. It is a love-fest in Kitah Alef. Zephira has a terrific way of inspiring the children and getting them to recall the material she is covering.
Eugene Gordin
We are so lucky this year to have Eugene Gordin co-teaching our Kitah Alef class again. This is Eugene's second year here at Bet Sefer Avraham. Eugene is a PhD student at Cal Berkeley in Structural Engineering and Public Policy. But he has a passion for working with children and we couldn't be more delighted to have him join us. Eugene brings a great sense of humor, patience and a fabulous attitude.
Hurray for Hebrew
Dear Kitah Alef Parents,
It was great to see and meet you all for our Share-a-Shabbat! The kids seemed to really be proud of the work they have done so far in class.
We began this week in the Sanctuary with Rabbi Bloom, singing our holiday and regular Hebrew songs with the other classes. Once back in our room, we reviewed all of the letters and words we’ve learned so far, and added one more to our list:
- בּ Bet - Bayit (house)
- תּ Tav - Torah
- שׁ Shin - Shofar (ram's horn used on Rosh Hashana)
- ָ ַ "ah" - as in aqua [vowel]
- מ Mem - Mezuzah
- ל Lamed - Lulav (palm leaf)
- כּ Kaf - Kelev (dog)
- ה Hay - Havdalah (end of Shabbat blessing)
- ר Resh - Rimonim (the Torah crowns)
- כ Chaf
- ב Vet
- ד Dalet - Degel (flag)
- א Alef - Aryeh (lion)
- ו Vav - Vered (rose)
- ק Koof - Keshet (rainbow)
We then went out to the courtyard for break, and came back to our classroom to have snack and hear a story called Joseph and the Treasure. We finished the day by catching up on our Aleph-Bet Books, which we have been working on throughout the year. Some of the kids finished early, and worked on Hebrew coloring sheets or a Kitah Alef vocabulary word-search (see the photos below or our photo album).
See you next week!
Eugene & Zephira
