The Kohelet Prize Database

Database Entries Tagged with: Yeshivat Noam

Differentiated Instruction

In this presentation, a different angle is taken to DI. It starts before the child ever walks into the classroom. By the time, the child has completed Day 1, a trust has been developed which will allow for teacher and child to succeed.

By: Rabbi Yehuda MInchenberg from Yeshivat Noam

Grade(s): 5, Elementary school, Middle school

Subject(s) of entry: Tanach

Pedagogy: UBD - understanding by design

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Yeshivat Noam: Connecting the Past to the Present and Making it Relevant to Middle School Students Using the Arts and Technology

Our unit of study explores the Immigrant Experience of 1880-1924 and the Holocaust to guide students to connect to the past which will broaden the students' understanding of his/her role in the present and his/her place in the future. Through the lens of individuals (Holocaust Survivors and New-Immigrants), students will be able to connect, appreciate, and apply key moments in history.

By: Rabbi Jeremy Hellman, Mrs. Rebecca Lopkin from Yeshivat Noam

Grade(s): 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Middle school, High school

Subject(s) of entry: Art, History, Literature, Theater, Drama

Pedagogy: Blended Learning, IBL - inquiry based learning, PBL - project based learning, UBD - understanding by design, 21st Century Skills

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Project Based Learning: How to Build a Functioning Society

“We shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all the people are upon us." Using this quote by John Winthrop, the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, as inspiration, my 5th grade students at Yeshivat Noam research and discover, through project based learning, what it takes to create a successful colony during early Colonial Times. Students are split into groups of Pilgrims and Puritans. Each group member is responsible for researching an important role : Leadership/Government, Trade, Food Provider, Shelter Provider, or Family Roles. Throughout the process students research a guiding question, make classroom presentations and together plan a Pilgrims and Puritans Fair teaching people that creating a successful colony is not so different from keeping a society successful today!"

By: Mrs. Heather Brukner from Yeshivat Noam

Grade(s): 5, Elementary school

Subject(s) of entry: Social Studies

Pedagogy: PBL - project based learning

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Morah Nechama Konigsberg

In this presentation, I describe three elements that combined make my Judaic studies learning environment unique: whole group and small group learning, using the classroom environment as a tool and resource, and multi-sensory learning.

By: Mrs. Nechama Konigsberg from Yeshivat Noam

Grade(s): 2, Elementary school

Subject(s) of entry: Ivrit, Tanach, Chagim - Jewish Holidays

Pedagogy: Blended Learning

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Learning Environment – Jennifer Dolny

My presentation displays the learning environment in my classroom. This learning environment encourages student centered learning and promotes academic, social, and emotional growth.

By: Mrs. Jennifer Dolny from Yeshivat Noam

Grade(s): K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Elementary school, Middle school

Subject(s) of entry: Art, Computer Science, Gemara, Halacha, History, Ivrit, Literature, Math, Mishnah, Music, Science, Tanach

Pedagogy: Blended Learning, 21st Century Skills

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Technology Opens Our Musical Minds

At Yeshivat Noam in Paramus NJ the use of iPads and a variety of music apps in our music program has opened up an exciting new world for our students. It has sparked widespread interest on the part of our students to eagerly pursue areas of music not only in our classrooms, but independently out of school.

By: Mrs. Adina Mermelstein from Yeshivat Noam

Grade(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Elementary school, Middle school

Subject(s) of entry: Music

Pedagogy: 21st Century Skills

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