This semester of K’tonton, we are focusing on a few main topics: Hebrew, Holidays and Parsha (weekly Torah portions). We begin our morning with some coloring, and then have Moring Meeting. In Morning Meeting, we sing some songs and introduce the what we are doing each day. The first part of class is Hebrew. We are making our way through the Aleph –Bet, learning a new letter every week, which is the letter of the day. For each letter, we learn what the letter looks like, what its sound it makes, and a few words that begin with that letter. The letters are our gateway into the Hebrew language. The goal is to introduce the students to Hebrew. Every week the students have music with Cantor Postman, where they learn the Shabbot Tefilot (prayers), …show more content…
He enjoys music and is learning many of the songs. Ezra also enjoys the projects and videos that we watch in class. He is engaged in the material and really wants his voice to be heard. He participates in the Hebrew lesson, but still struggling to grasp the names of the letters or their sounds. He is trying though, and that is what counts. As we have discussed his has a hard time sitting still, when not doing an activity, whenever possible I sit with him or have him sit on a chair next to his classmate. The one step of removal from the class seems to help Ezra focus and not disrupt his peers. He seems thoroughly enjoys class and seems to have a great time each Sunday.
Adler is a conscious student, thinking carefully before he speaks or acts. When we are learning, he is a good listener and soaks up the information. In music with the Cantor, Jonah always sings and is starting to master many of the songs. While Adler is hesitant to raise his hand or answer questions, when he does speak up in class he always has something to add. As he is becoming more comfortable in the classroom, he talks more both, during discussions and when we're just chatting while also doing projects. Adler demonstrates a positive attitude to learning and is a pleasure to have in
The structure in a classroom requires a child to be attentive and adapt to the situation presented. This can be frustrating for an A.D.D. child, but it is a necessary life skill that needs to be developed and will be helpful for the child to succeed as an adult. A class room setting tends to be a little chaotic and loud at times in contrast with the quiet calm environment of the home with one to one attention. Through my experience with home schooling my son found the l...
I was placed in the Title 1 Reading classroom while spending time at Maplehurst Elementary. The environment of the classroom was fun and colorful. She had a large table that would seat 8 students at a time and a large carpet behind her desk for when we did floor work. Everyday when the students arrived to class we had a routine of starting the class off with letter sounds, trick words, and digraphs. It’s good for the students struggling in these specific areas for them to keep practicing and also good reception for some students.
In 1933, Adolf Hitler, a leader of the Nazi Party, rose to power in Germany. The Nazi Party abused their power in many different aspects, which creating issues beyond Germany’s borders. This abuse of power lead to the horrific event we know today as the Holocaust. The Holocaust caused over eleven million deaths, with approximately one million of them being children. The Nazis targeted certain groups of individuals including Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, mentally or physically disabled, and anyone who did not agree with Nazi Party. The Nazi Party had excessive power, which was used to undermine the others below them. Out of all of the individuals who were targeted by the Nazis; the Jewish were the most discriminated against. Six million out of the eleven million executed were Jews. The journey of the Jews through a span of only fifteen years showed how one event in history could be so crucial. Jewish individuals’ lives took a toll for the worse as the Nazis rose to power.
The synagogue is one of the most important aspects of the Jewish religion and community because it has crafted all churches and religious services we use in today’s world. The synagogue (from the Greek word for "assembly"), is a building where Jews gather for worship and religious instruction, and is one of the main focuses of Jewish life in every community. Ancient temples, including the Temple of Jerusalem, were regarded as resting places of the gods or goddesses of ancient Jewish heritage. Inside these temples, sacrificial ceremonies were performed by special priests. The synagogue, in contrast, is a gathering place for the people. Its services consist of prayer, song, and instruction. In fact, the custom of regular preaching originated in the synagogue. Any member of the worshipers with the necessary knowledge may lead the prayers and preach. The Christian churches and the mosques of Islam were modeled in reference to the synagogue. (Bamberger, B. J. (2014).
