103: How to Be An Amazing B'nei Mitzvah Tutor
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Welcome to How to Be An Amazing B'nei Mitzvah Tutor!

1. Welcome to How to Be An Amazing B'nei Mitzvah Tutor!
2. Goals For This Course
How to Be an Amazing BM Tutor - Course Handouts [ZIP]
In the Beginning

1. Get To Know Your Student
2. Sizing Up Their Hebrew Proficiency
3. Setting Expectations Around Studying
Overview of a Lesson

1. The Flipped Classroom
2. Overview of the Lesson
3. Focus on Process
Basic Tactics

1. Three Steps to Learning a Verse
2. Additional Strategies
3. Visualization Strategies for Melodies
4. Deep Dive: Highlighting
5. Deep Dive: The Dot Method
6. Deep Dive: Using Gesture
7. Modifications for Zoom and Facetime
When the Student is Having Trouble

1. When Problems Arise
2. Involve the Parents
3. Musical Challenges
4. Deep Dive: Musical Challenges
5. Deep Dive: Rhythm, Phrasing, and Breathing
6. Deep Dive: When They Can't Get That One Word
7. Reading Challenges
The End of a Lesson

1. Positive Framing
2. Remind them to Write Down the Assignment
3. If You Think They're Not Studying
4. Tracking Student Progress
Sample Student Tracking Spreadsheet
5. Reviewing the Timeline
Next Steps

1. Next Steps
Books for Further Study [PDF]
Community Standards [PDF]

The End of a Lesson

How to set a student up for success when they study at home.

6 Lessons