Kitah Gimmel Ivrit curriculum

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This is the Hebrew curriculum from which I will be working next year. I'm posting it here mainly because it's more convenient to have it on LJ, where I can get to it. Therefore, I'm disabling comments. But feel free to read it if you like.

The year will be divided into blocks. Each block will be 5 or 6 weeks, which is to say, 5 or 6 classes.

Block 1:

Prayer

Learner will be able to recognize and recite Shehakol, Mizonot, Pri Ha'Aretz, Pri Ha'Adamah, Pri Ha'Gafen

Learner will know the translation of the "Bracha Base" and understand that it is the base of many prayers

Learner will be able to read and translate key words; care will be taken to use the Temple's agreed translations: Barukh, Adoshem, Elokeinu, Melech Ha'Olam, Borei, Pri, Ha'Eitz, Ha'Adamah

Decoding/Writing

Learner will identify letters found in t'fillot and other written materials

Learner will decode short syllables (two letters) and short words, working in pairs or small groups

Learner will work on copying t'fillot for their 'personal siddurim'

Spoken

Learner will be comfortable using:
Shalom, eeparon, sefer, Kitah, bayit, shulchan, kiseh, gan, eyfoh? B-, ha-, todah, ani rotzeh/rotzah lelechet la sherutim

Block 2:

Prayer

Learner will be able to recognize and read: ner shel Shabbat/Yom tov/Channukah, Barchu

Learner will know the translation of the longer Bracha base, and understand that it is the base of many prayers.

Learner will be able to read and translate: kidishanu, bemitzvotav, le'olam

Decoding/Writing

Learner will work on decoding short sentences based on spoken content

Learner will work on copying t'fillot for their personal siddurim

Spoken

Learner will be comfortable using:
Abba, Ima, ach, achot, saba, savta

Grammar: al, v'-, ha-, shel mi-

Block 3:

Prayer

Learner will be able to read and recide the first two verses of the sh'ma, and will begin work on the thirds stanza

Learner will be able to read and translate key words: sh'ma, yisrael, echad, shem, kavod

Decoding/Writing

Learner will work on decoding short sentences based on spoken content

Learner will begin to write sentences using inventive spelling based on the spoken content

Spoken

Learner will be able to use the following verbs in the singular:
Rotzeh, ochel, holech, cotev

Block 4:

Prayer

Learner will be able to read and recide the whole of the Sh'ma. Learner will be able to read and recide the mah nishtanah. Learner will work on echad mi yodeah.

Decoding/Writing

Learner will work on decoding short sentences based on spoken content

Learner will continue to write sentences using inventive spelling based on spoken content

Spoken

Learner wil be comfortable using
Mitzrayim, yam, zroah, maror, beitzah, charoset

Learner will be able to count to 12 in Ivrit

Learner will be able to describe colors using the formula "b'tzevah . . . "