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Building the sound of Hebrew in a child’s head and heart before tackling print serves as the foundation of #OnwardHebrew's approach. Called to sound-to-print (S-2-P) learning, there are four legs to the process:
​1) Creating a foundation of Hebrew language for children up through sixth grade;
2) Learning of Hebrew prayers by participating in regularly scheduled Hebrew t’fillah (worship);
3) Building Jewish life vocabulary, i.e., Hebrew words that may be sprinkled comfortably into English conversation (e.g., shofar, mazal tov); and
4) Waiting to teach Hebrew decoding and reading skills until the sounds of Hebrew are deeply embedded, ideally fifth grade or sixth grade.
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Just as a tabletop is stablized when balanced on at least three legs, so it is with #OnwardHebrew. Three of the four legs create a strong foundation for 21st Century Hebrew learning. Which might you experiment with? And might your educational program be able to tackle all four?
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NEW IN THE "S-2-P AS A STEP IN TEACHING DECODING" SECTION: August 2022 webinar on working with "Decoding in a Sound-to-Print Environment." Helpful both for directors and teachers.
Resources are linked to the photos and videos below. Click on what interests you!

Overview:  Teaching   S-2-P

Decoding in a Sound-to-Print Environment (8/2022)
This webinar offers both a global look at S2P, as well as strategies for teachers to use when working on decoding from a sound-to-print perspective. For the notetaking sheet click here.
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A booklet especially for  decoding/reading teachers 
 S-2-P webinar that offers techniques for teaching S-2-P, as well as what we can learn from research on teaching beginning readers. 10/2019
Want more info?
Check the bibliography
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A rabbi-educator and cantor discuss the transition to B'Mitzvah tutoring in a S-2-P educational program. 
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Stop at 50:15

S-2-P   as  a  step  in  teaching   decoding/READING

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Overview blogpost
NEW S-2-P Webinar
Using S-2-P to Teach & Reinforce Decoding, 8/2020
S-2-P presentation:
Why Wait to Teach Decoding?
S-2-P presentation:
Learning to Decode
Teaching the decoding of prayers & blessings using Sound-to-Print strategies.
For the notetaking sheet click here. [Summer 2022; 20 min]
In practice - Learning the sounds of Hebrew in HTM and then looking at the print
​(Sh'ma example)
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 For letters & vowel signs
Spend time reviewing the Alefbet before asking learners to complete the GPS.
alef-bet_gps.pdf
File Size: 119 kb
File Type: pdf
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gps_letter_vowel_sign_rubric.docx.pdf
File Size: 105 kb
File Type: pdf
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For familiar words
(HTM, JLV, t'fillah)
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Spend time reviewing each of these elements (though not necessarily each of the words/phrases) before introducing the GPS.
s2p_word_gps.pdf
File Size: 44 kb
File Type: pdf
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s2p_word_gps_rubric.pdf
File Size: 212 kb
File Type: pdf
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CULTIVATING  SOUNDS  WITH  HTM,  JLV,  T'FILLAH  and  more

S-2-P presentation:
Hebrew Through Movem't
S-2-P presentation:
Jewish Life Vocabulary
S-2-P presentation: 
Hebrew During T'fillah
S-2-P presentation: 
1-on-1 Learning

S-2-P  TEACHING RESOURCES

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Gold and Silver online challenges on the blessings of the Amidah (for S-2-P example, see the Ancestors Silver challenge (plus others)
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Online program for teaching decoding to 5th and 6th graders, one-on-one
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Curricular materials on Sh'ma and Its Blessings and the Amidah. It's all S-2-P. Includes Flashmob information.
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Jewish Interactive, an app
that helps you create S-2-P  prayer/blessing games.
Click link, above, to see how students hear the sound of Hebrew and connect it to print.

MISCELLANEOUS

S-2-P: Definition  
(Start at 5:54 for excerpt)
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Teach Kids When They're Ready (article)
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