Curriculum Overview

GRADE	STUDY CONTENT	PRAYERS BLESSINGS	URJ’s CHAI CURRICULUM	HEBREW
“Parent & Me”	Parent & Child celebrate Jewish Identity through Art, Music & Holiday Celebrations	Motzi		Singing Hebrew Songs
Kindergarten & First	Hands on Exploration of Shabbat & Tzedakah, Bible Stories	Shema Kiddush Candle		AlefBet Intro Singing Hebrew Songs & Blessings
Second	Jewish Identity	Shema Motzi Kiddush Candle	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 2	Master Decoding AlefBet   Singing Hebrew Songs
Third	Spirituality Relationship with God, Fellow human beings & the world	Mastery of Shema , Kiddush, Candle Motzi	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 3	Continue Decoding, learn core Vocabulary for selected prayers in service, The Four Questions Begin formal Hebrew School Education
Fourth	Jewish American History	Mourner’s Kaddish V’Ahavata, Avot 4 Questions	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 4	Temple Sinai Hebrew School  Vocabulary
Fifth	Life Cycle Events from Brit to Yahrzeit, Spirituality &  Partnership with God	Full Kiddush, Kaddish, Aleinu, Avot & VAhavata	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 4	Temple Sinai Hebrew School, Vocabulary
Sixth	Mitzvot as an integral part of Judaism	Regular Reading in Shabbat Services	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 5	Bar/Bat Mitzvah Study Course With Rabbi Parent & Student  5 week B’nai Mitzvot Class
Seventh	Torah Study & meaning as it relates to today’s world Intro to Holocaust	Regular Reading in Shabbat Services	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 7	Selected prayer study in Siddur
Eighth	Study Shabbat service in it’s component parts and as a whole Comparative Judaism, Holocaust	Regular Reading in Shabbat Services	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 6	Selected prayer study in Siddur
Ninth	Comparative Religion Holocaust	Regular Reading in Shabbat Services	CHAI Learning for Jewish Life Level 8	Selected prayer study in Siddur
Tenth Confirmation	Understanding the world from a Jewish perspective and through Jewish texts, Common themes & Reform  interpretations in Jewish worship	Regular Reading in Shabbat Services		Selected prayer study in Siddur

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