Prayer+Scope+and+Sequence

   //T’fillah // is central to Rodeph Sholom School where we strive to produce graduates who can enter any //shul// in the world and feel comfortable not only reading prayers in the //siddur//, but also in their identity as Reform Jews. Students have acquired a high level of cultural literacy and a profound understanding of prayer. They understand prayers’ literal content in Hebrew and are equipped to engage with prayer on an intellectual and spiritual basis. Students learn Hebrew primarily through the context of prayer, Torah, and //Tanach//, and they acquire language skills and grammar to necessary to understand Modern Hebrew as well. Students also learn the origin of the prayers and the structure of the liturgy. They participate in and lead a variety of services including //Kabbalat// //Shabbat// and //T’fillah//. To participate fully in these services, students first arrive at an organic understanding of the services and the prayers within them. We hope that they ultimately become RSS graduates who are literate in the prayers of the Reform movement, in its ethical practices, and in its spiritual underpinnings.  This draft is a second rendering of items related to the //t’fillah// strand and is a working document. The prayers are introduced in categories that lend themselves to teaching a concept (e.g. Shabbat) and certainly any of a number of prayers may fit under that category. Some specific prayers are listed per level to provide a scope and sequence that the school may build upon. It goes without saying that the curriculum goes far beyond this and involves the teachers and students who will help develop it. Thus, some things might seem missing or misplaced, or mistakes may still exist. Please flag these so we can talk about them.    Prayer Curriculum 2009-2010 **Grade ** || **Prayer Category ** || **Theme ** |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">2s, 3s || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Chagim / //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Holiday Observances |||| <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Exposure to prayers and songs || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in Shabbat and holiday celebrations <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Engage prayer through age-appropriate play || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participation || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Pre-K || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Early Torah Stories |||| //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shema //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shabbat //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> blessings //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Modeh Ani //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will be able to: __ <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Participate and ask questions in Shabbat and during ceremonial observances of holidays <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain general concepts of Shabbat <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain general concepts and themes of each holiday and observance <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify and explain the use of basic ritual objects studied during the year <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Make independent, informed choices about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participation || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">K || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Gemilut Hasidim //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Barchu // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shema // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shehechyanu //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Oseh Shalom // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Sim Shalom // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Birkat HaMazon //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">(1st paragraph) || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify the structure of Shabbat including //Havdalah// <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain general concepts of Shabbat <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain general concepts and themes of each holiday and observance <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify and explain the use of ritual objects studied during the year <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify key features of synagogue <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Recite //brachot// (blessings) for different foods served during snack <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Participate in recitation of first paragraph of //Birkat Hamazon// (Grace after Meals) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make independent, informed choices about prayer <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Learning how to ask questions || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">1 || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Derech Eretz //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Mi Chamocha //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Ma Tovu // __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain general concepts of //Shabbat// <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayer from printed text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Recognize the structure of blessings <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the general concepts of prayers learned so far <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify and recite //brachot// (blessings) for different foods <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in recitation of //Birkat Hamazon// (Grace after Meals) <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Recite //Channukah// blessing independently <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify special liturgical texts including: a //machzor//, a //haggadah//, and //megillot// <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make independent, informed choices about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Learning how to ask questions || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">2 || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Torah |||| //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Eilu Devarim // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shalom Aleichem // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shema //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate comfortably in all prayers during //T'fillah// <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-style: normal;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain general concepts of Shabbat <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Demonstrate competency in specified prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the general concepts of prayers learned so far <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Recognize the structure of blessings <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify and recite //brachot// (blessings) for different foods <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in recitation of //Birkat Hamazon// (Grace after Meals) <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayer from printed text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how Sabbath services differ from weekday services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Give blessing response speeches during //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the purpose of a //siddur// <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the customs for showing respect to a //siddur,// synagogue, and //Torah// scroll <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make independent, informed choices about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Reflection on blessings || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">3 || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Israel || //<span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Misheberach //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">B’tzeit Yisrael //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //Mitzrayim// //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer for the State of Israel // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">L’Chah Dodi //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shalom Rav // |||| __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Demonstrate competency in specified prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the general concepts of prayers learned so far <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify vocabulary words derived from Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayers aloud in Hebrew, from a Hebrew text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify the three kinds of weekday (//Shacharit, Mincha, Ma’ariv//) services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how Sabbath services differ from weekday services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Give //d’vrei torah// during //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate prayer to their study of Israel <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Make independent, informed choices about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Reflection on Rabbinic stories ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Prayer Lists by Division and Grade Proposed 2009-2010 **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer at Home. What are the elements of Shabbat? ** ||  ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to prayer and Shabbat at home ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to prayer and Shabbat at home ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Shabbat including: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Morning prayer—part of class routines--including: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer at Home. What are the elements of Shabbat? ** ||  ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to prayer and Shabbat at home ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to prayer and Shabbat at home ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Shabbat including: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Home/Classroom prayers for young children including: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer at Home. What are the elements of Shabbat? ** ||  ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Kabbalat Shabbat, Sabbath and weekday Shabbat, holidays, life cycle events ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Kabbalat Shabbat, Sabbath and weekday Shabbat, holidays, life cycle events ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Kabbalat Shabbat, Sabbath and weekday Shabbat, holidays, life cycle events **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Text associated with holidays including: **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Selections from a //machzor, haggadah, megila//… ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">How do we pray? In what ways do we celebrate Shabbat? **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> ||  ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Kabbalat Shabbat, Sabbath and weekday Shabbat, holidays, life cycle events **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Kabbalat Shabbat, Sabbath and weekday Shabbat, holidays, life cycle events **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Blessings **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers said at Shabbat including: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">How do we pray? In what ways do we celebrate Shabbat? ** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Kabbalat Shabbat, Sabbath and weekday Shabbat, holidays, life cycle events **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Kabbalat Shabbat, Sabbath and weekday Shabbat, holidays, life cycle events **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to Israel including: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Additional Shabbat prayers including: **

