תולדותתולדותLearner ProfilesLearner Profiles

Tiered ActivitiesTiered Activities

Write A through H in a column:Put a check next to each statement you feel

describes you. Tally each group.A - Example: A - √ √ √ √ 4B - B - √ √ √ √ √ √ 6C - C - √ 1D - D - √ √ 2E - E - √ √ √ √ √ √ 6F - F - √ √ 2 G - G - √ 1H - H - √ √ 2

A•I like telling stories and jokes.•I like word games like Scrabble.•I enjoy talking and writing about my ideas.•I read books just for fun.•If I have to memorize something, I make up a rhyme or saying to help me.•If something breaks, I read the directions.

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B•I really enjoy math.•I like logic puzzles and brainteasers.•I like to find out how things work.•I love playing checkers or chess.•I like to put things in order.•If something breaks, I look at the pieces and try to figure out how they work.

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C•A favorite hobby is art or craft related.•I daydream a lot.•I like to draw, doodle, and create.•In a magazine, I like to look at the pictures rather than reading the words.•If I have to remember something, I draw a picture to help me.•If something breaks, I study a picture of it to help me.

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D•I enjoy playing sports.•When I look at things, I like to touch them.•I move my body a lot when I’m talking.•I like to tap my fingers or play with my pencil during a lesson.•I have a hard time sitting still for a long time.•If something breaks, I play with the pieces to try to fit them together.

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E•My radio is set to a music station.•I like to listen to music and to sing.•I like to have music playing when I’m doing my homework.•I play a musical instrument well.•If I have to memorize something, I make up a song or rhyme to remember it.•If something breaks, I tap my fingers to a beat while I figure it out.

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F•I love to go walking in the woods and looking at trees and flowers.•As an adult, I’d like to live in the country.•I like to collect things such as rocks, sports cards, and stamps.•I like gardening and growing plants.•I like learning the names of living things in my environment like trees and flowers.•If something breaks, I look around me to see what I can find to fix the problem.

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G•I get along well with others.•I like working with others in groups.•I like helping teach other students.•Friends come to me to ask my advice.•I have many friends.•If something breaks, I try to find someone who can help me.

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H•I like to work alone without anyone bothering me.•I don’t like crowds.•I know what I like and what I don’t like. •I don’t follow the crowd. I do what I want to do.•I have one or two good friends.•If something breaks, I like to fix things by myself.

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A - Verbal/Linguistic B - Logical/Mathematical

C - Visual/Spatial D - Bodily/Kinesthetic

E - Musical F - Naturalist

G - Interpersonal H - Intrapersonal

Core Concept: תולדות – Jews and Israelites are a family as well as a group with certain beliefs - is a recurring theme in the Book of Beresheet

Learner Outcome: Students will identify the recurring theme of Toldot - the genealogy of the Jewish people - and articulate why this theme is important.

Initiating Activity: Read 'פרק כ"ה19פס and then read the list on 25:3

Learner: Visual Spatial Activity:Identify the recurring theme and thendesign a representation of that theme in Beresheet

Learner: Linguistic IntelligenceActivity: Identify the recurring theme and then write a story or poem that describes it.

Tiered activities with formative or summative assessment imbedded

Lesson __1_, Part _8_:__Synthesis: Introduction of theme תולדות

Core Concept: Our ancestors lived according to the rules of Primogeniture and these rules had a direct effect on the lives of our fathers, specifically Yaakov

Learner Outcome: demonstrate understanding of the rules of primogeniture

Initiating Activity: I would use the sample activity in the English Madrich pg 75 and involve the whole class.

Learner:

Activity:

Learner: visual, spatialActivity: draw you and your siblings in birth order and then draw what each sibling would get according to this rule.

Tiered activities with formative or summative assessment imbedded

Lesson _2__, Part _6_:___Rules of Primogeniture

To prepare for our next Webinar

Gather learner profiles for 2-3 students.

Choose a specific segment of a תולדות lesson. Complete a graphic organizer for that section -- designing at least two tiered activities.

Core Concept: Different responsibilities and privileges among siblings can lead to complications.

Learner Outcome: Students will propose how the תקבלת emphasizes the import of these verses.

Initiating Activity: Have class chorally read verse 23.

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Lesson 2, Part 7 Focus on Poetic Divine Prediction (75)= הית הפואטית-התמקדות בנבואה האל (74)

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