Hebrew
Students will review alef-bet and be introduced to vowels. Students will learn with Hebrew letters and vowels using a variety of methods including forming letters from clay, pebbles, and edibles; using alef-bet flash cards, alef bet puzzles, and cookie cutters; tracing letters; and learning which letters have same sounds and which have similar shapes
Book: Sam the Detective and the Alef Bet Mystery

Holidays
Students will learn all the major Jewish Holidays. Each student will learn about the origin of the holiday and how it is celebrated today. Students will explore each holiday through story, arts and craft, music, and food activities.
Books: Let’s Celebrate series, Let’s Celebrate! 57 Jewish Holiday Crafts, The Children’s Book of Jewish Holidays, The Jewish Holidays, Books from library

Bible
Teacher will read stories from the Bible. Class discussion about Bible stories, workbook activities relating to Bible stories.
Books: My Siddur by Deborah Uchill Miller, The Bible from Alef to Tav by Penina Adelman, Bible Work and Play by Joyce Fischman

Prayer
Students will review and reinforce Sh’ma, motzi, bracha for Shabbat candles, and bracha for wine. Students will recite blessing each week in class before snack. Students will sing Shabbat shalom in class each week. Students will join Religious School for weekly prayers with rabbi in the sanctuary at the start of each session.
Students will be learn bracha for Chanukah candles, Barchu, and Mi Chamocha.

Values and Ethics
Students will learn about Tikkun olam. Weekly homework will include doing an act of kindness and telling the other students about it during snack time. Students will have discussions of ethics through contemporary and Bible stories.
Books: Jewish Vales from Alef to Tav, Lively Legends – Jewish Values

Israel
Students will be learn about Israel through Israel Independence Day Celebration, stories, and classroom discussion
Books: Sammy Spider’s First Trip to Israel, My Land of Israel by Elizabeth Zinbarg Nover, Let’s Explore Being Jewish: Israel – A City Tour

God and Judaism
Students learn about God and Judaism through poems, activities, and discussion
Books: Let’s Discover God by Susan Van Dugan