* Holidays - as relevant:
Hanukkah Candle lighting-- in 2 weeks before Hanukkah
Ma Nishtanah- in 2-3 weeks before Pesach
Unit 1. Erev Shabbat:
Kiddush- just Borei Pri Hagafen lines 3 and 4
Unit 2: Shacharit:
Birkot HaShachar - Pick 2-3 blessings
Bonus for skilled readers: Full set of blessings
Halleluyah (Psalm 150)
Barchu -Click here for integrated reading/meaning lesson on Barkhu
V'ahavta -Click here for integrated reading/meaning lesson on Shema
Mi Kamocha (pg. 2) -- 1st 2 lines
Bonus for skilled readers: All of pg. 2
Unit 3: Amidah: By beginning of 5th grade
Click here for integrated reading/meaning lesson on Amidah
WEEKDAY Kedusha
Bonus for skilled readers: Musaf Kedusha on pg. 2
Unit 4: End of morning service: By 2nd semester of 5th grade
Aleinu 1 -Click here for integrated reading/meaning lessons on Aleinu
Aleinu 2 -- just the last sentence
Review Adon Olam
Bonus for skilled readers: Ein Keloheinu
Bonus for skilled readers: Kaddish Yatom
-Click here for integrated reading/meaning lessons on Mourners' Kaddish
Unit 5: Bonus Prayers for 4th or 5th grades if they have completed Units 1-4:
Friday Evening Kiddush
Havdalah - 4 main blessings
Bonus for strong readers: Full Havdalah
V’shamru Click here for integrated reading/ meaning lesson on v'shamru
Birkat Hamazon (short) Click here for a fuller birkat hamazon option
Unit 6: Torah Service I: By beginning of 6th grade -- STUDENTS SHOULD WORK ON THIS UNIT THROUGH DECEMBER 2025 TO PREPARE FOR CLASS SERVICE.
Click here for integrated reading/meaning lessons on Torah service
Recordings of Ein Kamocha-Vay'hi Binsoa
Lecha Adonai - 1st 3 lines - Shema, Echad & Gadlu
Bonus for skilled readers: Full Lecha Adonai paragraph
Yhallelu - 1st 4 lines
Etz Hayyim - 1st 2 words; Etz Chayim lines through end
Unit 7: Torah Service II: By 2nd Semester of 6th grade
Before Aliyah Click here for integrated reading/meaning lesson on Birkot haTorah
Cantor Recording for Torah Brachot
How to have an aliyah-- video and audio!!!
Blessing before Haftorah (pg. 1)
Blessings after Haftara- First Bracha
Blessings after Haftara- Last 3 Brachot
Tallit Brachah - top of this doc
Bonus (if didn’t do in earlier years): Friday Evening Kiddush