Rashi Script Workbook by Mrs

B_01627 Rashi Script Workbook By Mrs. Shira Hochheimer Credits for the first page of this workbook go to Shira Charner

Grade Level: Elementary

Description: A magnificent workbook which introduces students to Rashi letters using a variety of learning modalities. This book includes a lot of review with focus on visual discrimination and isolation of the confusing letters to ensure mastery. A teachers’ guide is also provided. It includes answer keys for all assignments as well as great ideas for kinesthetic and mnemonic devices to help students differentiate between commonly confused letters. The books are available as non-editable pdf files only.

Goals/Objectives: Students will practice Rashi letters using a variety of learning styles. They will acquire mastery of the entire Rashi script by the time they complete this booklet in its entirety.

Instructions: See file for detailed instructions. sunhkk vnsev h"ar ______:oa

1 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 h"¦J©r k¤J sUn¦k§k v¨n¨s§e©v

1) The v¨rIT that was given to v¤Jn to be written down is known as:

______

2) The explanation of the v¨rIT that was told to v¤Jn to be taught to k¥t¨r§G¦h h¥b§C is known

as: ______

Circle the correct choice:

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY J¨nUj (1

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY t¨r¨n§d (2

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY ,Ic¨t h¥e§r¦P (3

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY gª© JIv§h (4

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY oh¦khv§ ¦ T (5

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY h"J© ¦ r (6

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY v¨r¨G h¥h©j (7

d¤R l©r§A¤W d¨xFY a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY v¨b§J¦n (8

The name h"Jr stands for:

1) ______h ______J ______r

2) ______h ______J ______r

2 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 :oJ ¥

Using Colored Pencils, color the box of the letters that do not look like their print letter s s d d c c t t j j z z u u v v k k f f h h y y g g x x b b n n r r e e m m p p , , a a

.-. ;-; i-i o-o l-l

3 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Color In the OutlineD Rashi Letters g g h h t t p p f f c c ; ; l l d d m m k k s s . . n n v v e e o o u u r r b b z z a a iii i j j , , x x y y

4 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Draw lines to match the Rashi letters to the Print letters r m u t e e c c m r v d , a d s a , t v s u . l f z ; i h j l . y y o o k h i ; z f j k v t g n j j n b t v b x p g x p

5 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Underline the n, Draw a circle around the v and put a dot in the , n v , , v j n n n j, v n , v n j, v n ,j v , n j n

Circle the letters that match the letters on the right jn,T,tTtn, cfFcCFcCfc ,Tnjtj,TTj dbdfFdbfbd jvenjevjjv brslbrsrls

6 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 j t

How many times is the t on each line? How about the j? ttjtjttt____ j____ tjtjtjjt____ j____ jjtttjjt____ j____

Pick the correct word a¥j a¥t ah¦t ah¦j v¨K©t v¨K©j j¨C©j t¨C©t

7 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 m k

How many times is the m on each line? How about the k? mkkmkmmm____ k____ kmkmkmkm____ k____ mmkkkmmm____ k____

Pick the correct word t«m t«k eh¦s©k eh¦s©m v¨M©j v¨K©j it«k it«m rIP¦k rIP¦m

8 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 g y

Circle the y with blue and the g with Green ngtyygy yygtyyg gtygngy

Pick the correct word s©g s©y .¥y .¥g cIy cIg c«e£y©h c«e£g©h u¨a¥g u¨a¥y

9 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 f c

Circle the c with blue and the f with Green cmfcfcf bcfccff fcrfccf

Pick the correct word k¨C k¨F v¨FªF v¨CªC r¤e«C r¤e«F ,Ic¨t ,If¨t rIs©F rUs©C v¨e§f¦r v¨e§c¦r

10 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 r s

How many times is the s on each line? How about the r? rsrsrsss____ r____ rrssrsrs____ r____ srrssrss____ r____

Pick the correct word o¨r¨t o¨s¨t o¨r o¨s ,¤k¤r ,¤k¤s v¨e§c¦r v¨e§c¦s

11 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 z u

How many times is the u on each line? How about the z? uzuzzuuu____ z____ zmuzuuzu____ z____ uuzzzzuu____ z____

