Gail Zaiman Dorph

Teaching Prayer Gail Zaiman Dorph

The holiday materials of this curriculum for 11 year olds emphasize a review and consolidation of the first three years of the Melton curriculum through an innovative set of worksheets and individualized instruction. Rather than focusing on frontal teaching, each topic is covered with a set of activities that the teacher can use with individual students, in groups or as homework. A wide range of activities allows students to choose, with the teacher's guidance, worksheets appropriate to their interests and knowledge. The prayer component introduces the student to additional liturgical texts connected to themes of the Jewish holidays. The one volume teacher text contains lesson plans, student worksheets, and the text of the tefillot that can be xeroxed. The tefilla program contain units on Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Tu Bishvat, Rosh Hodesh, Pesah, Shabbat, Yom Ha'atzma'ut and Shavuot.