BIBLE:

Grade 2:
A Child’s Bible chapters 1-12 (Creation to Moses)

Grade 3:
A Child’s Bible chapter 13-18 (The Life and Times of Moses) 
     Supplement with CHAI level 2 (Exodus)

Grade 4:
A Child’s Bible: Prophets and Writings chapters 1-8 (Deuteronomy, Deborah, Gideon, Samson, Ruth, Samuel and Saul)
     Supplement with CHAI level 3 (Leviticus), 4 (Numbers and Deuteronomy)

Grade 5: Bridge from Torah to Tanakh
A Child’s Bible: Prophets and Writings chapters 9-18 (David, Solomon, Elijah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Job, Esther, Daniel, Nehemiah)
     Supplement with CHAI level 5 (Prophets)- Samuel, Hosea, Ezekiel, Joshua, Deborah, Jonah, Jeremiah, Amos, Isaiah, Elijah, Reform Judaism

Grade 6: Writings
The Gift of Wisdom: Prophets and Writings chapters 10 and 11 (Kings)
     Supplement CHAI level 6 (Writings)- Ruth, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Kohelet, Psalms,


Grade 7: Pirke Avot
A Bride to Tradition
Students discuss how the ancient wisdom applies in our lives and relationships today.


JUDAICS:

Pre-K: Building Blocks of Judaism
“We’re Jewish and We Love It!”
Introduction to holidays, rituals, symbols, synagogue, prayer, God, Israel, Torah
Holiday Focus: Stories


Kindergarten: Building Blocks of Judaism
Continuation from Pre-K: Continue learning about the building blocks of Judaism
Texts:
I Can Learn Torah - Torah Aura
BJL Beginnings - Torah Aura

• Students are introduced to the celebratory aspects of home, family, synagogue and community. They also discuss notions of God. Students learn a Hebrew letter via a key word. In addition parents are invited to actively become partners through a series of send-home folders.
• Students learn about the major stories of Genesis including: Creation, The Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, Noah’s Ark, The Tower of Babel and Abraham and Sarah.
• Along with discussing lessons from the stories, the children participate in activities to bring the lessons alive. In learning these stories, the students also learn mitzvot such as kindness to animals (ta’ar ba’alei chayim) and hachnasat orchim (welcoming guests).
• Holiday Focus: Symbols

1: Building Blocks of Judaism
Learn about the building blocks of Judaism by increasing Jewish literacy.
Text: Let’s Discover the Holidays- Behrman House

• Students continue learning about the holidays with this series. They view photographs and artwork to learn about the different aspects of the holidays. The students also participate in activities and read texts to learn more about the holiday stories, objects, rituals, and vocabulary.
• Holiday Focus: Traditions

2: CHAI Curriculum: Focus on Gimilut Chasadim (Acts of Loving Kindness) and Avodah (Worship)
The following topics are addressed through an emphasis on gimilut chasadim and avodah:

• Acts of Loving Kindness
• God and Spirituality
• Shabbat
• Daily Blessings
• Israel
• Holiday Focus: Gimilut Chasadim- Mitzvot connected to the holidays

3: CHAI Curriculum: Focus on Holiness, God and Spirituality, Daily Blessings and Mitzvot

• Students refine their own understanding and definition of K'dushah, holiness and apply that understanding to how ritual objects, symbols, prayer and our behaviors can make moments and places special, holy and closer to God.
• Avodah (Worship) Theme: Ways we experience God.
• G'milut Chasadim (Acts of Loving Kindness) Theme: Taking responsibility for G'milut Chasadim, planning and doing.

Students refine their own understanding and definition of K'dushah, holiness and apply that understanding to how ritual objects, symbols, prayer and our behaviors can make moments and places special, holy and closer to God.

Grade 4: Lifecycle
Text: Journey of a Lifetime - Behrman House

• Students journey through the most significant milestones in a Jewish life, including Brit Milah and Brit Bat, Baby Naming, Consecration, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, The Marriage Ceremony, the Funeral, and Rituals of Mourning.

Grade 5: American Jewish History
Text: Let Freedom Ring- Behrman House

• Spanning more than 300 years and including more than 100 photos and illustrations, this volume transports students from pre-Colonial America to the present and asks them to consider their own roles in the next chapter of Jewish American history.

Grade 6: From the Second Temple Period to the Expulsion from Spain
Text: Journey Through Jewish History Units 1 and 2

• Jews in Christian Kingdoms
• The Wandering Jews
• Mysticism and Messiahs
• Ghetto and Shtetl
• The Rise of Islam
• The Partnership- Jews in Spain (Maimonides)
• Inquisition and Expulsion
• Spread of Sephardi Jewry
• Jews in Christian Kingdoms

Grade 7: From 1492 to the Present
Text: Journey Through Jewish History Units 3 and 4

• Madman, Messiah, and Master
• Haskalah: The Enlightenment
• The Emancipation
• Review and Deepening of American Jewish History
• Birth of Zionism
• Introduction to the Holocaust
• State of Israel Today
• Current Events in American Jewish Life
   

