Ivrit Tefillah Traditions Text History/ Ethics/ Culture Mitzvot Gan Aleph-Bet , Basic Bible and What is a ? What does it with focus on Holiday stories mean to be Shape and sound Food Blessings the stories and and major Acting in God’s image Jewish? of Hebrew basic symbols characters associated with each holiday. Aleph Students will be Ma Tovu Study of Students will Welcoming Guests Celebrating able to Modeh Ani holidays, with learn about the Feeding the Hungry Judaism at recognize, write focus on the Jewish Keeping the Earth home and at and identify all Shema ritual items lessons/values Visiting the Sick shul of the letters of Oseh Shalom associated with found in the Derekh Eretz the Aleph- Bet Food Blessings them stories of the Talmud in block print. Torah about Guarding Your Tongue Ma Nishtana being Jewish. Tzedakah Geography of the Synagogue Abraham Joseph/Brothers Moses/Miriam/ Aaron Bet Students will be Ma Tovu Discussion of Explore the Basic Geography of Israel Celebrating able to Modeh Ani the holidays as themes of the Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Judaism recognize, read, they connect to weekly parsha and Negev, Eilat, Hometowns throughout and write all Shema the calendar, how one week of Shinshinim the year consonants and Oseh Shalom seasons, and connects to the vowels. Bracha formula agriculture of next. Israel. Israeli Foods Students will be Diversity of people and able to decode (refrain) Hebrew peoples in Israel two or three Ma Nishtana Calendar syllable Shalom Aleichem letter/vowel combinations. Gimel Students will Modeh Ani Genesis Family Family Family Ethical mitzvot and Judaism and demonstrate Brachot Tree relationships in Tree values that affect family Family fluidity in Brachot - Mitzvot the Torah and and home life, decoding, Kiddush Jewish holidays History including: especially Havdallah through lens of familiar words. Brachot - family and Honoring your Parents Brachot -Yom Tov home rituals. Welcoming Guests Introduction to Ma Nishtanah Visiting the Sick script. Tzedakah Shema/v’ahvata Students will be able to identify root letters from key Tefillot.

Dalet Students will Barchu Jewish text and Ten Role of the key Mitzvot that are Relationship demonstrate Yotzer holidays Commandments prophets in “ben Adam with God comfort with Or/ through the lens Jewish History laMakom” – reading/writing Aravim of relationship Joshua in helping between God in script and Shema with God and Deborah Israelites and people and putting V’ahavta observance Samuel maintain how the together multi- Mi Camocha Jonah relationship students can Ivrit Tefillah Traditions Text History/ Ethics/ Culture Mitzvot syllable words Avot v’Imahot Jewish lifecycle Elijah with God and connect to these and phrases. Gevurot Isaiah with each mitzvot/rituals. Kedusha Jeremiah other. Students will be Shalom Rav able to identify Sim Shalom root letters Oseh Shalom from key Tefillot. Hey Students will Torah Service Exploration of Stories in the Basic history Jewish values Strangers in a develop skills how the exile Torah that of the pertaining to Strange Land to decode new altered Jewish explore being a destruction of welcoming words/texts on Ein Keloheinu ritual practice ‘stranger in a the Temples strangers, as sight. Adon Olam strange land’ and the exile(s) well as ritual Shecheiyanu Jewish that followed. mitzvot that Students will be communities connect to the able to identify around the destruction of root letters world. the Temple / from key exile Tefillot. Vav Students will Kiddush Shabbat Pirket Avot Jewish Social Justice as Holiness and continue to Birkat HaMazon Kashrut American a piece of Community develop site History, with a forming holy reading skills Kabbalat Shabbat focus on the communities and decoding NYC Jewish fluidity. Blessings before Community and after the Torah/ Comparative Judaism as part Hatzi Kaddish of American Jewish History

Havruat Participation in Parsha study Living Jewish Shabbat Jr. Congregation through Values/Middot, including: Gimel/Dalet and Shabbat participation in T’shuvah, Hey/Vav Kulanu Family Torah

Zayin Birkot HaShachar Shaarei Mitzvah Exposure to the Shoah What does it Age of Shabbat and diversity of mean to have Responsibility Holiday Hebrew texts Contemporary the values of a experiences through Shaarei Israeli society Jewish adult? Mitzvah and history What choices Curriculum will I make for my Jewish future? Gesher Social Justice & Jewish Ethics Social Justice Judaism and Politics & Ethics Student-drive exploration of “Hot Topics”