An opening remark from Dr. Fonge and Ms. Fonge appreciating the parents and the staff members of the Fonge Academy for working together to achieve a better learning environment. Dr. Fonge giving thanks to his dad for believing, supporting him throughout his journey and for being a great dad. The activities begin with memory verse, in which each student say a couple lines of their chosen verse. Follow along the dance performance of different grade levels, on which one of the group caught my attention because I saw people going near the performance and dropping money off a bucket. The students also showed how good they could broadcast news and debate on weather should parents buy their kids Christmas dresses every Christmas. It was a tough decision
Whole language is considered a "top down" approach where the reader constructs a personal meaning for a text based on using their prior knowledge to interpret the meaning of what they are reading. Teachers are expected to provide a literacy rich environment for their students and to combine speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Whole language teachers emphasize the meaning of texts over the sounds of letters, and phonics instruction becomes just one component of the whole language classroom. Problems associated with whole language include a lack of structure that has been traditionally supplied by the scope and sequence, lessons and activities, and extensive graded literature found in basal readers. Whole language puts a heavy burden on teachers to develop their own curriculum.
The book of Hebrews is a unique portion of the Bible because it is written as though it were a letter, directed at people the writer may have known. However, the book targets a seemingly broad audience of those without faith and also those that could be described as believers that have experienced persecution. A salient message within Hebrews is that people must persevere when they feel persecuted because Jesus Christ is their salvation, regardless of anything else that is happening in the people’s lives. An emphasis on the greatness of Jesus and his role as a mediator between God and those on Earth is dominant throughout the chapters and verses.
in the life of a Jewish person. It is a place of study, discussion and
Today I spent the day focusing on trying to observe the individual student in Mrs. W.’s classroom. I know that I only have a short time with them, but I wanted to try to get to see their unique personalities and temperaments. I paid particular attention to the student’s strengths to determine how many types of intelligence I could see relating to Gardner’s eight frames of mind: “verbal, logical/mathematical, spatial, body-kinesthetic, musical, intrapersonal, interpersonal, and naturalist skills” (Santrock 116-117). As I focus on individual students in this journal entry please know that I have changed their names for privacy.
He had days during each he would follow direction and seem eager to learn, other days he just was not into the sessions. Sometimes, there are words in the story that are utilized more than twice, I would make them repeat the words, read them repeatedly, and even learn to spell the words, however when I gave him an activity in which the word is feature he even though he recognizes the words, but he could not pronounce it. Frequently, he forgot words that he knew before but remember words that he just learn, other times it the complete opposite. That is why certain things that we work with I make sure that they are repeated, even if he’s learning something new I make sure implemented some of the old things to keep refreshing his
...s a teacher, infuse multiple modes of instruction within one lesson to help students with all intelligences learn and benefit from lessons.
Étan Levine’s article “Writing in Hebrew” focused on the resurrection of the Hebrew language from its original archaic version. In its original context, the Hebrew language was not only Israel’s primary tongue, but also its source of religious and cultural history. It was the language chosen by God and the primary source of language for the Bible. Like most ancient dialects, such as Latin, Old Norse, and Middle English, the Hebrew language around the age of CE was a form of speech and writing that needed translation. Despite its outdated speech and textual language, Jewish families continued to study Hebrew in its original format. The retention of the language kept the close nit community alive. Hebrew not only kept the Jewish lifestyle from losing its essence, but also preserved Jewish boys and girls own since of self- awareness and cultural inheritance.
Trinity Communities. “Commentary on the Letter to the Hebrews.” Library - The Father William nnnnnnnMost Theological Collection | Catholic Culture, Trinity Communications, nnnnnnnwww.catholicculture.org/culture/library/most/getwork.cfm?worknum=85.
On April 1, 2010, I was welcomed into Mrs. Smith’s all day kindergarten class at the O’Dea Core Knowledge Elementary School in Fort Collins Colorado to observe and note the classroom conditions, interactions of the children among themselves, the teachers or other authority figures and the manner in which learning takes place.
The team began a daily routine of staying up long into the night, working by lantern light to revise the next day’s lesson plan so that the students could understand it. As long as we were here, even if we could not teach any of our prepared material, we might as well try and teach the children something. Ironically, our team of instructors probably learned more Spanish during our month there than the children learned English.