JKG Sunday 3.1.20
1st Year B’nei Mitzvah Class: Torah Learning & Tzedakah
To learn about the Jewish value Talmud Torah (Jewish learning) & Tzedakah (Justice or Righteous Giving), we are...
Creating “Areas of Interest Learning Goals” boards, to make a plan for what Jewish topics we want to delve more deeply into, and how.
Playing “teaching-charades,” a game that emphasizes different learning styles and teaches us about a variety of Jewish topics/facts.
Brainstorming ways we can give tzedakah and filling out “My Tzedakah Plan” sheets to help us make our goals into realities.
Discussing ways – apart from giving money – that we can give tzedakah, and playing a game called “Free Rice” which donates rice for correct vocabulary questions.
Ask your student...
What is your learning style?
What part of Judaism are you passionate to learn about?
What does Tzedakah mean?
What does justice have to do with helping people?
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 Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
5th Grade: Duty to Pursue Justice
To learn about pursuing justice and peace, we are...
Discussing how many injustices arise from perceived differences between people and doing an activity with lemons that reminds us that while we may look different, we are not so different inside.
Defining the hebrew word “Tzedek,” justice, what justice is, and why the pursuit of justice is so important in Judaism.
Reading a poem and watching a video about pursuing peace, and then writing our own poems about peace.
Ask your student...
What is justice?
Why do you think the pursuit of justice and peace are so important in Judaism?
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 Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
4th Grade: Jacob, Esau, Rachel & Leah
To learn about Jacob & Esau, and Rachel & Leah, we are…
Reviewing what we learned about Abraham and Sarah last week, and hearing the stories of Jacob and Esau switching birthrights, and the story of Rachel and Leah switching on Rachel’s wedding night.
Connecting the stories to themes in our own lives – like conflicts with siblings or friends.
Creating comics depicting the real stories, as well as versions in which the characters treat each other with kindness and respect.
Discussing ways we can build strong connections with our siblings and family, and creating skits of DO/DON’T scenarios for how to treat each other.
Ask your student...
How did the families in the stories today treat each other and how did it affect their relationships with each other?
How can we build strong connections with our family and friends?
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 Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
3rd Grade: Who are Jacob and Esau?
To learn about Jacob and Esau, we are...
Learning the story of Jacob and Esau
Discussing ethical issues concerning revenge and deceit
Making our own class play of the Jacob and Esau story
Ask your student...
How did Jacob trick his brother and father? Why did he do it?
Do you think it was wrong of Jacob to trick his father?
Is there ever a time when it is good to trick someone?
Hebrew Vocabulary
Bear - Dov - דוֹב
Tiger - Namar - נָמֵר
Lion - Aryeh - אַריֵה
Butterfly - Parpar - פַּרְפַּר
Bird - Tzipor - צִפּוֹר
2nd Grade: Discovering Israeli Geography
To learn about Israeli geography, we are...
Challenging ourselves to identify different countries based on just their outline.
Reviewing basic facts about Israel and seeing how much we know about Israel.
Playing a “hot and cold” game to place different geographical features on the map.
Creating our own 3D maps of Israel with different craft supplies.
Ask your student...
What are some of the geographical features that Israel have?
Where is there a desert?
What about mountains?
Hebrew Vocabulary
Chicken - Tarnagolet - תַרְנְגוֹלֶת
Frog - Tzfardayah - צְפַרְדֵעַ
Bear - Dov - דוֹב
Tiger - Namar - נָמֵר
1st Grade: Exploring Israeli Geography
To learn about Israeli geography, we are...
Exploring all of the different geographical features of Israel through a game using a large map of the country.
Watching a video about Israel and discussing what we learned and what questions we may have that we want to learn more about.
Playing “pin the star on Jerusalem” using our big map of Israel.
Ask your student...
Where is Israel?
What makes Israel special?
What connections might we have to Israel?
Hebrew Vocabulary
Snake - Nachash - נָחָשׁ
Dog - Kelev - כֶּלֶב
Chicken - Tarnagolet - תַרְנְגוֹלֶת
Frog - Tzfardayah - צְפַרְדֵעַ
Kindergarten: Giving Back
Today to learn about Tzedakah, we are…
Playing “Kindness Dominoes” to demonstrate how one good deed can lead to another.
Reading Joey and the Giant Box.
Drawing ways that we can help others, and creating birdhouses to help birds in our neighborhood.
Playing games that let us act out ways to be kind to each other.
Ask your students...
What is Tzedakah?
What are some ways to help other people?
Preschool/Pre-K: Doing Tzedakah
Today to learn about Tzedakah, we are…
Discussing kind things we have done to help others
Giving thank-you cards to the JKG security guard
Creating our own tzedakah boxes to have at home
Ask your student...
What is tzedakah?
How can you do tzedakah in our community?