A Day at the Beach Story Pack
While Reading — follow along
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1. Parallel text — read with the audio
Play the story audio on the story page. Read the Hebrew column out loud with the narrator. Glance at English only when stuck.
| ¶ | Hebrew | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | בַּקַּיִץ, הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה הוֹלֶכֶת לַיָּם. | ba-KA-yits, ha-mish-pa-KHA ho-LE-khet la-YAM. | In summer, the family goes to the sea. |
| 2 | הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ חֲזָקָה וְהַשָּׁמַיִם כְּחֻלִּים. | ha-SHE-mesh kha-za-KA ve-ha-sha-MA-yim khu-LIM. | The sun is strong and the sky is blue. |
| 3 | נֹעַם בּוֹנֶה אַרְמוֹן בַּחוֹל הַזָּהֹב. | NO-am bo-NE ar-MON ba-KHOL ha-za-HOV. | Noam builds a castle in the golden sand. |
| 4 | אִמָּא שׂוֹחָה בַּמַּיִם הַנְּעִימִים. | I-ma so-KHA ba-MA-yim ha-ne-i-MIM. | Mom swims in the pleasant water. |
| 5 | אַבָּא אוֹכֵל גְּלִידָה תַּחַת הַשִּׁמְשִׁיָּה. | A-ba o-KHEL gli-DA TA-khat ha-shim-shi-YA. | Dad eats ice cream under the umbrella. |
| 6 | אַחֲרֵי הַצָּהֳרַיִם, הָרוּחַ מַתְחִילָה לִנְשֹׁב. | a-kha-REI ha-tso-ho-RA-yim, ha-RU-akh mat-khi-LA lin-SHOV. | After noon, the wind starts to blow. |
| 7 | הַגַּלִּים גְּדוֹלִים וְכֻלָּם צוֹחֲקִים. | ha-ga-LIM ge-do-LIM ve-ku-LAM tso-kha-KIM. | The waves are big and everyone laughs. |
| 8 | בָּעֶרֶב הֵם חוֹזְרִים הַבַּיְתָה עֲיֵפִים וּשְׂמֵחִים. | ba-E-rev hem khoz-RIM ha-BAY-ta a-ye-FIM u-sme-KHIM. | In the evening they return home tired and happy. |
2. True or False?
Read each statement and circle T if true, F if false. If false, write the correction in the blank.
1.The story takes place in winter.TF
2.The sun is strong and the sky is blue.TF
3.Noam builds a sandcastle.TF
4.The sand is silver.TF
5.Mom swims in the sea.TF
6.Dad eats a sandwich.TF
7.In the afternoon the wind starts to blow.TF
8.They come home in the morning.TF
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