Grade 8:
First part of the year focuses on Jewish Council on Urban Affairs: Judaism and Urban Poverty Curriculum 
The Judaism and Urban Poverty (JUP) program introduces our students to the causes of poverty, to potential responses to poverty, and to Jewish approaches to poverty and the poor. The curriculum emphasizes the systemic causes of poverty and focuses on ways to make society as a whole more equitable. 
    Second part of the year focuses on Israel

Grade 9: Holocaust, Women in Jewish History


Grade 10: Confirmation

• The focus of confirmation class is how to think Jewishly.
• The students use the text Tough Questions Jews Ask.
• Class consists of discussions on topics of interest for the students.
• The curriculum is engaging and is based on the students’ interests and guided by Jewish tradition.
• The focus of confirmation class is how to think Jewishly

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Grade 11-12: Judaism and Social Action


HEBREW:

Grade 2:
Text: Shalom U’Vracha: Script Edition & CD- Behrman House

• Focus on the foundations of Hebrew
• Recognition of Letters and Vowels
• Develop Hebrew decoding skills
• Learn Key Hebrew phrases and expressions
• Modern Hebrew Conversation skills
• Students learn the aleph-bet and decoding skills from key cultural words and concepts.
• Students hear how vowels and letters combine into syllables, words, and sentences that they can recognize and understand.
• They mark their progress using an Interactive CD-ROM program
   

 Grade 3:
Text: Shalom Ivrit 1- Behrman House

• The first book in a three-year Modern Hebrew series.
• Students work on reading and comprehension of modern Hebrew
• Focus on the Jewish holidays and the everyday life of school and home
• Students read short stories and rhymes to teach a basic vocabulary of over 160 words.
• Reading Decoding
• Increase Vocabulary
• Script Writing
   

Grade 4:
Text: Shalom Ivrit I and II- Behrman House

• The first book in a three-year modern Hebrew series.
• Students work on reading and comprehension of modern Hebrew
• Focus on the Jewish holidays and the everyday life of school and home
• Students read short stories and rhymes to teach a basic vocabulary of over 160 words.
• Reading decoding.
• Increase vocabulary.

Grade 5:
Text: Shalom Ivrit I and II- Behrman House

• The second book in this series builds on the theme of Jewish values.
• Students learn Hebrew as a living language as they read engaging short stories, folktales, and midrashim.
• Students will acquire more than 150 new words while developing their language and comprehension skills.
• An increase in the amount of Hebrew Conversation done within the classroom setting
• Begin writing sentences and short paragraphs in Hebrew
• Increase in Reading Comprehension Activities

Grade 6:
Text: Reform Prayerbook- Gates of Prayer

• Students learn to fluently read the major Jewish prayers in preparation for bar and bat mitzvah
• Students learn root words and vocabulary to glean meaning from the prayers

Students learn to fluently read the major Jewish prayers in preparation for bar and bat mitzvah

Text: Shalom Ivrit II and III- Behrman House

• The final volume in the series brings to life stories of spirited young teens-at home, at camp, with friends, and in Israel.
• 190 new words reflect the interests of today's teens.

Grade 7:
Text: Modern Hebrew For Teens - Behrman House

• Let’s Talk: Modern Hebrew for Teens: Is about four trendy kids who party in Tel Aviv, shop in a shuk, ride a camel, swim in the Dead Sea, and celebrate a bat mitzvah in Jerusalem—all in Hebrew! 
  

• Students learn 195 vocabulary words

• Students practice basic grammar—including the present tense, masculine and feminine nouns in the singular and plural—through the activities.

Gesher Lekesher - Grades (8th - 12th):
Text: Ivrit Min Ha'hatchalah- Hebrew from Scratch Part 1 (israelbookshop.com)

The following are among the major topics covered in the high school program

• Declarative and interrogative nominal sentences
• Question words
• Singular nouns: masculine and feminine
• The definite article
• Prepositional particles
• Plural nouns: masculine and feminine
• Kal verb stem- present tense and past tense
• Positive and negative verbal sentences
• Piel verb stem- present tense
• Singular and plural suffixes
• Numbers: masculine and feminine
• Adjectives- agreement of noun and adjective in gender and number
• Days of the week
• Verb combinations- Rotzeh + Infinite
• Adverbs
• Piel verb stem- present tense and past tense
• Hitpael verb stem- present tense and past tense
• Possessive Sentences
• Conjugation of the preposition shel
• Conjugation of the preposition et

PRAYER:

Kindergarten and First Grade:

• Shema
• Brachot over Food and Snacks (Ha’etz, Hamotzi, and Mizonot)

Second Grade:

• Barchu
•  Yotzer, and Mariv Aravim (First Blessing and Chatimah only)
• Brachot for Shabbat

Third Grade:

• V’Ahavta
• Mah Nishtanah

Fourth Grade:

• Avot V’ Emahot
• Gevurot

Fifth Grade:

• Kidusha
• Kiddush
• Introduction to Troupe

Sixth Grade:

Text: Reform Prayerbook- Gates of Prayer
• Students learn to fluently read the major Jewish prayers in preparation for bar and bat mitzvah
• Students learn root words and vocabulary to glean meaning from the prayers

Seventh Grade:

• Brachot for Havdalah
 
Goal:  Each grade level will be introduced to two new prayers in the service.  They will learn how to recite the prayer, understand its meaning, and when it occurs in the service.