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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. 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? NEW IN THE "S-2-P AS A STEP IN TEACHING DECODING" SECTION: August 2020 webinar on techniques and strategies for teaching and reinforcing decoding. |
Resources are linked to the photos and videos below. Click on what interests you!
Overview: Teaching S-2-P
A booklet especially for decoding/reading teachers
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Video modules that offer the skills to help students move from sound-to-print.
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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 |
A rabbi-educator and cantor discuss the transition to B'Mitzvah tutoring in a S-2-P educational program.
Stop at 50:15 |
S-2-P as a step in teaching decoding/READING
Overview blogpost
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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 |
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In practice - Learning the sounds of Hebrew in HTM and then looking at the print
(Sh'ma example) |
For letters & vowel signs
Spend time reviewing the Alefbet before asking learners to complete the GPS. 
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For familiar words
(HTM, JLV, t'fillah) Spend time reviewing each of these elements (though not necessarily each of the words/phrases) before introducing the GPS.
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CULTIVATING SOUNDS WITH HTM, JLV, T'FILLAH and more
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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
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
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S-2-P: Definition
(Start at 5:54 for excerpt) |
Teach Kids When They're Ready (article)
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