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User Name :Yaichenbaum
Title :Rabbi
First Name :Yaakov
Last Name : Aichenbaum
City : Scranton
State : Pennsylvania
Country : United States
Zipcode : 18510
School Name : Scranton Hebrew Day School
City : Scranton
State : Pennsylvania
 
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Message Board Posts:47
1. How do we know if they even recognize the letters?  Is our assessment because they can point to the letters as the sing the alef/bais song or they can say the letters in order?

The only accurate assessment is if they can identify the names and sounds of the letters when they are shown the letters in RANDOM order.  Writing can help in the learning process as can other tactile/kinesthetic activities, but the main we we learn to read is THROUGH READING.  If they review and review again until the point of automaticity, then we know they have internalized the lesson.  Many kriah programs have minimal success because they do not overlearn the alef/bais.    I discuss the above issues at length in my kriah workshop.  You can view my kriah workshop in the audio/visual section of chinuch.org.

Rabbi Yaakov Aichenbaum
Kriah Specialist
Scranton Hebrew Day School
yaakov@ybm.edu
2. While there is much talk about differentiated instruction in English studies, many more traditional mechanchim find it difficult to adapt higher level Chumash and Gemara studies to different levels.  Does anybody have any ideas about how to do this?
3. THere is no reason not to talk about the brain even to elementary school age childre (of course on their level).  Look at Mel Levine's books where he talks about the idea of demystification and you will see how this can be done.
4. A new school year can start off slow for Resource Room teachers.  THe students need some time to get used to their classes before they are taken out to the Resource Room.  Does anybody have any ideas how to use this time productively before the Resource Room goes into full motion?

Rabbi Yaakov Aichenbaum
Scranton Hebrew Day School
yaakov@ybm.edu
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