Pick the correct word v¨r§C¤z v¨r§C¤u iUkUc¦u iUkUc§z h¦z¥k h¦u¥k s¦u¨s s¦z¨s rIf¨u rIf¨z

12 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 o x

Draw a tail on each x. Draw a line through each o xooxxoox oxosxxxo xxoxooxo

Pick the correct word rUsh¦o rUsh¦x xUx oUo x¦h©n o¦h©n o¥b x¥b o¨e¨h©u x¨e¨h©u t¨C©o t¨C©x x¨s o¨s

13 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 i .

Draw arms on each .. Cross out each i i..ii..i

.ii..ii.

.i.ii..i

Pick the correct word i¤r¤t .¤r¤t .©j§ka ª i¨j§ka ª .¥g i¥g i¤C .¤C

14 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Match each RASHI letter to a print letter

j t (1

u c (2

t d (3

v s (4

z v (5

d u (6

s z (7

c j (8

Match each RASHI letter to a print letter g y (1

x k (2

m n (3

o o (4

a x (5

n g (6

, m (7

k a (8

y , (9

15 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Match each h"Jr letter to a print letter. y a (1 o g (2 a m (3 i o (4 j i (5 u x (6 z y (7 m j (8 x t (9 t z (10 g . (11 c k (12

. c (13 k u (14

16 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Match by Number

m _____ n /1 d _____ t /1

x _____ s /2 e______, /2 p _____ l /3 o _____ a /3

n _____ i /4 t _____ d /4

s _____ x /5 u _____ e /5

l _____ p /6 , _____ z /6

r _____ ; /7 v _____ v /7

h _____ m /8 b _____ u /8

i _____ j /9 a _____ b /9

c _____ . /10 g _____ g /10

j _____ c /11 k _____ y /11

. _____ r /12 z _____ f /12

; _____ h /13 y _____ k /13

f _____ o /14

17 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 MEGA Match by Number

c _____ n /1 e______t /1

y _____ o /2 l _____ d /2

u _____ c /3 , _____ i /3

x _____ b /4 k _____ v /4

g _____ s /5 d _____ p /5

s _____ x /6 i _____ , /6

n _____ u /7 r _____ z /7

b _____ y /8 p _____ e /8

o _____ g /9 z _____ r /9

a _____ j /10 ; _____ ; /10

f _____ m /11 v _____ h /11

m _____ . /12 t _____ l /12

. _____ f /13 h _____ k /13

j _____ a /14

18 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Can You help the children find the real treasure? Cross out all the the Rashi Letters to mark the trail.

tdpou l m d i y r e m a f . n ;k` sut u x sdm juioi it,

` g fghx d r c d d m yzqvr j d t a ` o n o x a poi uydnpb d ckz y x d f .,;v m d e xcvbn mk a c o t b ` v ` h d d c e x

19 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Circle the Letters that Doesn’t Belong o x o o 12/ v v n v 1/ k m k k 13/ t , t t 2/ . . i . 14/ , j , , 3/ t t j t 15/ a a a c 4/ m m f m m 16/ b d d d 5/ q m x x x 17/ i i u i 6/ q o o o m 18/ n , , , 7/ . . z . 19/ g y g g 8/ e e e ; e 20/ x x o x 9/ j j j v 10/ f f b f 11/

20 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Find the two matching letters p c f p 9/ z . u i z 1/ m k c k 10/ ; i i . u 2/ o x x f 11/ x y o x 3/ k m k i 12/ c f a c 4/ z . i . 13/ r u s r 5/ t t j y 14/ s r v v 6/ z i z . 15/ j r j t 7/ m c f 16/ m l r r s 8/

21 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Can you write these letters in script? r y u , d j l b v i c e ; s n p g h f

NOW, Can you figure out these letters? x g t o k j . z v a m c

22 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Write these letters in SCRIPT k m i u t j y g n , b d n v b f o x u z . i Draw a line between the matching words o,t ,hc tkt iuak rcs ovrct tka tuv ohba o,t iuak rnt ovrct rcs cegh cegh iuakc ohba rnt tkt uhv hrva tuv tka ,hc iuakc iht ejmh hrva uhv ejmh iht

