Jewish Values & Beyond!
2nd Year B’nei Mitzvah
To learn about volunteering & our PIP, we are…
Discussing human rights, acts of service, and how we can use our resources to lift up others.
Creating a community service outreach plan so we can take action and volunteer.
Doing a scavenger hunt in our classroom to get us excited about finding new information.
Playing a game with real and fake articles and learning how to distinguish between them.
Making a keyword web that will go in our binders, that we can use for this week’s homework, which will involve internet research.
Ask your student...
Why is it important for us to volunteer our time and resources?
How would you explain what privilege is?
Tell me about your research plan for your Personal Interest Project.
How can our family be involved in your project?
Hebrew
Today was the last day of completing our Hebrew packets and review. Next JKG Sunday each student will be placed in their colored Hebrew groups by level, ranging from learning the letters, reading, or conversational Hebrew. If you want more information about what your student is learning in Hebrew reach out to Neshama our Sunday Families Director at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com
1st Year B’nei Mitzvah
To learn about Jewish agricultural laws & the value of sharing food, we are...
Understanding the purpose of agricultural laws in the Torah
Discussing the agricultural laws of pe’ah (not harvesting the corners of the field) and orlah (leaving fruits on a tree for the first 3 years of its fruiting) with a chevruta (study partner)
Re-interpreting text to develop concepts of pe’ah and orlah that are relevant in today’s world
Considering how our lives would be different if we were living in poverty
Engaging in Jewish text study to think about how to make ancient Jewish wisdom about society’s responsibility for people who are poor relevant to their lives today
Ask your student...
What’s a Jewish agricultural law you learned about today?
Since we’re not farmers, how could we put the spirit of these laws into practice today?
How do you think what you learned today will change your attitude and/or actions toward people you see around Atlanta who are asking for food?
Did you agree with the text you studied that said we should literally open our doors to people who are poor? Why or why not?
Hebrew
Today was the last day of completing our Hebrew packets and review. Next JKG Sunday each student will be placed in their colored Hebrew groups by level, ranging from learning the letters, reading, or conversational Hebrew. If you want more information about what your student is learning in Hebrew reach out to Neshama our Sunday Families Director at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com
5th Grade
To learn about the denominations of Judaism, we are…
Playing a categories game to explore ideas about groups and how we organize ideas.
Thinking critically about which Jewish rituals and ideas we connect with, and discussing what makes us our Jewish practice different from one another.
Working in break-out groups to create presentations on different denominations within Judaism.
Ask your student...
What do you think all the Jewish denominations have in common with one another?
Are there any practices or rituals that intrigued you that you’d like to learn more about?
Hebrew
Today was the last day of completing our Hebrew packets and review. Next JKG Sunday each student will be placed in their colored Hebrew groups by level, ranging from learning the letters, reading, or conversational Hebrew. If you want more information about what your student is learning in Hebrew reach out to Neshama our Sunday Families Director at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com
4th Grade
To learn about Jewish symbols and rituals, we are...
Reflecting on our own beliefs and how we act on them on a day to day basis
Making visual representations – with a twist – of different Jewish ritual items, such as mezuzahs (a small box that goes on a doorpost and holds a prayer), Kiddush cups (cups used for blessings over wine), and kippahs (traditional head coverings, also known as yarmulkes).
Playing group games to practice categorizing food as Kosher or not Kosher.
Ask your students...
Do we have any of these ritual objects in our home?
How can we incorporate these objects into our daily lives and Jewish holidays?
Hebrew
Today was the last day of completing our Hebrew packets and review. Next JKG Sunday each student will be placed in their colored Hebrew groups by level, ranging from learning the letters, reading, or conversational Hebrew. If you want more information about what your student is learning in Hebrew reach out to Neshama our Sunday Families Director at Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com
3rd Grade
To learn about being a mensch, we are…
Playing games like “Red Light, Green Light” with a twist, by incorporating examples of good deeds and bad deeds.
