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TARGET DATES Rev. 8.18 ALEF Wednesday Target Dates - Trimester 1 2018-2019 Shalom Uvracha September - December 9/26 Trimester 1 Week 1 (Shabbat) בַּשׁ תָ - Lesson 1 Tav ת ,Bet בּ ,Shin שׁ :New Letters New Vowels:◌ַ Patach ◌ָ Kamatz 10/3 Trimester 1 Week 2 (Shamash (Helper שָמַשׁ - Lesson 2 Tav ת ,Bet בּ ,Shin שׁ :Review Letters Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz Mem מ :New Letter 10/10Trimester 1 Week 3 (Kalah (Bride ַכּ הָל - Lesson 3 Mem מ ,Tav ת ,Bet בּ ,Shin שׁ :Review Letters Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz Hay ה ,Kaf כּ ,Lamed ל :New Letters 10/17 Trimester 1 Week 4 (B’racha (Blessing הָכָרְבּ - Lesson 4 Hay ה ,Kaf כּ ,Lamed ל ,Mem מ ,Tav ת ,Bet בּ ,Shin שׁ :Review Letters Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz Chaf כ ,Resh ר :New Letters New Vowel: ◌ְ Sh’va 11/07 Trimester 1 Week 5 (Havdalah (Havdalah - Separation הָלָדְבַה - Lesson 5 ,Hay ה ,Kaf כּ ,Lamed ל ,Mem מ ,Tav ת ,Bet בּ ,Shin שׁ :Review Letters כ Resh, Chaf ר Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz,◌ְ Sh’va Dalet ד ,Vet ב :New Letters New Vowel: ◌ֲ CHataf Patach Alef Target Dates – Trimester 1 – Page 2 11/14 Trimester 1 Week 6 V’ahavta (And you shall love) review in class תְבַהאְָו - Lesson 6 ל ,Mem מ ,Tav ת ,Bet בּ ,Shinשׁ :LETTERS: Review Letters • Dalet ד ,Vet ב ,Chaf כ ,Resh ר ,Hay ה ,Kaf כּ ,Lamed VOWELS:◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz,◌ְ Sh’va,◌ֲ CHataf Patach • CONTINUED LESSON/WORK Vav ו ,Alef א :New Letters 11/28 Trimester 1 Week 7 Sing Alef Bet Song (Tzedakah (Justice הָקָדְצ - LESSON 7 Follow-up on Mid-Semester Report Alef/Bet Letter and Vowel Test/Check first 7 lessons Vav ו Alef א :Recent Review Letters Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz,◌ְ Sh’va,◌ֲ CHataf Patach Tsadee צ ,Koof ק :New Letters 12/05 Trimester 1 Week 8 Sing Alef Bet Song Review for test Lessons 1-7 Tsadee צ ,Koof ק ,Vav ו ,Alef א :Review Letters Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz,◌ְ Sh’va,◌ֲ CHataf, Patach Date 12/12 Trimester 1 Week 9 Test 1-7 ALEF Wednesday Target Dates - Trimester 2 2018-2019 January -February 01/09 Trimester 2 Week 1 (Mitzvah (Commandment וְצִמ הָ - Lesson 8 CHirik Yud יִי ;New Vowels: ◌ִ CHirik 01/16 Trimester 2 Week 2 (Sh’ma (Hear/Listen עַמְש Lesson 9 Tsadee צ ,Koof ק ,Vav ו ,Alef א :Recent Review Letters Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz,◌ְ Sh’va,◌ֲ CHataf Patach Ayin ע :New Letter - Lesson 9 Sing Alef Bet Song 01/23 Trimester 2 Week 3 (Navi (Prophet ָנ איִב - Lessons 10 Ayin ע ,Tsadee צ ,Koof ק ,Vav ו ,Alef א :Recent Review Letters ,Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz, ◌ְ Sh’va, ◌ֲ CHataf Patach CHirik Yud יִי ,CHirik ִ◌ (Nun Sofit (Final Nun ן ,Nun נ :New Letters Sing Alef Bet Song 1/30 Trimester 2 Week 4 Aliyah (Going הָיִלֲע ,(CHallah (Braided Bread הָלַח - Lessons 11 and 12 Up) ,Nun נ ,Ayin ע ,Tsadee צ ,Koof ק ,Vav ו ,Alef א :Recent Review Letters (Nun Sofit (Final Nun ן ,Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz, ◌ְ Sh’va, ◌ֲ CHataf Patach, ◌ִ CHirik CHirik Yud יִי Yud י ,Chet ח :New Letters Alef Target Dates – Trimester 2 – Page 2 02/06 Trimester 2 Week 5 Sing Alef Bet Song (Torah (Torah רוֹתּ הָ ,(L’Chaim (To Life םיִיַהְל - Lesson 13 and 14 Review Letters: ,Kaf כּ ,Lamed ל ,Mem מ ,Tav ת ,Bet בּ ,Shin שׁ :Lessons 1-6 • Dalet ד ,Vet ב ,Chaf כ ,Resh ר ,Hay ה ,Nun נ ,Ayin ע ,Tsadee צ ,Koof ק ,Vav ו ,Alef א :Lessons 7-14 • (Nun Sofit (Final Nun ן ,Review Vowels: ◌ַ Patach, ◌ָ Kamatz, ◌ְ Sh’va, ◌ֲ CHataf Patach • CHirik Yud יִי ,CHirik ִ◌ (Mem Sofit (Final Mem ם :New Letter CHolam Vav וֹ ,New Vowels: ֹCHolam 02/13Trimester 2 Week 6 Sing Alef Bet Song (Tallit (Prayer Shawl תיִלַט - Lesson 15 ט New Letter: Tet 02/20 Trimester 2 Week 7 REVIEW Lessons 1-16 for TEST Sing Alef Bet Song (Emet (Truth תֶמֱא – Lesson 16 ט Mem Sofit (Final Mem), Tet ם :Review Recent Letters CHolam Vav וֹ ,Review Recent Vowels: ֹCHolam New Vowels: ◌ֶ Segol, ◌ֱ CHataf Segol 2/27 Trimester 2 Week 8 TEST lesson 1-16 ALEF Wednesday Target Dates - Trimester 3 2018-2019 March-May 03/06 Trimester 3 Week 1 (Shofar (Shofar וּשׁ ָפ ר ,(Pesach (Passover חַסֶפ – and 18 17 ט Mem Sofit (Final Mem), Tet ם :Review Recent Letters ,CHolam Vav, Segol, ◌ֶ Segol וֹ ,Review Recent Vowels: ֹCHolam CHataf Segol ֱ◌ Fay פ ,SameCH ס ,Pay פּ :New Letters 03/13 Trimester 3 Week 2 Sing Alef Bet Song (Etz Chaim (Tree of Life ץֵע ִיַח םי – Lesson 19 ,Pay פ ,Tet ט ,(Mem Sofit (Final Mem ם :Review Recent Letters Fay פ ,SameCH ס Review CHolam Vav, Segol, ◌ֶ Segol, ◌ֱ CHataf וֹ ,Recent Vowels: : ֹCHolam Segol (Tsadee Sofit (Final Tzadee ץ :New Letter Tzere Yud יֵ◌ New Vowels: ◌ֵ Tzere 03/20 Trimester 3 Week 3 Sing Alef Bet Song (Yisrael (Israel ִי ְש ָר ֵאל - Lesson 20 ,Pay פ ,Tet ט ,(Mem Sofit (Final Mem ם :Review Recent (Tsadee Sofit (Final Tzadee ץ ,Fay פ ,SameCH ס Review All Lesson Letters: 1-14 ,CHolam Vav, Segol, ◌ֶ Segol וֹ ,Review Recent Vowels: ֹCHolam Tzere Yud יֵ◌ CHataf, Tzere ֱ◌ Sin ֹש :New Letter Alef Target Dates – Trimester 3 – Page 2 03/27 Trimester 3 Week 4 Sing Alef Bet Song (CHag SameaCH (Happy Holiday גַח ָ ֹש ֵ מ ַ ח - Lesson 21 Review in class 1-20 CONTINUED LESSON WORK Gimmel ג :New Letter Reading Rule: aCH (reverse the Patach when followed by CHet at the end of a word) 04/17 Trimester 3 Week 5 Sing Alef Bet Song Mezuzah הָ◌ָזוּזְמ Kiddush (Holy) and שוּדִק - Lesson 22 and 23 (Doorpost) MID-SEMESTER FOLLOW-UP/REVIEW LESSONS 1-20 Gimmel ג :Review Recent Letter Recent Reading Rule: aCH Zayin ז :New Letter Shuruk, ◌ֻ Kubutz וּ :New Vowels 04/24 Trimester 3 Week 6 Sing Alef Bet Song Baruch (Praised, Blessed) and ָבּ ךוּר - Lesson 24 (Alef (First letter of Hebrew Alphabet לאָ ֶ ף Zayin ז ,Gimmel ג :Review Recent Letters Shuruk, ◌ֻ Kubutz וּ :Review Recent Vowels (Fay Sofit (Final Fay ף ,(CHaf Sofit (Final CHaf ך :New Letter 05/01 Trimester 3 Week 7 Lesson 25 Sing Alef Bet Song REVIEW RECENT LESSONS: 21-25 ALEF BET SONG - LEARN and IDENTIFY ALL LETTERS 05/08 Trimester 3 Week 8 PRACTICE TEST 5/15 TEST and last day 5/22 PARTY AND MAKE UP TEST .
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