5th Grade

Hey - 5th Grade

Morah Amalia Schneider

rondana56@verizon.net

Grade Summary

Our Hey students begin the year in two critical areas: World Judaism and Bar & Bat Mitzvah training. The students spend the first part of the semester studying nine groups within the Jewish community and discovering their own Jewish heritage. This project, entitled Misaveev, provides the Hey class with an opportunity to learn about some of the lesser known subsets of the Jewish people. Students will put together a presentation just before Hanukkah for families and fellow students showcasing their studies.

Concurrently, the Hey class begins their Bar & Bat Mitzvah preparation as they learn Torah trope (musical cantillations). This training will serve them well as they prepare to become Bar & Bat Mitzvah while providing them with a lifelong skill. In addition to the trope training, the Hey class will begin learning the Torah Service. By the end of the year, our 5th graders will not only know the prayers and be comfortable leading the service, but they will understand the deep meaning behind these prayers. Our Hey class also spends a significant amount of time studying about the Land of Israel as they continue their studies of modern Hebrew language, and discuss the complexities of the Holocaust as they read Number the Stars. The 5th Grade is an enlightening year blending the old and the new, the past with the present, and the sacred with the secular.

Books: Number the Stars, Shalom Ivrit (Vol. 2), Welcome to Israel

Moreh Bernie Rapp

bernierapp@gmail.com

Morah Amalia and Moreh Bernie’s Opening School Letter

Dear Fifth Grade students

As your fifth grade teachers, we wanted to welcome you back to Religious School and wish all of us a good year full of good experiences and great fun. We are very excited to meet all of you and can’t wait to spend precious time together.

This year we will have a chance to get to know the stories of many Jewish communities around the world, we will learn about their history, culture, food and even music. We will learn about the state of Israel and be familiar with all its rich culture, history and language. We will have a chance to know our own family history and experience how we are all connected.

This year we will begin the Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation by learning the Torah Trope and focus on the Shabbat and Torah services, we will focus on reading and pronunciation and getting lifelong skills that will serve you as you prepare for your life long Jewish life.

As your teachers, we will do all we can to bring you new and interesting activities and lessons.

We hope you are well rested and ready to begin a new adventure together.

So, until then, We will say L’hitraot (which means see you soon in Hebrew)

Amalia Schneider and Bernie Rapp

P.S Please make sure all students come to school with a notebook, pen and pencil and lots of smiles….