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
The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators and alum/author Evan Wolkenstein are pleased to present our new and innovative Bar/Bat Mitzvah / middle school Judaics/Lit curriculum, based on Evan’s novel, Turtle Boy (Random House, 2020). Each unit includes both a remote…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, 21st-Century Learning, Expand Your Mind, Positive Classroom Culture
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
As educators, it is not our goal to have students answer our questions nor simply get good grades; rather, we hope that we are helping to shape our students’ thinking skills, values and emotional intelligence. Yet, how do we help…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Positive Classroom Culture
We’ve heard it all before – if we want our students to succeed, we must have high expectations of them. This is all well and good, but how do I communicate my expectations to students so that they will get…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Positive Classroom Culture
“And you, rodfei shalom – speak gentle and good words”- Rabbi Menachem Sariro, Morocco 18th Century. I agree to become a rodef shalom (pursuer of peace), a partner in the effort to transform society by changing the way I communicate…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Jewish Models for Conflict Resolution, High School, Critical Issues, Mahloket Matters/Conflict Resolution, Middle School
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