**<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">4 || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Covenant (God—the third in the triad of God, Torah, and Israel || //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">V’Ahavta // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> //Shema//  //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Aleinu // || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Demonstrate competency in specified prayers  <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the general concepts of prayers learned so far <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify major themes and key concepts in prayers  <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain sources (//Torah// or rabbinical, e.g.) of prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Form vocabulary words from Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayers aloud in Hebrew, from a Hebrew text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the general structure of //Sabbath// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how //Sabbath// services differ from weekday services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in and lead //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Give a //d’var t’fillah// during //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Recognize additions to services including: <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">The //Neila//-only on Yom Kippur //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Musaf //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">-not observed by Reform congregations <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Understand the structure of a //siddur// (prayer book) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Give the historical context of key prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how the structure of the //Amidah// differs for different services <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make independent, informed choices about prayer || //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">D’var T’fillah // ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Why do we pray? Why do we celebrate Shabbat? ** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
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 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers integral to Shabbat including: **

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**<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** |||| **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">5 |||| <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Holy Community |||| //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Yotzer Or // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Adon Olam // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Yigdal // <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Kaddish <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">In depth Shabbat unit <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Life Cycle blessings <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Demonstrate competency in specified prayers <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify major themes, key concepts, and imagery in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain sources (//Torah// or rabbinical, e.g.) of prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Form vocabulary words from Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayers aloud in Hebrew, from a Hebrew text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the general structure of the three kinds of weekday (//Shacharit, Mincha, Ma’ariv//) services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Sabbath// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in and lead //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Give a group //d’var Torah// during //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain the structure of a //siddur// (prayer book), <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain the purpose and structure of a //machzor//, //haggadah//, //megilla//, etc. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Give the historical context of key prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate prayers to the theme of building a holy community (//kehilla kadosha//) <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make independent, informed choices about prayer <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> |||| <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">D’var Torah (group) ||  || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Why do we pray? Why do we celebrate Shabbat? ** ||||  ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Shabbat prayers including **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">:

