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Teaching and Learning Materials-Year Two

V'Shinantam Teacher Guide, Year Two
English Edition

The teacher guide is divided into three sections:
1. Introductory lessons on the Oral Torah, including skills acquisition for Mishnah study.
2. Selected mishnayot on the holy days.
3. Mishnah in textual sequence: lessons on selections from Seder Nezikin, Tractates Bava Kama, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra and Sanhedrin, around the theme of Ben Adam L'Chavero and Mishpat Zedek.

The guide specifies for the teacher how to teach each lesson, including the opening, the body, and the summary of each lesson, with suggested division of lesson time. The guide also contains all activities from the student workbook, with relevant answers, and ideas for additional student activity.

Please click on the following links to see pages for examples from the teacher guide in English:
Teacher Guide Lesson sample - English Edition



V'Shinantam Teacher Guide, Year Two
Hebrew Edition

Teacher guide for the first year of the program, the teacher guide is divided into three sections:
1. Introductory lessons on the Oral Torah, including skills acquisition for Mishnah study.
2. Selected mishnayot on the holy days
3. Mishnah in textual sequence: lessons on Tractate Berachot
The guide specifies for the teacher how to teach each lesson, including the opening, the body, and the summary of each lesson, with suggested division of lesson time. The guide also contains all activities from the student workbook, with relevant answers, and ideas for additional student activity.

Please click on the following links to see pages for examples from the teacher guide in Hebrew:
Teacher Guide Lesson sample - Hebrew
Edition


V´Shinantam Student Booklet, Year Two
English Edition

The Student Workbook for the second year of the program, in full color and extremely attractive, are interesting and enjoyable for children. The activities of the Student Workbook are intended for enrichment of the child in each Mishnah after learning the Mishnah with melody from the audio disk.
Activities include summary of Mishnah content, additional questions for thought and internalization of values and concepts, games, puzzles and other activities. Children are guided to individual and group activities as part of the lessons, and for additional study at home.

Please click on the following links to see pages for examples from the Student Booklet in English::
Student Booklet Lesson sample 1 - English
Edition
Student Booklet Lesson sample 2 - English Edition

 



V´Shinantam Student Booklet, Year Two
Easy Hebrew Edition

The Student Workbook for the second year of the program, in full color and extremely attractive, are interesting and enjoyable for children. The activities of the Student Workbook are intended for enrichment of the child in each Mishnah after learning the Mishnah with melody from the audio disk.
Activities include summary of Mishnah content, additional questions for thought and internalization of values and concepts, games, puzzles and other activities. Children are guided to individual and group activities as part of the lessons, and for additional study at home.

Please click on the following links to see pages for examples from the Student Booklet in Easy Hebrew:

Student Booklet Lesson sample 1 - Easy Hebrew
Edition
Student Booklet Lesson sample 2 - Easy Hebrew Edition

V´Shinantam Audio disk

Mishnayot were intended and edited for oral learning. Our audio disk for memorization of mishnayot is in the traditional Ashkenazic melody.
The disk includes two chapters of Tractate Berachot, all of Tractate Taanit, selected mishnayot on the holy days, and the famous V'Shinantam Theme Song for Mishnah study

Please click on the following links to hear:
V'Shinantam Theme Song
Example of a Mishnah in the traditional melody.



V´Shinantam Teacher Kit
English Edition

In addition to the Teacher Guide and Student Workbook, the teacher enriches the study of Mishnah with the TEACHING KIT which includes all posters for the year of study, games and activities for heterogeneous classroom work.

Please click on the following links to see:
Picture of aids from the the Teacher Kit - English Edition



V´Shinantam Teacher Kit
Hebrew Edition

In addition to the Teacher Guide and Student Workbook, the teacher enriches the study of Mishnah with the TEACHING KIT which includes all posters for the year of study, games and activities for heterogeneous classroom work.

Please click on the following links to see:
Picture of aids from the the Teacher Kit - Hebrew Edition



Mishnah Search Cards
Enrichment Center
Available in English and Hebrew Editions
 

The Mishnah Search Cards Enrichment Center is an independent learning station for the advanced, self-motivated student, and is part of the teacher kit. Click here to see a sample of one of the 63 cards included in its own box.
Picture of aids from Mishnah Search Cards - Sample front of card
Picture of aids from Mishnah Search Cards - Sample back of card



V´Shinantam Posters

The posters for the second year of the program center on the teaching of the Amidah and its structure for weekdays, Shabbat and holy days.



Jerusalem Center of the World Poster

This large, colorful poster depicts the unity of all Jewish prayer from around the world, joining together in Jerusalem, the gateway to heaven.



Amidah Headline Poster

Long, colorful poster for display at the front of the class, onto which details of the 19 blessings of the Amidah are to be attached during the appropriate lessons.



Shabbat and Holy Day Amidah Poster

This poster is designed to teach the difference between the weekday Amidah and the Shabbat and Holy Day Amidot.