Reading Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed and discussing what it means to be a Mensch (a good person).
Brainstorming ways we can go out of our way to make new and old friends feel welcomed.
Playing games (Torah Slides & Ladders, similar to Chutes and Ladders; and Mighty Mensch, similar to Old Maid) -- that each focus on reminding us what “menshchy” qualities we should possess in our everyday lives
Ask your student...
How did you act as a Mensch today?
Why is it important to be a Mensch?
Is there anyone you know who you consider a real mensch?
Hebrew Vocabulary - Review
Teacher - more-eh (male)/more-ah (female) - מוֹרֶה (m)/מוֹרָה (f)
Students - tal-mee-deem - תַלְמִידִים
Class - kee-tah - כִּתָה
Pencil - ee-pah-rone - עיפרון
School - bet sefar - בית ספר
Table - shool-chah-n - שׁוּלְחָן
Chair - kee-seh - כִּסֵא
Board - loo-ach - לוּחַ
Book - se-fer - ספר
Friends - cha-var-eem - חברים
2nd Grade
To learn about being a mensch and doing mitzvot, we are…
Creating “Mensch/Mitzvah Chains” to explain the concept of “paying-it-forward” and being kind to each other in the form of mitzvot, or good deeds.
Making “Mensch Me”s to discuss the key characteristics of being a mensch and the “bad deeds” that prevent us from being a mensch.
Reading Estie the Mensch and brainstorming examples of mitzvot.
Ask your student...
What is a mensch and are you a mensch?
What is a mitzvah?
What mitzvot can we do as a family?
Hebrew Vocabulary - Review
Teacher - more-eh (male)/more-ah (female) - מוֹרֶה (m)/מוֹרָה (f)
Students - tal-mee-deem - תַלְמִידִים
Class - kee-tah - כִּתָה
Pencil - ee-pah-rone - עיפרון
Table - shool-chah-n - שׁוּלְחָן
Chair - kee-seh - כִּסֵא
Board - loo-ach - לוּחַ
Book - se-fer - ספר
1st Grade
To learn about mitzvahs, we are…
Reading The Mitzvah Magician.
Getting a Kindness Scavenger Hunt sheet to try and complete over the week.
Creating a Mitzvah Chain as a class with mitzvahs we have already done and mitzvahs we want to do in the future.
Ask you student...
What is a mitzvah?
How can you complete the Kindness Scavenger Hunt sheet?
Hebrew Vocabulary - Review
Teacher - more-eh (male)/more-ah (female) - מוֹרֶה (m)/מוֹרָה (f)
Students - tal-mee-deem - תַלְמִידִים
Class - kee-tah - כִּתָה
Table - shool-chah-n - שׁוּלְחָן
Chair - kee-seh - כִּסֵא
Board - loo-ach - לוּחַ
Kindergarten
To learn about being a mensch, we are…
Reading It’s a… It’s a… Mitzvah and singing a mitzvah song.
Learning about different ways we can show love and do mitzvot for our friends, family, and teachers.
Being a mensch and doing mitzvot by caring for the earth in the Garbage Clean Up game.
Ask you student...
What does “what is hurtful to you, do not do unto your neighbor” mean?
What’s one thing that you are going to start doing to be more like a mensch?
Preschool/Pre-K
To learn about doing mitzvahs, we are…
Coming up with our own ideas for mitzvot we can do ourselves
Reading a book about different mitzvot that we can do and watching people on Shalom Sesame help out their community after a storm
Playing a game of hide-and-go-mitzvah where we find different pictures of mitzvahs and matching them with what mitzvah is being done.
Ask your student...
What is a mitzvah that we do everyday?
What is a mensch?
How does someone become a mensch?
JKG Jr
To learn about Shabbat, we are…
Hosting a Shabbat tea party for our stuffed animal friends.
Kneading, rolling & “baking” playdough challah.
Decorating our own challah covers to take home.
Keep exploring friendship & food with your kids by…
Making challah at home for Shabbat!