About 200 teachers are expected to attend. We want to increase teachers' levels of Judaic knowledge and provide both professional training and skills specific to the Jewish classroom. There's a wealth of ideas and resources out there. If we can begin sharing what we've created, we won't have to continually reinvent the wheel. For example, the giraffe game can be laminated, wiped clean and covered with new words to increase vocabulary.
More advanced learners can match conjugations to their root words.
Giraffes aren't the only creatures she brings into the classroom, though. Teachers just draw up new questions. The game is successful, Findling said, because it's fun for students and the learning isn't rote. It's how we study Torah. The twists and turns.