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Teaching Kriyah to First Graders

By: Arielle Gorman, Aliza Rabinovich, Kayla Bluman, Noam Weissman, Sara Schwartz

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Task
Child reading

-First Grade Students learning to read Hebrew. Skills

1. Students must be proficient in letter recognition and letter sound. 2. Students must be proficient in recognizing nekudot and the sounds they make. 3. Students must be able to understand the concept of letter blending, which forms words.

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1) DYSLEXIA Movie

2) MEMORY DEFICIT

3) ADHD Movie

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DYSLEXIA
Megan* has difficulty reading because of her learning disability. She switches the letters while she is reading.

It makes it even more confusing that she just learned how to read English in Kindergarten.

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DYSLEXIA

To help Megan, the teacher has created a "Divide and Conquer Box." She will have the word spelled out in front of her with a divided box underneath the word. The box is divided with enough spaces for each letter in the word. There are also boxes underneath the letter boxes with space for the individual nekudot. This way students will be able to see the isolated letters and nekudot. This will make it easier for students to read the whole word. ex)

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MEMORY DEFICIT

Amy* has difficulty remembering what sounds each letter makes. Because of this, she finds it difficult to read. She gets frustrated very easily.

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MEMORY DEFICIT

In order to accommodate Amy's learning disability, the teacher will have a large sticker with the Aleph Bet letters on it. Seeing the letters in their order will help the student in letter recognition and letter sounds. Also, it would be beneficial for Amy and her classmates to be taught the Aleph Bet song.

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ADHD

Ryan* has difficulty sitting still in class. He gets easily distracted when directions are given. He gets out of his seat and walks over to his friend's desk.

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ADHD

Ryan will be asked to be the classroom helper at times when the teacher is instructing the class on learning how to read. Some ways in which Ryan can help are: -getting the reading booklets off of the shelf. -handing pencils out to his classmates. -writing certain words on the board that the teacher wants the class to know.

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I want my child to be able to read Hebrew fluently as it serves a large role in my child's Jewish life. I want him to be able to have fluency in the liturgy, read the Torah, to have a connection to Israel, etc.

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I want to be able to be on the same level as my peers. I do not want to feel stupid and bullied. I want to volunteer to read in class when the teachers ask for volunteers to read.

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I want every student to feel comfortable and capable of reading Hebrew just as well as English. I want my students to be able to progress through this grade level and be prepared for the next.

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MOVIE OF STUDENTS SINGING