Presented byLiat Walker

Mentor: Eynat Katz

בקול הכל

“We are committed to providing a caring, supportive community in which each student can grow academically, emotionally, socially and physically. The students are presented with a philosophy of life based upon the values and concerns embodied in Conservative Judaism, stressing social action and social responsibility. By instilling personal and social responsibility and love for Israel, we create a foundation for a life of continuity and dedication to the community, which extends to the home, the synagogue and the community at large.”

Mission Statement

Additional vision and curriculum

• https://tellagami.com

The Vision

• Our school uses the TaL AM curriculum 1st – 5th grade and we are frustrated that at the end of 5th grade our students do not possess oral fluency, rich language or vocabulary appropriate for various themes.

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• Our 5th graders are part of a 1:1 BYO iPad initiative and we want to explore how to better make use of iPads and other forms of educational technology tools to stimulate and encourage more conversational Hebrew both inside and outside of the classroom.

• This fits perfectly into the school’s mission which also states that at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School Computer Technologies are utilized as a tool for students to use in creating, communicating, making connections, researching and developing problem-solving skills. Students acquire fluency with technology concepts, applications, terminologies, and troubleshooting through working on projects and assignments that enhances and extend classroom learning.

SMART Goals

• Build on our students’ educational technology skills and tools in order to give them more opportunities to use Hebrew and improve their communicative language skills.

• Students will be assessed at least four times a year

toward the end of each quarter. This will serve as summative assessment

• TaL AM suggests that there are five stages of Oral Student Expression Assessment

Student Oral Expression Skills Assessment based on TaL AM:

• Stage 1: • Communicativity: message is unclear, • Vocabulary: only uses simple word combination for classroom communication, Proper use of syntax & grammatical

structures: incorrect, limited to acquired words & expressions• • Stage 2: • Communicativity: barely comprehensible, fragmented words & phrases • Vocabulary: limited to classroom themes, • Proper use of syntax & grammatical structures: incorrect, errors in use of grammatical structures• • • Stage 3: • Communicativity: message is clear, integrates mother tongue and translated words & phrases • Vocabulary: for functional/content-based communication, • Proper use of syntax & grammatical structures: masters preliminary language pattern, consistent errors in patterns yet

unlearned• • Stage 4: • Communicativity: communicative, rich and fluid language, • Vocabulary: rich vocabulary appropriate for various themes,• Proper use of syntax & grammatical structures: makes few mistakes in simple patterns, and consistent mistakes in

complex patterns• • •

Assessment Plan

• Students will be assessed at least four times a year toward the end of each quarter. This will serve as summative assessment to see if the students are moving towards the next stage.

• Students will be assessed using a Hebrew SMILE tool adapted with permission from Eric Golombek 2014, and implemented in-cooperation with the MJGDS Jewish Studies Staff)

Summative Assessment

80% of the students will improve their communicative oral language skills by at least

one level (refer to TaL AM stages) every year as measured by the Hebrew SMILE assessment.

Progress will be documented on the students’ individual blogfolios

Learning & Assessment Tools