Greetings 6th grade families,
I cannot wait to greet you tomorrow morning, our first day of in-person Sunday school in a year and a half. I am so excited to be back in the classroom with each of you! My name is Marla Aviva Bentley, or Morah (teacher) Marla. Many of you know me as the TBI Director of Music, and for some families, I have taught your older siblings in 6th grade. This is my 11th year teaching and working at Temple Beth Israel.
Some interesting things about me… Continue reading
One of the most exciting aspects of 6th grade at TBI is our year-long curriculum of cantillation, or learning to chant our sacred texts. We begin with Torah, and later in the year we will learn how to chant Haftarah. Cantillation marks are called trope, or ta’amei hamikrah טעמי המקרא in Hebrew. Continue reading
Welcome back from Winter Break. I hope that you are rested, refreshed and have had lots of time with friends and family. Now we that have returned things are moving quickly in class.
Please remind your students to practice at least 5 minutes a day for the Torah Trope Challenge, next Sunday, January 14th. Practicing looks like… Continue reading
Junior Youth Group is hosting a Dinner and a Movie Halloween event on Sunday, 10/29 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at TBI. See flyer for details: JYG-Halloween
Welcome to 6th Grade / Kitah Dalet! My name is Marla Aviva Bentley, but you can call me מורה מרלה Morah Marla. This is my 7th year teaching here at TBI. For some of you, I have taught your older brother or sister. I am thrilled to meet each of you and your parents in the coming week. To learn more about me and my family, visit the ABOUT page of our blog.
This blog is where you will come to find out all the latest information about our class. The Home page will keep a running journal of our class activities, projects and assignments. Other pages of the blog detail specific projects such as the T’filah Project page or Trope page. Whenever I post to our blog, I will send you an email with a reminder to check the blog. Please be sure that the email provided to the school is the email you prefer I send information to. If there is another email you want included in any newsletters, please let me know.
Don’t forget that the opening day of Sunday school, September 10, you will be attending B’nai Mitzvah Seminar with your parents from 9:00-10:00 am with Rabbi Weinberg. At 10:00 you will join me for the rest of Religious School. Parents are welcome to visit in our class after a presentation in the Sanctuary (around 10:20). Our second session of Hebrew school will be from 11:10-12:10, followed by the Brotherhood picnic until 1:00 p.m. Sisterhood will be having our annual bake sale from 8:45-1:00 pm opening day too.
In the meanwhile, I look forward to meeting all of you this Wednesday for the first day of Hebrew school!