Hebrew
Students will review alef-bet and vowels and begin to read two and three syllable words. Students will write alef-bet, vowels and simple two letter words.
Students will be introduced to meaning of each letter. Students work on their alef-bet with a variety of hands-on materials including clay, edibles, pebbles as well as flash cards and alef bet wheels (letters with rotating vowels).
Book: Journeys Through the Alef Bet – Torah Aura

Holidays
Students will study all the major Jewish Holidays. Each student will learn about the history 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, My Weekly Sidrah by Melanie Berman and Joel Lurie Grishaver

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 review bracha for Chanukah candles, Barchu, and Mi Chamocha. Students will learn chorus of Adon Olam and Chorus of L’Cha Dodi.

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