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Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Mr. Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms VI
Dear Mr. Bennett, It's me – Gaila Cohen Morrison from A.H.A.V.A. Last week I opened up the topic of what changes the Ministry of...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
מר בנט שלום - רפורמות באנגלית במשרד החינוך 5
מר בנט שלום, זאת אני, גיילה כהן מוריסון מא.ה.ב.ה. שבוע שעבר שיתפתי אותך בחוויה המדהימה של רב לשוניות שחווינו בבלגיה. הצהרת שאתה רוצה שכל...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms V
Dear Mr. Bennett, It's Gaila Cohen Morrison from A.H.A.V.A. again. Last week I shared with you my amazing experience of multilingualism...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
שלום מר בנט - רפורמות באנגלית במשרד החינוך 4
לכבוד מר בנט, אני רוצה לשתף אותך בחוויה מדהימה שחוויתי בסוכות. בתי הבכורה נמצאת בשליחות באנטוורפן, בלגיה. ביקרנו אותם במהלך החג והיה...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Mr. Bennett - Ministry of Education English Reforms IV
Dear Mr. Bennett, I would like to share with you an amazing experience I had during Succot. My eldest daughter is on שליחות in Antwerp,...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Encouraging Writing in the Classroom
Dear Gaila, In the past Dear Gaila columns you offered great suggestions for encouraging writing in English at home (see part I and part...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Jewish Children Booklist for Afikoman Presents
Dear Gaila, Pesach is almost here and I would like to get English Jewish literature as afikoman presents for my children. What do you...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - How To Get Your Child To Speak More English (Part II)
Last week I raised different ideas to enrich your child's English by reading. This week I will discuss the talking: Dear Gaila, My oldest...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - How To Get Your Child To Speak More English (Part I)
Dear Gaila, My oldest three children (out of five) just finished participating in the Readathon. It was really amazing, and I can tell...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - The Concept of "Is"
Dear Gaila, I have a weekly remedial teaching session with a weak Hebrew speaker. I use Reading Rocks! (which is excellent, by the way)....
Nov 17, 20221 min read
Dear Gaila - The Best Spelling Trick Ever
Dear Gaila, How can I teach my students to spell "crazy English words"? Words that just don't make any sense because they don't follow...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Text Comprehension Tips & Ideas
Dear Gaila, My students have a rich enough vocabulary in English, yet with the English bagrut matriculations coming up I need to work...
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Dear Gaila - Fantasy Book Picks
This month I want to share with you my picks for fantasy books and series. Since 1997, when the Harry Potter series started being...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - How to Get Your Student to READ
Last week I shared with you 3 incentives to get your child to read. They can all be adapted to the classroom, but I have even better...
Nov 17, 20221 min read
גיילה שלום - איך לגרום לילד שלי לקרוא!
,גיילה שלום מן הסתם שואלים אותך את זה כל הזמן, ובכל זאת - איך אני גורמת לבת שלי לקרוא ספרים? היא יודעת לקרוא יפה. יש מסביבה ספרים...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - How to Get Your Child to READ
Dear Gaila, I know you must get this question all the time - but how do I get my daughter to read? She knows how to read very well. We...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
גיילה שלום - איך למצוא ספרים לא וירטואליים באנגלית
,גיילה שלום יש לי שני ילדים ששמתתפים במרתון הקריאה המדהים! האנגלית שלהם כבר השתפרה תוך שבועיים, אבל אני חייבת עוד ספרים בשבילם!!! אני...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - How to Find Non-online Books
Dear Gaila, I have a 2nd grader and a 5th grader who are participating in your amazing and fantastic Readathon! Their reading has already...
Nov 17, 20223 min read
Dear Gaila - Top Twenty Teen Books
This month I want to share with you my top twenty teen books. This list is especially dedicated to our 7th-8th grade Readathon...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Buy Happiness!
I'm certain that you've noticed that Readathon 2017 is about to start. For the past few months I have been working hard on getting the...
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