Sixth Grade Curriculum
Welcome to our sixth grade class at Beit Sefer Shalom! Your child will attend school on Sundays from 9:00am-12:00pm and Wednesday from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Like all of our classrooms, the sixth grade curriculum is customized for this age group and organized into the core areas of Jewish education listed below.
- Focus on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur
- Holiday origins
- Torah service and concluding prayers
- Help lead weekly prayer practice
- Tzedakah
- Preparation for B’nai Mitzvah, Torah and Haftorah Trope
- Amidah, Torah service and concluding prayers
- Jewish Living
- Review of life cycle events and common rituals for the synagogue and home
- American Jewish history
- Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur in the Bible
- Weekly Torah portion
- The culture of Israel
- History through the arts
- Tikkun Olam
- Bullying and the power of speaking out
- A focus on Jewish Character
