Golden Aleph Hebrew

4-6th Grades (3rd Grade Optional)

1 mid-week day

Fee included in Grade Level tuition (Grades 4-6)
3rd Grade Optional add: $850

80% attendance is required, for children planning to have a B’mitzvah, so be sure to pick a day that suits your schedule for optimal attendance and success. Less than 80% attendance will require remedial tutoring at your own expense, if you plan to participate in the B’nai Mitzvah program.

What are HEBREW LESSONS all about?

The Golden Aleph Program is our mid-week Hebrew program, (modelled after a successful program at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades)!  The kids love it!

Golden Aleph will help students progress at their own pace, let them work with small groups at similar levels and provide incentives to work towards new goals each week.   And, the program is great for parents, too, helping you choose the time that is most convenient for your busy schedules and offering online study materials for helping your students if desired!

Step ONE:  All students must master the aleph bet and be able to list the names of each letter and the sound that it makes, plus be able to list the sounds of the vowels, all in just 5 minutes. Assessments will be given approx. every 2 weeks and teachers will help students work towards improving each time they take it until they are, at last, a master of the aleph bet.  When they become a master, they will receive a “golden aleph” dog tag necklace and be placed in the next group.  Students are expected to complete their aleph bet in their 4^th grade year, though children who begin late or fall behind can still catch up… don’t worry.

Step TWO: Students will often be moved to new group and teacher (if available) whenever they pass another level.  In this way, we ensure that students are working with other students who are progressing at a similar pace and level.

After the Golden Aleph level, students will work in small groups on sets of prayers (4-5 prayers per set). Their goal is to master the prayers. Mastery means being able to read the prayers with some fluency, understand and explain the meaning of the prayer overall and identify some key vocabulary words within the prayers.  Each time they master a set of prayers, another dog tag will be awarded.  4^th, 5^th and 6^th grade students who are working in prayer groups, are expected to complete a minimum of 1-2 prayer groups per year.

Step THREE: Continue through the groups and program, mastering all prayer groups AND also trope (Torah cantillation) with Cantor Mark. (Trope is reserved for 6^th grade students.)  If all prayer groups are completed before the completion of 6^th grade, there will be a conversational Hebrew offering for those accelerated students.