6

TH
GRADE


Students can tell when it is the appropriate spot to pause or stop
in a pasuk.
Students can translate by identifying the shoresh, prefixes and
suffixes of the words in the pasuk.
Students acquire a sophisticated Chumash Vocabulary
Students can understand the basic idea of a Rashi.
Students start to develop analytical skills, tuning into
inconsistencies in the pesukim, and learning to question what the
inconsistencies are.


7
TH
GRADE
Students continue broadening their Chumash Vocabulary,
sharpening analytical skills, and improving proficiency in
understanding Rashi.
Students should begin to develop critical thinking skills in
Chumash and can create meaningful connections between ideas
learned.
Students start to establish how broader ideas are connected to
the topics that the class is learning.
Students can read punctuated text correctly.


8
TH
GRADE
Rashi Skills are fine-tuned, including the development of a Rashi
Voabulary and an understanding of his general format and style.
Students can guess / understand Rashis questions from the words
of the pasuk.
Students can differentiate between the various types of Rashis
questions (dikduk, extra words in the pasuk etc).
Students can learn, recognize and be able to utilize key Roshei Teivot
in Rashis peirush.


9
TH
GRADE
Students can begin to read without punctuation
Students can translate independently, inferring meaning from the
context and their knowledge of Shorashim, prefixes, and suffixes
Students are very familiar with the page layout of Mikraot Gedolot
Students can easily locate Dibur HaMatchil (title) of commentaries
Students can begin to compare other commentaries to Rashis
10
th
GRADE
Students can read Pshat without punctuation
Students can read the road signs of Mefarshim when they are
quoting others, stating their own opinions, disagreeing, etc
Students can identify the key phrases of Mefarshim
Students are exposed to and can begin utilizing tools to help them
decode difficult words and phrases in the text
Students can compare/contrast Mefarshim, identifying on which point
they differ
Students can isolate the punch line/main idea in commentary
11
TH
GRADE
Students can understand a unit of Pesukim independently, making
use of strategies to understand and assign meaning to a collection of
Pesukim
Students can identify anomalies in the text, anticipating questions of
the Mefarshim
Students can differentiate between pshat-oriented and drash-oriented
interpretations of the Mefarshim
Students can begin to notice the differences in the styles of
Mefarshim
Students are able to extract the main idea from an interpretation
independently
12
TH
GRADE
Students can summarize a unit of psukim, identifying significant
highlights
Students can generate a range of questions on the text, including
philosophical, grammatical, and contextual
Students can generate answers to their questions independently, as
well as note the answers of basic commentaries on the text .
Students are familiar with the styles of different commentators,
anticipating how different commentators will address certain
questions