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[ckleerekoper]

I am the Hebrew reading co-ordinator in a Modern Orthodox primary school in London UK.

I am giving a half hour weekly reading lesson to the children in KS2 (8-11year olds)

They have already learnt all the reading rules, and are able to read but experience has shown us that they need this lesson in order to take the reading seriously and do reading practice at home.

At present in the lesson I go through the aleph bais and vowel names names, and then the children to paired reading for about 3 minutes each, and they give comments as to how their partner read, and how many mistakes they made.  I try to put a strong reader with a weaker one.

My head teacher is not happy with the way the lessons are run, and I am wondering if anyone has any other ideas.

Thanks,
Mrs Kleerekoper
NWLJDS
UK

[Elana Rubin]

In my experience using illustrated, simple, short, Hebrew stories and poems for reading practice (whole class, reading groups or individuals) is the best! It exposes the children to Ivrit as a live and meaningful language while helping them practice phonetic reading.  Making reading and translating not a chore but the key that unlocks the story/mystery.  It engages children, and helps them become comfortable with the flow and rhythm of Hebrew/Ivrit. I have used them with children as young as 4 and with my 1st graders (7 years old) as well.
I just did the Hebrew poem ,פרפר נחמד the kids loved it and illustrated a booklet to read at home. I have some Purim ones that I'll use over the next few weeks as well. Happy to share
Shavua tov,
Elana Rubin