23 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Copy these words into fvÜ|Ñà Because h¦F No t«k Son i¤C On k©g There o¨J Of k¤a To k¤t ToHim Ik What v©n With/nothing ,¤t Until s©g Yes/So i¥F From i¦n If o¦t All k¨F This v¤z

Circlethewordwiththecorrectnekudos h¦Fh©Fh§Fh¥F t«kt£kt¦kt¨k iªCi¤Ci¨Ci©C k¤gk¦gk¨gk©g o§Jo¨Jo¤Jo©J k¨ak©ak¤akªa s¨gs©gs¦gs§g ,«t ,¨t,©t,¤t i©ni¨ni¦ni«n o¤to¦to¨to©t vªzv©zv§zv¤z

24 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 AddthecorrectNekudos kg vn kf ic kt ka in if vz ot oa sg tk hf ,t

Recopy the word into script (with nekudos) and match the translation

Son______vz Tohim______tk Until______hf All______kg This______ic No______uk Because______oa On______ka To______kt With/nothing______,t From______vn If______if There______sg Yes/So______ot What______in Of______kf

25 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Are you a Rashi Expert Reader? Coverthewordsintheleftcolumnandmarkoffallthewordsyoucan readwithoutNekudos! l¤` kt m¦` ot z¤` ,t o¤A ic d¤f vz i¦M hf l¨M kf o¥M if `Ÿl tk Fl uk d©n vn o¦n in c©r sg l©r kg l¤y ka m¨W oa How many words can you translate? ______

26 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 Copy these LONGER words into Script behold h¥r©v But k¨c©t Like In§F Thereisno ih¥t Because h¦p§k But/Rather t¨k¤t Language iIa¨k IntheLanguage iIa§k¦C Didn’t t«ka ¤ Anotheropinion r¥j©t r¨c¨s Likeitsays r©n¤t¤b¤a He tUv She th¦v Was v¨h¨v

27 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 CopytheRashiscriptcarefullyintoyourownscriptonthelinesbelow .©p¨e§u v¨h¨v g¨a¨r - k¥tU,CU § i¨c¨k ig© © h©u (b:sf) :uh¦c¨t h¥b§p¦k ch¦J¨v§k

______

28 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 s"xc CopytheRashiscriptcarefullyintoyourownscriptonthelinesbelow v¨rUy§e ,t¥r§e¦b§u 'r¨d¨v Iz - v¨rUye § (t:vf) ,¤r«ye§ § F vh¤¨ a£g©n oh¦t¨b¤a o¥J k©g ______i¤C - oh¦b¨J Jn© ¥j§u v¨b¨J ohg§ ¦ c¦Ju v¨b¨J ,©t§n (z:vf) i¤C§F oh¦g§c¦J i¤C§u 'oh¦g§c¦J i¤C§F v¨t¥n :t§y¥j t«k§C J¥n©j ______k¥t§g¨n§J¦h v¨G¨g¤a i©t©F¦n - k¥t§g¨n§a¦h§u e¨j§m¦h (y:vf) 'uh¨b¨p§k ej§m¦ ¨ h ,¤t lh¦kIv§u v¨cUJ§T o¨v¨r§c£t§C r©n¤t¤b¤a v¨cIy v¨ch¥G th¦v§u ______

______

sunhkk vnsev h"ar

Teacher Edition

Teacher’s Notes: The goal of this booklet is to help all learners remember Rashi script using their strongest learning style. All confusing letters in Rashi will be seen, heard, acted out with gross muscles and colored with fine muscle skills. There will be a lot of review, focus on visual discrimination and isolation of the confusing letters to ensure mastery. The order of learning is recognition before recall so there will be matching exercises before identification exercises.

The initial pages should be worked on as a class to make sure that every student gets to experience the differences between the similar letters. The rest of the booklet can be done as independent work.

