Wrestling with Big Questions in Third Grade by Jessica Rivo, Teacher and Jewish Studies Curriculum Lead at Temple Beth Ahm (Rambam Day School), and Pardes Day School Educators Program ’17-’19 Teaching Parshat Hashavua to my third graders at Rambam Day…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities, Expand Your Mind, Positive Classroom Culture
Deer Ears By Tova Messer, MJed, MSW Pardes Day School Educators Program ’18-’20 | Judaic Studies Teacher, Striar Hebrew Academy In fairy tales, in order to have a wish fulfilled, you often have to give something in return. Last fall,…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, 21st-Century Learning, Classroom Techniques/Activities, Expand Your Mind
Discussion, one of the cornerstones of classroom interaction, is all too often used loosely to include almost all classroom interaction about course content. However, as James T. Dillon demonstrates in his book Using Discussion in Classrooms, moderating a classroom discussion…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities, Positive Classroom Culture
By PCJE with thanks to the following Pardes Educator graduates: Michal Cahlon, Elizabeth Corlin, Ron Einhorn, Shayna Goldberg, Hayley Delugach, Sarah Margles, Donna Rudolph, Jamie Salter, Adam Tilove, Jessica Lissy Trey and Jen Truboff. Goals: Students have an opportunity to…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities, School Year Cycle
As the end of the school year fast approaches, we encourage you to plan your closure/s for the year’s learning. How will your students assess what they have learned, how they have grown and who they have become as learners?…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities, School Year Cycle
The goal of the book Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, and Karin Morrison is to provide teachers with techniques and routines that can help make their students’ thinking more clear, intentional and communicable. The particular thinking routine…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities
Thanks to Jessie MAllor, Cohort 7, for contributing this article. Pintroductions is a trigger activity using uncaptioned pictures, focused on exploring major themes in text. I developed it because I was teaching a book -Sefer Yonah – that my students…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities
Thanks to Amanda Pogany for contributing this article “In this class, we are never finished. Learning is a process that never ends.” Carol Ann Tomlinson Anchor Activities are designed for students to work on once their class work is completed.…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities
While there are different ways to do this, basically the activity consists of the following: 1. Choose a number of subheadings within any category. For example, for Chanukah, topics could include (depending on the age you teach): sources, history/the story,…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities
Thanks to Amanda Pogany for contributing this article. Definition: 1. A visual organizer such as a map, web, chart, or diagram that shows relationships. 2. A tool used to arrange thoughts and ideas in an orderly fashion. One of the…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Classroom Techniques/Activities
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