Can we turn back time...

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Well, wait no longer.  Here are the last letters / vowels we learned this year!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the beginning of their summer vacation.  School was so fun and busy in the last week of classes that this newsletter has being laying in wait.  LOL.

LAST LETTERS WE LEARNED

The letter פּ Pay : The letter pay makes a "p" sound and has a penny. A great way to remember it is to think. "You have to pay a penny."

 PAY

The letter פ Fay: The letter fay is pay's fraternal twin. They are almost identical, but have a key difference. Fay makes a "f" sound and "fay is free". No penny.

FAY

The letter samech makes a "s" sound and looks like a stomach or circle. Even though circle begins with a "c" we are still able to hear that "s" sound.

                    SAMECH

ג gimmel makes a "g" sound like grape. It also happens to look like a giraffe, complete with a long neck and front and back leg. 

                      GIMMEL

Sin makes a "s" sound like the word Yisrael.  The best way to distinguish sin from shin is to remember that a sin is never right.  A shin is always right.

Zayin makes a "z" sound as in mezuzah.  It can be remembered by looking at its zainy (silly) hair style.

LAST VOWELS WE LEARNED

This vowel makes an "eh" sound and can be found underneath Hebrew letters. There are 2 easy ways to remember this vowel sound.

1.) The 3 dots look like a bunch of eggs.

2.) The 3 dots look like the eyes and mouth of a t"e"ddy bear.

This vowel makes an "ay" sound, as in play, and can be found underneath Hebrew letters as well. To help the kids remember I told the story of 2 friends asking each other if they want to go play.

Dot 1: "Hey, you want to go play?"
Dot 2: "Yeah, let's go play."

Both:" We can go play today!

I cannot express how incredibly proud I am of every student's accomplishments this year.  
HAVE AN AMAZING SUMMER! 
AND...STAY COOL!