Shalom Babayit Uvachutz (Shalom At Home And Outdoors) Shalom at Home focuses on the Jewish daily agenda at home from wakeup until sunset, hence containing subtopics regarding: morning and evening routines, the body, clothing and nutrition, and combining the respective prayers and blessings. Shalom Outdoors focuses on the world outside of the classroom and home. It is linked to the Creation of the world and is organized according to the seasons of the year. Shabbat Shalom This unit deals, respectively, with the preparations for Shabbat, the Mitzvot of Shabbat. The unit includes: • Blessing over the candles
• Blessing over the challah (Hamotze) • Blessing over the wine (Kiddush)
Parashat Hashavu’a The Parashat Hashavua unit presents a first cycle for the study of the weekly Torah portion according to the Jewish calendar. Chag Sameach The Unit consists of 10 topics: The High Holidays, Chanukah, Tu Bishvat, Purim, Pesach to Shavuot, Yom Ha’Atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim. SECOND GRADE OVERVIEW The overall curriculum goals in Second Grade focus on growing self-awareness and academic esteem by allowing our Ethical Covenant to shape and guide. Through Respect, Caring, Holiness, Responsibility, Justice, Citizenship, and Integrity, Second Grade students embark on a cross-curricular journey encompassed by collaborative Project-Based Learning to foster a sense of independence and preparedness in years to come. HUMANITIES Second Grade Humanities involves Language Arts, Word Study, and Social Studies. In Language Arts we use Conventions of Standard English, Knowledge of Language, Vocabulary Acquisition and Use, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Literature, Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity across Genres, Fluency, and Complex Writing. Throughout the year, we use a variety of resources for our Novel Study practice in order to build fluency and exposure to complex texts. Word Study is adapted through our Collaborative Classroom Curriculum. Collaborative Literacy is the only curriculum that authentically integrates social and emotional learning with literacy. It marries the latest research in literacy education with useful, concrete support for teachers to build a caring classroom community that motivates and inspires students to grow as readers, writers, thinkers, and principled people. In Social Studies, we are “Road Tripping Across the USA”. We launch our academic quest with our “Me on a Map” Unit. This unit supports self-reflection and discovery as a person in a community. We
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