7th Grade – Finding an Educational Event
To learn about finding an event related to our Personal Interest Projects, we are...
- Playing a madlibs game to review all the details you would need to know about an event.
- Looking through local Jewish publications to see what events they have available, and what might be related to our Personal Interest Projects.
- Creating an example event and “reporting it live” for the rest of the class.
- Ask your student: What types of events are you interested in going to that relate to your Personal Interest Project? If you could create an event to go to, what would it look like?
6th Grade – Tzedakah and Helping the Hungry
To learn about the Jewish values of tzedakah, or charity, and helping the hungry, we are...
- Watching a video about tzedakah, and discussing the “8-step tzedakah ladder”, which details different types of tzedakah.
- 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.
- Reading about ways that kids our ages have made a difference.
- Ask your student: What does tzedakah mean? What does justice have to do with helping people?
5th Grade – Jewish Icons
To learn about Jewish people who have made great contributions to the world, we are...
- Playing an interactive game to answer questions about our role models and the people we look up to.
- Playing matching games with information and pictures of famous Jewish icons, and learning about their contributions to the world.
- Envisioning and drawing a life-size leader based on the Jewish icons that we learned about.
- Ask your student: Who did you learn about today that inspired you? How can you be a Jewish leader or role model?
4th Grade – Tikkun Olam
To learn about Jewish value of Tikkun Olam, or 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 help those in needs? Why is it important to give tzedakah?
3rd Grade – Isaac and Rebecca and Kindness to Animals
To learn about some of the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs, Isaac and Rebecca, and about the Jewish value of being kind to animals, we are...
- Reading the story of Isaac and Rebekah and shared our favorite animals and how to take care of them.
- Creating a desert themed art project inspired by Eliezer's journey through the desert.
- Playing a desert animal scavenger hunt using clues.
- Ask your student: What is an example of how you can help those in needs? Why is it important to give tzedakah?
2nd Grade – Celebrating Shabbat
To learn about some of the Jewish holiday of Shabbat, we are...
- Experiencing a mock Shabbat dinner and saying the blessing over challah, grape juice, and candles.
- Reading a book about Shabbat and discussing the meaning of different Shabbat items, as well as our personal experiences with Shabbat.
- Making our own candlestick holders to use for Shabbat evening and learning how to braid challah using playdough.
- Ask your student: What is one way we can celebrate Shabbat at home? What is your favorite part of the Shabbat ritual?
1st Grade – Adam and Eve
To learn about the story of Adam and Eve, we are...
- Discussing times that we have done something we were not supposed to, and how it made us feel.
- 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 your student: What happened in the story of Adam and Eve? What do you think you should do if you do something that you know is wrong?
Kindergarten – Adam and Eve
To learn about the story of Adam and 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 of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
- 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 Eve break? What were the consequences?
Pre-K – Adam and Eve
To learn about the story of Adam and Eve, we are...
- Reading the story of Adam and Eve, and talking about rules in our own houses, and what happens when we break them.
- Playing a group game to find hidden snakes (that we decorated!) around the room.
- Doing a “tree of knowledge” craft to represent the tree that Eve took the apple from.
- Putting on our own Adam and Eve puppet show.
- Ask your student: What rule did Eve break? What were the consequences?
Preschool – Adam and Eve
To learn about the story of Adam and Eve, we are...
- Reading the story of Adam and Eve, and talking about rules in our own houses, and what happens when we break them.
- Playing a group game to find hidden snakes (that we decorated!) around the room.
- Doing a “tree of knowledge” craft to represent the tree that Eve took the apple from.
- Putting on our own Adam and Eve puppet show.
- Ask your student: What rule did Eve break? What were the consequences?
