Here is a write up I did the other year.
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Goals:
1. Students will gain organizational skills
2. Students will be empowered to complete homework independently
3. Students will complete homework independently
Materials needed:
1. Binder
2. Sheet Protectors
3. Dividers - The teacher should provide these with the appropriate labels already filled out. Every student's red divider is chumash, yellow is dinim, so you can teach the students how to add to their binder and use it with minimal instruction
4. Yoman
Instructions:
Have each student bring a 1 1/2 inch binder and dividers. Put in the yoman, sheet protectors, dividers and folder at the beginning of the school year. Teach the students how to add papers to the proper section. Send papers home to the parents in the folder in the binder. Leave 5 -10 minutes each day to add assignments to the binder
Helpful Tips:
1. During class, have the students use their reference guides to answer their questions rather than asking another student or a teacher. Example:Student "What does שמע mean" Teacher: "where can you look that up?" This will help them do their homework without needing parents help.
2. I have a store and a token economy for an incentive - I give $1 for the binder being organized at the end of the day and the homework recorded legibly and in the proper place and $1 the next day for the homework being handed in in the right place, yoman signed and the folder emptied.
Letter to parents
Homework Binders
The Homework Binder is a
three ring binder that students will use every day to develop their
organizational skills. It contains dividers, folders, and sheet protectors.
Hopefully this binder will eliminate lost homework and disorganized backpacks.
Inside the Homework Binder
you will find:
Pencil Case:
This pencil case will be used to hold flash cards for current units. It should
not be used for regular school supplies.
Sheet Protectors: These
are used to help protect important classroom/school information & homework
helpers such as שרשים list, prefix
suffix list, בנינים charts, etc.
Yoman - homework book - with all assignments written
Judaic Homework sheet – The nightly homework assignment
חומש section: Linear translation for the current פרק as
well as any other handouts that may be necessary to complete the homework and study
for quizzes.
עברית section – current vocabulary words and grammar rules
General Studies
sections - for general studies homework and
all materials necessary to complete the homework.
Folder: Safely transports all paperwork to
and from school including graded work, newsletters, etc. Please empty on a regular basis
The binder must be brought
home every night and returned to school every day.
Homework
There will be homework most nights of the year. Homework
is important as it helps to practice and reinforce what is taught in class. It helps
prepare students for success.
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The homework will be written in the
Yoman planner.
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Some homework will be assigned at
the beginning of the week and due on Friday.
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Any homework sheets will be found in
the Homework Binders.
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Students should be able to
do most assignments on their own using the reference guides in the binder. If your child is not able to regularly finish
an assignment, please send a note or comment on the Yoman.
Sheet Protectors
The 2012-2013 sheet protectors have been prepared and contain
- Daily School Schedule
- Classmate List
- One page School Calendar
- A page with the whole hebrew alphabet including the block, script, and rashi fonts
- The cantillation marks (trop) that are used to divide pesukim http://www.scribd.com/doc/103654342
- A one page color-coded chart to conjugate hebrew verbs http://www.scribd.com/doc/103654348
- Reference page with all hebrew prefixes and suffixes
- vocabulary list of all verbs found in parshas Chayei Sarah
- A vocabulary list of all nouns found in Chayei Sarah.
This system works beautifully and can be shared by both the secular and Judaic faculty.
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