The teacher can either collect each page, grade and return or collect the entire booklet. It is very effective to highlight any errors in the booklet so that the students can easy spot mistakes, correct them and then master the fundamentals.

Sequence Page 2 - Who was Rashi and what is his peirush (can do bio as well. See chinuch.org for resources)

Page 3 - It’s not that hard. Recognizing that most letters look like print letters and identifying the few letters that need to be learned (previewing)

Page 4 - Coloring in Outlines - Visual and Fine Motor. Focuses on shape of letter and getting used to script.

Page 5 - Beginning matching - Beginning recognition.

Page 6 - Beginning Visual Discrimination. Students focus on finding similar letters.

For Each of the Similar Letters on pages 7-14: 1. Act out the letter in front of the class 2. Have the kids act it out 3. Review the actions of already learned letters. (Simon Says is a lot of fun. Call out letters and kids act them out) 4. Have students color in differences in the large letters at the top of the page. The more creative students have fun turning the letters into cartoons that are doing the letter cues.

2 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 s"xc 5. Check students work before proceeding to catch any mistakes before they become reinforced and need to be unlearned.

Page 7 - j - t - The difference is the “feather” - t - Put hand above head and walk a few paces saying “‘Ello, I ‘ave a ‘eather in ma ‘at” - j - Put Arms down a few inches from your sides and say “Cha, Cha, Cha, Chello, Cha Don’t Chave Chanything Chon My Chead”

Page 8 - m-k - The difference is how far back the top is bent - m - I am a Tzaddik and I sit and learn all day (shuckle while saying this) - k - I am a Lamed and I stand Long and Lean - Stretch neck up and stand up very straight)

Page 9 - Teaching g-y - The difference is the “foot” on the bottom left (Both acted out while sitting) - y - Sit up (tap left toe) and “Tes - Tap, Tap, Tap your Toe” - g - Sit slouched with legs outstretched “Ayin, Aah don’t do ANYTHING!"

Page 10 - c-f - The difference is the “bump” in the middle of the letter (Both acted out while standing) - c - Stick out arms straight in front of shoulders and push stomach forward. “Beis’s Belly has a bump” - f - Round back with Arms overhead “Kaf is a rUs©F” Page 11 - r-s - The difference is the shape of the top corner. - r - Curve arms above head “Reish is round” - s - Stick arms straight in front of body “Daled is diagonal” Page 12 - z-u - This one gets confusing, the difference is the u faces forward and the z faces back. - u - Stand very straight and walk forward quickly in a row “Vroom, Vroom, Vroom.” - z - Stop immediately and fall asleep leaning head back. "Z-zzzzz. Z-zzzzzz. Z-zzzzzzz.”

Page 13 - x-o - This one is the most confusing and requires a lot of review. - x - is like a xUx. Put hand out to the side on the right and wave it back and forth. “A Samech has a tail” - o - Put hands on your hips “and a Ender Mem is mum” Page 14 - .-i - Last but not least. Stand up

3 © Shira Hochheimer c"ga, 2012 s"xc - . - Lift hands above head “I am an Ender Tzadik. I hold up the whole world with my ,uumn” - i - Put hands down by side. “I am an Ender Nun. I do nothing”

Page 15 - 18 Matching. These matching exercises get increasingly complex to stretch the recognition into recall. There is both matching with print and script letters.

Page 19 Differentiating between different kinds of letters.

Page 20-21 Focusing on visual discrimination of all the similar letters.

Page 22 Recall - students remember letters with no cues - The letters go from easier to harder.

Page 23 - Recall with similar letters.

Page 23 - Word matching

Page 24 -26 Rashi vocabulary - Learning the most common Rashi vocabulary as sight words with and without nekudos and translation.

Page 27 Longer words - Rashi vocabulary - Introduction to longer common Rashi words and translation.

Page 28 Working with a Peirush. Copy Rashis from current unit of study into own script.

1) c,fca vru, 2) vp kgca vru,

3) J¨nUj - a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY

(7 oh¦khv§ ¦ T a¨z§k¦A¤W d¨xFY

The name h"Jr stands for:

1) ktrah kJ icr

2) hejmh vnka hcr