The Read Hebrew Now Picture Book

GOAL

The goal of The Picture Book is to introduce simple phrases of conversational Hebrew organized around picture words and everyday topics. The contents page on page five lists all of the topics in the workbook.

FEATURES

The Picture Book introduces simple conversation by:

• using a limited number of words presented in picture form; vocabulary is referred to as ‘picture words’.
• using a limited number of phrases which are repeated on a number of pages
• introducing everyday topics

USING THE PICTURE BOOK

1. Topics in The Picture Book can be followed in order or you can pick any topic of interest.
2. Teachers should always model correct pronunciation of the Hebrew questions, phrases and vocabulary when introducing a topic using a whole language approach. A picture depicts the meaning of the Hebrew word rather than a translation. The emphasis is on speaking and experiencing spoken Hebrew rather than on reading. For this reason, The Picture Book can be used by readers and non-readers.
3. Where possible, the items for the topic can be brought into the classroom to bring the conversation alive, using an ulpan style.
4. All of the picture word vocabulary can be found grouped by letter at the end of the workbook.
5. Have fun speaking Hebrew!

CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW IN THE PICTURE BOOK

The following three types of phrases are repeated throughout the Picture Book and will be useful for starting to speak Hebrew:

1. Phrases using the word ‘sheli’ meaning ‘my’ (pages 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 29)
2. Phrases using the prefix ‘b’ and the word ‘yaish’ (pages 8, 9, 12, 13, 22-23, 24-25, 33)
3. Questions beginning with ‘mah’ have responses on the following page using the phrase

• ani ohev’ - ‘I like/love (m), or ‘ani ohevet’ - I like/love (f).

TOPICS IN THE PICTURE BOOK

Contents

Page 5

6 My name is…

7 My Family

8-9 Happy New Year

10-11 Our Holidays

12-13 Shabbat Shalom

14-15 The Weather

16-17 What do we eat?

18-19 What do we drink?

20 What is Sarah doing today?

21 What is David doing today?

22-23 What is in the classroom?

24-25 What is in the house?

26 Animals

27 Sports

28 Numbers

29 Happy Birthday!

30 My Body

31 The Colors of the Rainbow

32-35 Welcome to Israel

36-38 Alphabetized ordering of the picture words.

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