Kriah: Reading
In Pre 1st students learn how to read using a systematic approach that takes students from learning the letters and sounds to combining letters and vowels, and all the way through the process of learning how to read. Students reinforce their reading skills in 1st grade in preparation to read from their siddur. In the spring, 1st grade students receive their first siddur, a significant milestone marked by a special siddur party.
Ktiva
Students in 1st grade focus on writing Hebrew letters and handwriting by utilizing worksheets, the Aviva K’tiva and Avi Ktiv booklets, properly forming the letters in cursive, as well as proper spacing between letters and words.