4th
Teacher: Sharon Graetz
The fourth graders attend class twice per week, once during the week and on Sunday morning. The children will take a close look at the Exodus story, and the narratives about the creation of the Jewish people. The exploration of each story will involve close reading of the text, discussion, searching for significant words, figuring out the lesson and it’s relevance for us today. Students will create their own midrashic (interpretive) version of life before and after the people entered the Promised Land. The year’s Torah study will end with a Torah Fair in which the students will share what they have learned.
The Holiday curriculum is focused on teaching the history and traditions connected with each holiday. We want the students to see themselves as an important link in a long chain of holiday traditions.
In Hebrew studies, fourth graders will review the letters and vowels and then go on to read simple Hebrew stories and prayers. The fourth graders will also begin looking at the basic Hebrew roots (shorashim) found most frequently in Jewish texts.