BAR/BAT MITZVAH STUDENT MONTHLY ORGANIZATION SHEET

Name ______Tutor ______Date of Service: ______10:30 AM Goal Date for Finishing All Hebrew ______Days Per Week I Should Be Practicing: ______

Month of Dates Tasks Goals and Objectives Tutoring Completed

8 Months prior ' Understand Tutor Expectations ______Goals: to Service ' Understand Notebook Projects/Service • Torah & Haftarah (write in dates of Attendance; Check on projects previously done. ______Blessings; tutoring sessions) ' Read Torah Blessings ______• Expectations on ' Chant Torah Before Blessing ______practice times;

' Chant Torah After Blessing ______• Expectations about ' Read Haftarah ______Blessing ______notebook projects and ' Chant Haftarah ______Blessing ______service attendance. ' Explain Service ______' Practice English ______' Discuss Kol Koreh Program and learning trope with your tutor. ______

7 Months prior ' Practice Prayers in the Service Already Learned Goals: to Service ______• Practice prayers from last month and learn ' Read New Prayers in the Service new service prayers ______

' Practice chanting New Prayers in the Service ______

' Check Monthly Notebook Project/Services ______

6 Months prior ' Practice Prayers in the Service Already Learned Goals: to Service ______• Finish Service & ______Kiddush • Prepare to start ' Learn Service Prayers that are left: learning Torah portion. ______' Practice Reading Kiddush ______' Practice Chant for Kiddush ______' Review service in order ______' Understand Trope Family Colors, Color Aliyah 1 ______' Read Torah portion in English ______' Check Monthly Notebook Project/Services

5 Months prior ' Read Aliyah #1 smoothly ______Goals: to Service ' Chant Aliyah #1 smoothly ______• Aliyah #1; ' Review Prayers ______• Get progress check by ' Color in Tropes for Aliyah 2 ______Cantor Scher or ' Get Hebrew Progress Check with Cantor ______Shochet; ' Torah Commentary Meeting with Rabbi Saxe ______• Begin Torah ' Write Torah Commentary Draft ______Commentary meetings ' Check Monthly Notebook Project/Services ______with Rabbi Saxe

4 Months prior ' Practice Aliyah 1 without vowels ______Goals: to Service ' Read Aliyah #2 smoothly ______• Aliyah #2; ' Chant Aliyah #2 smoothly ______• Haftarah Commentary ' Review all Hebrew Prayers; Service Packet ______Meeting with Rabbi ' Color in Tropes for Aliyah 3 ______Saxe ' Read Haftarah in English ______' Haftarah Commentary Mtg with Rabbi Saxe ______' Finalize Torah Commentary; Send to Rabbi Saxe ______' Write draft of Haftarah Talk ______' Check Monthly Notebook Project/Services ______

3 Months prior ' Practice Aliyah 2 without vowels ______Goals: to Service ' Practice Aliyah 1 without vowels ______• Aliyah #3 ' Read Aliyah #3 smoothly ______• Torah/Haftarah ' Chant Aliyah #3 smoothly ______Commentary Meetings ' Color Haftarah Trope; ______and Writings Finished ' Begin to read Haftarah in Hebrew ______' Review all Hebrew prayers ______' Have final meeting with Rabbi Saxe ______' Finalize Haftarah Commentary; Send to Rabbi ______' Check Monthly Notebook Project/Services ______' Set up Speech meeting with Rabbi Schwartzman ______

2 Months prior ' Practice Aliyah 3 without vowels ______Goals: to Service ' Practice Aliyah 2 without vowels ______• Entire Torah without ' Practice Aliyah 1 without vowels ______vowels; ' Read Hebrew Haftarah smoothly ______• Haftarah fluent ' Chant Haftarah smoothly ______• 1st Speech Draft ' Practice Entire Service ______• Meetings with Rabbi ' Progress Check By Cantor if they requested it ______Schwartzman ' Put Torah/Haftarah Packet Together ______• Final Progress Check by ' Fine Tune : Cantor Shochet or ______Scher if requested. ' Begin writing Speech ______• Try reading from Torah ' Read from Torah itself ______' Check Monthly Notebook Project/Services ______

1 Month prior ' Practice reading from Torah Scroll ______Goals: to Service ' Practice Prayer Packet from Bimah ______• Reading from Torah ' Practice Torah/Haftarah packet w/blessings ______• Complete Speech ' Review Kiddush ______• Use Microphones ' Finish Speech ______• Fine Tuning of all ' Final Meeting with Rabbi Schwartzman ______Hebrew ' Fine Tune : • Finish everything ______including Notebook! ' Check Monthly Notebook Project/Services ______

Tuesday, ______at 3:00 with First Rehearsal: ______Cantor ______Tuesday, ______at 4:00 pm with Final Rehearsal ______Rabbi ______.