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    Third Grade News

    September 19, 2014/24 Elul, 5774



    Gev. Lansing
    Tele: 414-254-6720
    Email: [email protected]











    READING
    We have already finished two more reading units in third grade! One story was silly; it was about a moose
    that was wrongly accused of taking a pie. He was put on trial, and we saw how drawing
    conclusions can be both helpful and harmful. The second unit contained many stories about
    how kids can help other people. In Destiny's Gift, a little girl helps a friend and store owner raise
    money to help save the store owner's bookstore, a great example of tikun olam. Our stories
    got us thinking about how WE, as third graders, could also do tikun olam by helping a local
    organization. We have decided to connect with an organization called Katy's Kloset to try to
    help them obtain much needed medical equipment for kids and adults. We chose this
    organization because they were helpful to one of our own third grade friends. Please stay tuned....there will
    be much more information coming in the next few weeks.

    Our grammar lessons focused on compound words, antonyms, four different kinds of sentences,
    complete/incomplete sentences and run-on sentences. We will continue to look at these over the next few
    weeks in our own writing.

    MATH
    By this time, your child should be working on, or have mastered, multiplying by 5's, 2's, 10's, and 9's. Some
    students are even working on 3's! Please continue to practice math facts daily at home. They are the
    foundation to our math program. The hard work the kids put into learning their facts now will benefit them
    throughout their math days for MANY years to come. Learning our "9 by's" may sound hard, but ask your
    third grader to tell you a few of the tricks we learned in class. 9 by's are really easy!

    SCIENCE
    During the past two weeks we have experimented with our senses of hearing and touch. We
    have used our senses to identify differences in objects, and we have discussed what allows
    us to make predictions. On Friday, we will be using our senses to test Oobleck. The kids have
    developed various experiments for us to try using our senses. It will be a fun, messy, and
    exciting learning experience created by the kids.

    YAHADUT (JEWISH STUDIES)
    In third grade we have been learning about Rosh Hashanah. Students have been reflecting on the past
    year and how to improve. Rosh Hashanah projects will come home next week. Shanah tovah!

    IVRIT (HEBREW)
    GEV. BACHAR'S CLASS:
    The children are learning vocabulary with a birthday theme. They are working on their writing, listening,
    speaking and reading skills in class and via their homework.

    GEV. GRUSSGOTT'S CLASS:
    The students have been learning new vocabulary and how to answer questions in Hebrew. They are
    working toward leading Morning Meetings totally in Hebrew.


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    MUSIC
    We have been studying music for the upcoming fall Jewish holidays. We have also been spending some
    time on partner songs.

    ART
    Third grade has been doing observational drawing. We took sketch boards, paper and pencils to our
    neighbor's garden across the street to study flower and leaf shapes. Then we looked at the shapes of tools
    from the wood table, such as claw hammers, saws, wrenches, and C-clamps, and drew those. Shapes and
    lines of the holidays will be next!

    CALENDAR
    Monday, Sept. 22: MAP Testing, 10 a.m.
    Wednesday, Sept. 24: Erev Rosh Hashanah: Noon dismissal
    Thursday & Friday, Sept. 25-26: Rosh Hashanah: No school
    Tuesday, Sept. 30: MAP Testing: 12:40 p.m.
    Thursday, Oct. 2: MAP Testing: 10:40 a.m.
    Friday, Oct. 3: Erev Yom Kippur: Noon dismissal
    Monday, Oct. 6: FAN order forms due
    Wednesday, Oct. 8: Erev Sukkot: 2 p.m. dismissal
    Thursday & Friday, Oct. 9-10: Sukkot: No school
    Wednesday, Oct. 15: Erev Shmini Atzeret: 2 p.m. dismissal
    Thursday & Friday, Oct. 16 & 17: Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah: No school

    NOTES
    Please remember the MJDS dress code when helping your child get ready in the morning! Shoulders need
    to be covered, shorts/skirts need to be closer to the knee than the hip, shoes must have a back strap (no
    Crocs or flip flops), and if leggings are worn, the top worn with them must completely cover your child's tush.

    See more pictures of our Oobleck experiment on my web page!



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