<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">6 || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identity || //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Aliyah //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> blessings <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Blessings for reading from the //Haftarah// //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Amidah ( //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Structure of Shabbat form) || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Demonstrate competency in specified prayers <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify major themes, key concepts, and imagery in prayers <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make connections between prayers and other texts, self, world… <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Read prayers critically and ask exploratory questions <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain sources (//Torah// or rabbinical, e.g.) of prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Form vocabulary words from Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate vocabulary words and words from Hebrew text to Hebrew roots found in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayers aloud in Hebrew, from a Hebrew text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of the three weekday (//Shacharit, Mincha, Ma’ariv//) services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Sabbath// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how the //Amidah// differs for different services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in and lead //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Give a //d’var Torah// during //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain the structure of a //siddur// (prayer book), <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain the purpose and structure of a //machzor//, //haggadah//, //megilla//, etc. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Give the historical context of key prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate prayers to the theme of identity <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make independent, informed choices about prayer || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">D’var Torah (individual) || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Why do we pray? Why do we celebrate Shabbat? ** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers for preparing to be a bar or bat mitzvah including **

**<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">7 || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Crisis and Leadership; Metamorphosis || //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Aliyah //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">blessings <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Selections from the //megillot// scrolls <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Song of Songs <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Ruth <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Lamentations <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Ecclesiastes <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> Esther <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Interpretation, theology, context <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Review of Reform Judaism’s thoughts on the //Amidah// || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Demonstrate competency in specified prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the general concepts of prayers learned so far <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify major themes and key concepts in prayers <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make connections between prayers and other text, self, world… <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Read prayers critically and ask exploratory questions <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make informed choices based on thoughtfully derived logic and research <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain sources (//Torah// or rabbinical, e.g.) of prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how the historical context affected the prayer <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Place the prayer in the context of the development of Reform Judaism <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify and ponder concepts such as theology <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayers aloud fluently in Hebrew, from a Hebrew text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain and give examples of the relationship between Biblical and modern Hebrew <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify Hebrew roots in prayers and connect them to modern Hebrew <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Form vocabulary words from Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate vocabulary words and words from Hebrew text to Hebrew roots found in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Analyze the translation of Hebrew in a //Tanach// and critique it <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Sabbath// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Sabbath// services with //bar// and/or //bat mitzvahs// <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how the //Amidah// differs for different services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in and lead //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Give a This I Believe speech during //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain the purpose and structure of a //machzor//, //haggadah//, //megilla//, etc. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate prayers to the themes of change and leadership <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make independent, informed choices about prayer || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">This I Believe Reflection || <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Why do we pray? Why do we celebrate Shabbat? ** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Preparing to be a bar or bat mitzvah-prayers including: **
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Review of language and structure in prayers including: **

**<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Grade **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer Category ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Theme **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Student Standards ** || **<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students’ Roles in Shabbat ** || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">8 || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Justice, //Tikkun Olam// and Israel || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Aliyah blessings //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Sim Shalom // //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Havdalah //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> ritual during Shabbat in Israel <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer for soldiers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer for our country <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer for Israel <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayer for America //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">T’fillat haDerech //<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Benching //Gomel// <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> || __<span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Students will be able to: __ <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Demonstrate competency in specified prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the concepts of prayers learned at RSS <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Identify major themes and key concepts in prayers <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make connections between prayers and other texts, self, world… <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Read prayers critically and ask exploratory questions <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Make informed choices based on thoughtfully derived logic and research <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain sources (//Torah// or rabbinical, e.g.) of prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how the historical context affected the prayer <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Place the prayer in the context of the development of Reform Judaism <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Read prayers aloud fluently in Hebrew, from a Hebrew text <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain and give examples of the relationship between Biblical and modern Hebrew <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Identify Hebrew roots in prayers and connect them to Modern Hebrew <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Form vocabulary words from Hebrew roots in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate vocabulary words and words from Hebrew text to Hebrew roots found in prayers <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Analyze the translation of Hebrew in a //Tanach// and critique it <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Sabbath// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain the structure of //Sabbath// services with //bar// and/or //bat mitzvahs// <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Explain how the //Amidah// differs for different services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Participate in and lead //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Give a Senior Reflection speech during //Kabbalat Shabbat// services <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Explain the purpose and structure of a //machzor//, //haggadah//, //megilla//, etc. <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Relate prayers to the themes of Israel and //tikkun olam// <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Ask questions about prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Engage prayer in a kinesthetic manner <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make personal connections to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make comparisons related to prayer <span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Make independent, informed choices about prayer || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Senior Reflections || <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";"> <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Why do we pray? Why do we celebrate Shabbat? ** ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">A conceptual look at prayer ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: "Garamond","serif";">Prayers related to the 8th grade trip to Israel may include: **