Gan/Kindergarten:
Tefillah moment
Focus on the holidays and mitzvot
Creating a personal connection to God
Beginning Tefillot (prayers)
Classroom Hebrew

1st Grade:
Tefillah moment
Basic bible stories
Holidays
Focus on tzedakah (charity), gemilut hasadim (acts of loving kindness)and mitzvot
Beginning Tefillot (prayers)
Classroom Hebrew

2nd Grade:
Tefillah moment
Beginning Hebrew reading
Holidays
Parashat HaShavua (Weekly Torah Reading)
Jewish values
Beginning Tefillot (prayers)
Classroom Hebrew

3rd Grade:
Tefillah moment
Hebrew reading and writing
Friday night service
Our Connection to Israel
Book of Genesis
Holidays
Conversational Hebrew

4th Grade:
Tefillah moment
Exodus
Haggadah
Pesukei Dezimra (morning psalms)
Hallel
Torah Trope
10 Commandments
Cities in Israel
Conversational Hebrew
Holidays

5th Grade:
Tefillah moment
Megillot (Ruth, Esther, Jonah)
Jewish values (Being a Mensch)
Shabbat Shaharit (morning service)
Ancient Jewish History
The State of Israel
Conversational Hebrew
Holidays

6th Grade:
Tefillah moment
Lifecycle
Medieval Jewish history
Parashat Hashavua (Weekly Torah Reading)
Torah Service & Musaf
Holidays

7th Grade:
Tefillah moment
Mitzvot
Prophets

6th/7th Grade Sample Elective Offerings:
• Women in Judaism
• Jewish Ethics
• Jews Around the World
• Conversational Hebrew
• The Holocaust
• Israel
• American Jewish History
• Kosher Cooking
• Jewish Art

* These are the major topics covered in each grade. Subjects that appear in many grade levels such as holidays, conversational Hebrew, and Tefillot, build off one another from year to year.