JKG Sunday 11.10.19
2nd Year B’nei Mitzvah
Today we worked on our B’nei Mitzvah Personal Interest Projects.
Ask your student…
How is your PIP going?
What did you finish in class and what do you need to work on this upcoming week?
HEBREW
On Sundays, we split into leveled Hebrew groups. Every group goes at their own pace through learning the Hebrew letters, reading letter combinations, and conversational Hebrew. If you want to know exactly what your student is learning in their Hebrew group, reach out to Neshama at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
1st Year B’nei Mitzvah
To learn about the Kings of Israel & the Temple in Jerusalem, we are...
Playing group games to demonstrate different responsibilities of leaders, and discussing the challenges and rewards of them.
Playing a sorting game to match different characteristics with the right King.
Working in groups to illustrate each of the three kings, and think critically about what makes a leader.
Taking a 3D Aerial tour of Solomon’s temple online, and then creating models of our own Temples using different craft supplies, thinking about what kinds of features we would want in a special space.
Watching and discussing videos that capture the significance of the Western Wall and modern traditions, helping us appreciate modern-day reference to the Holy Temple.
Ask your student...
How did Saul, David, and Solomon lead the United Monarchy?
How can you be a leader?
What is the significance and importance of the Holy Temples in Jerusalem?
How and why were the Holy Temples built and then destroyed?
HEBREW
On Sundays, we split into leveled Hebrew groups. Every group goes at their own pace through learning the Hebrew letters, reading letter combinations, and conversational Hebrew. If you want to know exactly what your student is learning in their Hebrew group, reach out to Neshama at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
5th Grade: What is lashon hara?
To learn about avoiding gossip we are…
Playing several games that illustrate why gossiping is harmful to ourselves and others
Reading a story about lashon hara (gossip) and thinking critically about the metaphor
Creating a group agreement to outline a plan for encouraging positive speak, and what to do when we encounter gossip
Ask your student...
How does gossip affect other people?
Why is it important that we create new habits around gossip?
HEBREW
On Sundays, we split into leveled Hebrew groups. Every group goes at their own pace through learning the Hebrew letters, reading letter combinations, and conversational Hebrew. If you want to know exactly what your student is learning in their Hebrew group, reach out to Neshama at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
4th Grade: How to Repair the World
To learn about tikkun olam (repairing the world), we are…
Playing an interactive puzzle game to show how we can work to “repair” things.
Discussing what kinds of problems exist in the world, what we could do to works toward fixing them, and some rabbinical thoughts on what our responsibility is to fix them.
Painting our own vision of how we can help restore justice in our world through Tikkun Olam.
Ask your student...
What is an example of how you can give to those in need?
Why is it important for us to give and do tzedakah?
HEBREW
On Sundays, we split into leveled Hebrew groups. Every group goes at their own pace through learning the Hebrew letters, reading letter combinations, and conversational Hebrew. If you want to know exactly what your student is learning in their Hebrew group, reach out to Neshama at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
3rd Grade: Giving Back
To learn about tzedakah, we are…
Playing a recipe game to show how the “ingredients” we put in are like the skills we have and use to work together.
Creating comic strips featuring our own tzedakah heros!
Thinking critically about how we can give tzedakah with and without money.
Ask your student...
What were some of the ways you came up with to give tzedakah?
Why do you think it’s our responsibility to to give to and take care of those in need?
HEBREW VOCABULARY
Numbers - Misparim - מספרים
Eight - Shemonah - שמונה
Nine - Taysha - תֵשַׁע
Ten - Esar - עֶשֶׂר
Eleven - Echat Esreh - אחת עשרה
Twelve - Shtayim Esreh - שתיים עשרה
Thirteen - Shalosh Esreh - שלוש עשרה
Fourteen - Arbah Esreh - ארבעה עשר
2nd Grade: Who was Isaac & Rebecca?
To learn about Isaac & Rebecca, we are...
Watching a video that shows the story of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham and Sarah, and his wife Rebecca, and discussing the good qualities that Rebecca had.
Making a matriarchs and patriarchs family tree to understand the ancestry of the Jewish people.
Ask your student...
Who were Isaac and Rebecca?
What good qualities did Rebecca have?
HEBREW VOCABULARY
Numbers - Misparim - מספרים
Six - Shaysh - שֵׁשׁ
Seven - Sheva - שֶׁבַע
Eight - Shemonah - שמונה
Nine - Taysha - תֵשַׁע
Ten - Esar - עֶשֶׂר
1st Grade: Adam & Eve’s story
To learn about Adam & Eve, we are...
Discussing times that we have did something we were not supposed to.
Reading a beautifully illustrated book about the story of Adam and Eve.
Making our own Adam and Eve puppets, and retelling the story using our homemade puppets.
Ask you student...
What is the story of Adam and Eve about?
What should you do if you do something wrong?
HEBREW VOCABULARY
Four - Arbah - אַרבַּע
Five - Chamesh - חָמֵשׁ
Six - Shaysh - שֵׁשׁ
Kindergarten: The First People
To learn about Adam & Eve, we are…
Talking about the rules that we have in our homes, and hearing what the rules were in the Garden of Eden.
Putting on a puppet show to tell the story.
Playing an “avoid the snake game” by jumping over a wiggling rope.
Decorating and starting our very own gardens.
Ask your student...
What rule did Adam and Eve break? What were the consequences?
What rules do we have for living in our house? Why do we have them? What happens if we break them?
Preschool/Pre-K: Exploring Adam & Eve
To learn about Adam and Eve, we are…
Reading the story of Adam and Eve and creating our own colorful serpent
Playing a game that teaches the importance of following given rules
Painting leaves as a representation of the Garden of Eden
Ask your student...
Who were Adam and Eve? Where did they live? Why did they have to leave?
Do we have any rules for living in our house? What happens if we break them?