Letter Recognition and Learning V'ahavta

We are continuing to practice letter recognition because being able to recognize letters is essential for being able to read Hebrew words.  Students used worksheets that were designed to help them differentiate between letters that have similar shapes.  Next we began talking about the וְאָהַבְתָ (v'ahavta) which is the first prayer we will learn this year.  The v'ahavta is an incredibly difficult prayer to learn, but I am confident that we will be able to do it!  We focused on the first four words, first sounding them out, and then learning the trope - or melody.