Unit Overviews

The units we will cover in Hebrew Gan:

Hebrew alphabet – אלפבת בעברית
All about me – אני
Verbs – פעלות
Animals – חייות
Family – משפחה
Colors – צבעים
Body – גוף
Holidays – חגים

Hebrew alphabet – אלפבת בעברית

Students will review and solidify letter awareness. They will do this by practicing their letter formation through artwork and body.
Activities:

• Alephbet bingo (document made)
• Alephbet yoga
• Nameplates

All about me – אני

Students will begin to form sentences to describe themselves. They will practice introducing themselves, telling their age and some things about them. For example: My name is Samuel. I am six years old. I am a boy. – .שמי שמואל. אני בן שיש. אני ילד
This unit will merge with learning some common verbs.

Verbs – פעלות

Students will use their learning to form sentences to describe their actions.

I want – אני רוצה
I go – אני הולח/הולחת
I see – אני רואה
I like/love – אני אוהב/אוהבת
I do/make – אני עושה
I can – אני יכול/יכולה

I want (various food items)
I go (various places - school, home, the store, the park, the bathroom)
I see (various animals)
I love/like (various family members, food items, sports)
I do/make (a picture, various sports)
I can (do sports)
Other phrases: "I have" and "I don't have" – יש לי and אין לי
Students will play charades by choosing one verb card (want, go, see, love/like, do/make, can) and acting out the verb.

Animals – חייות

Elephant – פיל
Cat – חתול
Dog – כלב
Giraffe – גירפה
Horse – סוס
Camel – גמל
Fish – דג
Rabbit – ארנב
Gorilla – גורילה
Zebra – זברה
Dolphin – דולפין

Activities:
Animal Yoga - students will lead and participate in yoga stretches and games, such as Snake Breath – רוח נחש.
Animal Charades
Animal Bingo
Animal Painting

Family – משפחה

Students will learn to describe their families, using their previous learning about "I have" and "I don't have"
Mother – אמא
Father – אבא
Grandmother – סבתא
Grandfather – סבא
Sister – אחות
Brother – אח
Aunt – דודה
Uncle – דוד
Cousin (boy) – בן דוד
Cousin (girl) – בת דוד

Activities:
Students will create a family tree and describe their families to the class.
Students will work on their oral word recognition by playing bingo.

Colors – צבעים

Students will learn their colors by identifying what things are typically that color. Students will choose a color and make a collection of items in that color.
For example: Red – אדום The student might paint a picture of a red flower, tomato, etc.

Red – אדום
Blue – כחול
Green – ירוק
Black – שחור
White – לבן
Purple – סגול
Yellow – צהוב
Orange – כתום
Brown – חום

Body – גוף

Head
Arm
Leg
Chest
Finger
Hand
Shoulders
Stomach
Back
Foot
Neck

Holidays – חגים

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Chanukkah, Tu BeShvat, Purim, Pesach, Yom Hatzmaut, Lag B'Omer, and Shavuot