Sharsheret Hasafá 1
Books to learn Hebrew: grammar, reading comprehension and vocabulary, level 1
To whom is directed?
For first grade – six years old
Lenght of the book:
190 pages.
Theme of the book:
Development of vocabulary, comprehension of text and understanding of the language structure.
Purpose of the book:
Develop in children at the same time the three important areas for acquiring the language: building vocabulary, developing reading comprehension and knowing the structure of the Hebrew language (grammar rules).
Caracteristics:
This book develops at the same time vocabulary, comprehension of text and structure of the language through stories which are close to the children to motivate them and to give them the sensation that they are capable to easily understand on their own.
It offers systematically a wide range of vocabulary for different themes; besides it gives the first steps for grammatical concepts as to elevate the level in learning for the use in conversation as well as the use of words and the construction of sentences and understanding of the language.
Content:
This book is unique in the sense that from the very beginning it develops in the child the following areas, which are enormously influential in his continuous learning: vocabulary, comprehension of text and structure of language. Besides the style of the stories and the nature of the exercises in the book have the intention to build in the child the idea, that acquiring the language is close and easy for him and that he can understand it on his own.
- VOVABULARY: every story in the book has its own vocabulary from a specific field: articles about writing, verbs, family members etc. In this way the child gets a wide range of vocabulary on diverse subjects and creates a better base for a better learning of the language. In the long run the words which have been taught in previous lists are being reused to assimilate better what is being taught. Besides at the end of each unity exercises are being presented to develop the capacity for conversation, use of words and the construction of sentences.
- COMPREHENSION OF TEXT: after each story there are questions and easy activities to deepen the comprehension of the text. The subjects included are to come to conclusions, to classify and include, to complete instructions and more. At the beginning of the book the exercises don’t have writing, because the objective is to start to develop comprehension of a text while at the same time reading starts, included before the child knows how to write on his own. As the year advances the level of the exercises goes up gradually and gets the child closer to a better level of comprehension.
- STRUCTURE OF THE LANGUAGE (GRAMMATICAL): like in a separate unit appear after each story, activities with several grammar subjects which are the foundation of the language: male – female, singular – plural, conjugations, Otiot Hashimush (מ ש ה ו כ ל ב), conjunctions and more. With the help of these exercises the child acquires complete grammatical and structured Hebrew rules, to help him construct correct sentences, to use his vocabulary he acquirered to even understand better the Psukim of the Tora. The exercises are gradual, in a way that each subject is connected to earlier ones as to elevate the level. When completing the book, the child acquired a basic vocabulary, important abilities for comprehension skills and initial grammatical rules.