Our Class in the Miami Herald

Check out the Article about Our Class in the Miami Herald Newspaper

Intro to Scratch

Class objective: Students will learn to program their own interactive stories, games, and animations and share their creations with others in the online community.

Using a program called Scratch which helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century.

Click Here to answer the "DO NOW"question.

Answer Key and Test

• Click here to access the answer key for the "What is Prayer? Unit.
• Please make a copy of it to your own Google Drive.

• Click here for a copy of the Test.
• You may make a copy into your Google Drive and fill out the answers for your study Packet.

The Book Envelopes Are On The Way!

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Unit 2: What is Prayer?

Unit Goals and Objectives: 

• By the end of this unit, students will understand the Jewish view of prayer.

By the end of this unit unit students will be able to answer the following questions: 

• How do we achieve a deeper relationship with Hashem through Teffilah?
• What is the definition of the word Teffilah?
• How is Teffilah an expression of our faith?
• Why is Teffilah an act of self reflection?

Classroom Activities: 

• Study the PowerPoint below and then answer the questions provided. You may work with a partner in a shared Google Doc. Here is a link to the Power Point in Google Docs.

Unit 2: What is prayer? from Rabbi Kahan

Book Authors Visit Our Class

Our visit with Katherine Magnoli

Writers Workshop 10/30/2013 with Patrice Samara

Patrice Samara
Author

www.alphabetkids.com

I am pleased to announce that Patrice Samara from alphabetkids.com will be visiting our classroom on Wednesday via Skype to give us a writers workshop.We will be in media center 115 for all the events. The times of the classes are 8:35-9:15, 10:10-10:10 and 12:15-12:50.

Question for the Author

DO NOW

• Please write at least one practical question that you may want to ask the book author, to help guide you through the next step of the book writing process.
• Put you question into this Google Doc.

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http://www.alphabetkids.com/?q=contact.

Unit 1: The Virtue of Prayer

Unit Goals and Objectives:

• By the end of this unit, students will understand why prayer is such a central feature of Jewish observance.

Unit Study (1-2 lessons)

• Why do you think that prayer is such a central feature of Jewish observance? Answer this question individually in the Comment section below the Slide Show.
• Watch the PowerPoint slideshow below and then answer the questions provided. If you are not in class, you can access the questions by clicking here. 

• Note: Here is a link to the test, you may download it and use it as study guide.

Unit Assessment (1-2 lessons)

• Poster: Click here for instructions if you were not present in class.
• Student Reflections: Please complete the "Unit #1" page of the Student Reflections booklet (you should have a received a copy of this booklet in class; you will need to write your answer in the printed booklet).