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 _____________________. .