5-Skim+and+Find

= " S KIM AND FIND" = (no decoding or recitation)

**__ACTIVITY IDEAS:__**
1) Ask students to skim and find the letter/word patterns listed below. · Students can signal what they find by putting their finger on the correct spot on a printed sheet or in a //siddur//. A classmate could have the honor of finding the selection from a version that is digitally projected onto the board or posted on the wall as a poster. [An overhead projector is also an option.] · Students can work in pairs to find the letters/words requested of them. Each time a new combination is read, the partners should trade off who will find the letters/words and who will check what is being pointed to. Be sure to rotate around the room to double-check students.

2) Play Bingo or a similar game with students – in this they are asked to skim and find the words you call out, but do not need to say them aloud.

**__ PATTERNS TO SKIM AND FIND: __**
**__Words that begins with X letter__** Letters found multiple times in this blessing: o א  (way too many!) o מ o ר o ל

Letters found in this blessing that would be helpful to help distinguish between them: o ה - ח o מ - ט

**__ Words that have X vowel __** Words with ֵ (followed by י by, and by other letters)

**__Words that have the root for God:__** **__ אל __** Words that begin with אל

Words that the root for God in the middle [Watch out for גּוֹאֵל <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> which is not a name for God]

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**__The names of people we know__** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Have students tell you on which line the name __is found.__

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make cards that say אֱלֹהֵי <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and then the name of each child in the class according to the name you use for them (first name in Hebrew or first name in English with Hebrew letters). Ask them to skim & find the names of those whose name you say.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Phrases** __ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read a phrase from the blessing and ask students to skim and find it. Have them put their finger on the line (you walk around and see where they are pointing).