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