6+-+Say


 * __ S __AY**


 * __ BACKGROUND: __**

Students will find the prayer recited, with each word highlighted here: [] (click on //V’ahavta//)

Be sure to teach about the //kamatz katan//, the vowel sign that looks like a //kamatz//, but is pronounced “oh.” Some //siddurim// have a different vowel sign for //kamatz katan// (ironically, often a larger-sized //kamatz//). This is a vowel in a “closed, unstressed syllable” that is related to the //__h__olam//. The goal for students this age is that they know how to pronounce the word בְּכָל correctly.


 * __ ACTIVITY IDEAS: __**

**__General Phrases__** 1) Read out loud two words that are next to each other, have students find them and then put their finger on the two. Ask one student decode the words for the person sitting next to him/her, and then have the other person do it.

2) Read two words aloud and have students find them and then put their finger on the phrase. Ask one student in the class to recite/decode the line aloud. That student can choose another two words for the others to find.

3) Play “I’m thinking of a word.” Have the students guess the word – they have to tell you the line number, recite/decode the word before it, the word you read and the word after … and then you tell them if it’s right or wrong. The student who guesses the correct word can choose the next one for the rest of the class to guess.

4) Remind students how one divides Hebrew words into syllables by looking for a letter and a vowel (open syllable), or a letter/vowel/letter (closed syllable). For a reminder of how to divide Hebrew words into syllables, see pages 7-11 of “What you need to know to help learners decode Hebrew effectively,” by Lifsa Schachter. [] Give students **SAY: RESOURCE SHEET H** or find this on the RESOURCES page on the wikispace). Ask them to divide the words into syllables; they may also sort a cut-up version of this page into piles with words of the same number of syllables. [They could do this independently, or with a partner where each takes a turn doing a word.]