No English in the Machberot

Shalom!

This week we finished up Modeh Ani. We went over the translation activity on page 3 that was assigned for homework last class, and we took apart many of the words in the prayer to find prefixes, sufixes, and roots that we're already familiar with. Everyone also demonstrated their lovely singing voices when we learned the melody of Modeh Ani (a new melody).

Then everyone received their very own Machberet (notebook) that we will use for our writing practice and for learning cursive. Just as a
reminder: there should be no English in the Machberet! We didn't learn any cursive letters yet (the first one will be next week), but please do your writing homework in the Machberet.

Just as a reminder about the lines inside the Machberet: start writing in the first big space (not the one right at the top), and your vowels should go in the small spaces above/below the big spaces. If you have questions, please email me!

Homework for next week:
- Try to remember to say the Modeh Ani one morning this week; you can sing it if you like, or just say the words 'Modeh Ani', but try to read the entire prayer and think about what it means.
- Read page 6 of the packet (intro to Ma-Tovu), and write one interesting thing you read about the prayer as well as one question you have

Reading homework:
- Modeh Ani (front cover of packet on the bottom)
- Page 4, lines 6-8

Writing homework:
- Page 2, lines 5 and 6 (in Machberet)

Have a great rest of the week!
Cheers,

Arielle
solomon4@bu.edu