I.
Tefilla –
תפילה
a. Daily
Shacharit and Mincha; Be'ur Tefilah & Kavana of
select prayers.
b.
Preview of Tefilot for Shabbat
& the Moadim
c. Halacha
Yomit: a daily study of one Jewish law or practice. This program
provides a good opportunity of review for those topics the students covered
or will cover in their regular Judaic classroom study. Special attention is
given to topics dealing with Bein Adam L’Chavero – behavior amongst
people, such as lashon hara, onaat devarim, kibud av v’em,
kibud morim, etc.
d. Special
attention will be given this year to improving accuracy and fluency of
reading in the siddur.
II.
Dinim –
דינים
Textbook and Workbook: Din Chag Uminhag by Shachar Yonai
a. Halachot
of Tefilla and daily practices
b. Kriat
Hatorah: order, Alliyot, Brachot
c. Birkat
Hamazon: structure, meaning, and Halachot
d. V'Ahavta
L'Reacha KaMocha: Dinei Tzedaka V'chessed
e. Kashrut:
Basar & Chalav; kosher animals; wine; kosher cooking
f. Introduction
to Hilchot Shabbat
g. Dinei
Moadim (Holidays); around the Jewish year cycle
III.
Chumash –
חומש
Textbook and Workbook: Shemot Chorev, Tal Am Workbooks and chumashon
(new), Tal Am Parashat Hashavuah Workbooks
a.
Sefer Shemot: The Sidrot; Yitro; Mishpatim
(selected parts); Terumah; Tezaveh; Ki Tisa (selected parts): The
children learn how to organize each chapter into paragraphs, identify and
understand the main ideas and key words in each Parasha, and apply them in
their lives as a knowledge and life skill. They also learn how to study with
commentators, finding the interpretations that best reflect their views, and
are encouraged to come up with their own interpretations as well.
b. Weekly
Parshat Hashavua: lessons, middot, and mitzvoth:
Reviewing the content of the parasha through games and identifying key
words; Focusing on one verse, main idea / question; Studying the response of
midrash to the issue
IV.
Navi –
נביא
Teachers: Mr. Yuval Miara, Mr. Itamar Rosenfeld
Shmuel Aleph- שמואל א':
Selected chapters depicting the major events and personalities in the early
Kingdom including: Hashem choosing Shmuel for a navi
and a leader; Shmuel HaNavi anointing King Shaul, battle with
Amalek, the anointing of King David, Shaul and David.
V.
Talmud –
תלמוד
Textbooks:
V'Shinantam (Bonayich)- selected
mishnayot from masechet brachot.
Our mishna curriculum is an innovative
comprehensive Mishna-Talmud program. ושננתם-
V'Shinantam is a fully integrated curriculum for the study of
Torah Sheb'al Peh design by the Bonayich system. The overarching goals
of V'Shinantam are to inculcate an enduring love of learning and
Emunat Chachamim, by empowering the student towards independent learning
of Mishna, related Tannaitic texts, and Amoraic and Talmudic texts.
V'Shinantam materials include
teacher manuals, posters, games,
puzzles, musical components, and full color student workbooks. This year’s
curriculum includes Mesechta Brachot, as well as a selection of
Mishnayot pertaining to the appropriate Chagim. We will be using
their internet website as well as their CDs specifically made for Mishna
learning.
Lashon- Hebrew Language Program –
לשון
Textbooks and Workbooks:
New in our School: Tal Am 5
This year we are using the Tal Am 5 curriculum for
the first time: The main goal of TaL AM is to develop the Jewish identity
of the students through shared language and knowledge of our heritage.
TaL AM 5 is a spiraled continuation of TaL AM 1-4,
both in skills and in content, and is organized in aligned and
interconnected tracks, all of which continue from TaL AM 4: The Jewish
Year, Torah, Parashat Hashavua, and Tfila. The Grade 5 curriculum focuses
on the students’ social development, preparing them to cope with the
challenges they will face in society.
The Jewish Year Track: This track includes
the following units:
1. Hakita HaPe’ila (Everyday Life)
This unit expands the problem-advice-solution life skill introduced in
Grade 4, teaching the students how to focus on one type of thinking
strategy at a time (creative / negative/ positive / thinking with our
emotions), and ultimately integrating all strategies in order to arrive at
the best, most efficient solution. Thinking Hats enable
the students to contemplate problems from several perspectives,
implementing divergent thinking, and Action Gloves enable them to
act accordingly. This problem-solving life skill is
linked to all content tracks.
The unit introduces the
children to two new literary genres: the journal and the parable, teaching
them how to write a journal and to construct a parable.
The children learn about the
significance of names, and how they are acquired through our thoughts
actions, and how they can determine how they see themselves in the future.
TaL AM 5 also continues to employ the Virtual
Classroom, whose students grow and develop together with our students,
serving as models for the construction of a reflective, proactive class.
Two new students join the virtual Grade 5 classroom: twins named Yossi and
Motti Melamed.
2. The Holidays
This sub-track consists of 6 units covering the major Jewish holidays:
The High Holidays; Chanukah; Tu Bishvat; Purim; Pessach & Shavuot; Yom
Ha'atzmaut & Yom Yerushalayim. Each unit is linked to the Mishna
(Oral Law) track through the proverbs and commentaries of Chazal,
and - where appropriate - to the Megilot.
3. The Yearly Portfolio
This tool enables the children's to review what they have learned
throughout the year, what they remember, and what they would like to store
and keep, thereby bringing the school year to a well-documented
conclusion. The portfolio holds separate compartments containing songs,
stories, a journal, CDs of the children’s reading, creative writing
projects, exams and “word baskets” – all accumulated during the year.
