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What do I when my students don't remember anything, from the parsha? We

start learning on Monday and by the end of the week they still don't know the

name of the parsha.

I'm not sure, but it makes me feel better that many of my students aren't sure which abc letter we're up to. 

Have you tried teaching them all the names of the parshios with a song about which one you're up to this week? 

I like to play a parsha story --Rabbo Juravel is great!--or 613 Torah Avenue tape while the kids are playing. 

It's funny that people have such an expectation for the kids to remember the name of the parsha....even when they're two years old! The kids only hear it a few times, the word has no meaning for them and they can't use any kind of associative trick to remember the word. True, many kids have the memory needed and just seem to pick up the word no matter its context. But I think it's very normal for them not to.
The suggestions given are the ones I'd give too:
1.Have a parsha song that's song each day for the entire chumash and stop by the parsha of the week
2.Repeat it MANY TIMES each day, if you want them to remember it and try to give it some sort of meaning.
3. I wouldn't worry about it.
But if a large percentage of the class can't remember the [u]content[/u] of the parsha after you have told it, then you have to go back and reevaluate how you're giving it over and what to do to help them recall the details: Are you overwhelming them with too many details, are they not attending properly, do they need more visual aids and props, do the stories have to be told in a more interesting fashion, do they need some review each time before going on, etc.
Hatzlacha!

hi here is how I have taught parsha in the past
you first need to know what is important in the parsha that you want to focus on

first day of the week when I start I do more of an overview, and as the days go by I add details but ALWAYS reviewing what was  done before.


try to bring in something special/ hands on for the parsha as you are learning about it.  it is so important to make it interactive

at the end of the week we role play the parsha (with props)

sometimes when we are in transition like waiting on line to wash our hands I'll asked questions from the parsha

songs are great

keep coloring pages of the parsha in your classroom so during free time they can color  -then when you see them discuss what they are coloring.

different parsha books in the classroom- the kids will love to look at them and then also they will be reviewing

Consider the age of the students is the amount and type of material we are expecting them to know in fact appropriate?
Meaningful material is easier to remember (since they can relate they more easily "own" the knowledge)
e.g. When I teach Parshas Lech Lecha to three year olds rather than giving the children meaningless names and ages to memorize by rote I talk about how great Avrohom was that he listened unquestioningly and with out delay to Hashem.  I talk about how they respond when Mommy calls them in comparison.
We have to remember children are not computers that we expect them to spit back what ever we put in. I never did parsha sheets for this age (I used other mothods to cummincate with parents so they new what was going on) and I always received rave reviews at just how much the children knew (including the name of the parsha) and spontaneously contributed to the Shabbos table when those around them began talking about the parsha

Consider the age of the students is the amount and type of material we are expecting them to know in fact appropriate?
Meaningful material is easier to remember (since they can relate they more easily "own" the knowledge)
e.g. When I teach Parshas Lech Lecha to three year olds rather than giving the children meaningless names and ages to memorize by rote I talk about how great Avrohom was that he listened unquestioningly and with out delay to Hashem.  I talk about how they respond when Mommy calls them in comparison.
We have to remember children are not computers that we expect them to spit back what ever we put in. I never did parsha sheets for this age (I used other mothods to cummincate with parents so they new what was going on) and I always received rave reviews at just how much the children knew (including the name of the parsha) and spontaneously contributed to the Shabbos table when those around them began talking about the parsha