When We're Away from School Because were Sick...

I would like to let you know what we discussed today about times that we need to take off school...

Sometimes we need to take off school because we are sick. It is not our fault and we dont want to come back to school too quickly and let other kids catch our germs...

BUT we still have the responsibility to catch-up the work that we have missed!

Morah does not expect us to catch-up all at once the work we have missed but within a week we are responsible to have all the work done.

Now that we are in 3rd grade - every day of the school year is accounted for and there are learning goals for every day! Missing out even one or two days without catching up will affect our grades!

If parents are able, it is ideal for the work to be picked up from school on the second day that a student is absent, if they will continue to be absent for more days...

Middah of the Week - 'Kovod Habriyos' - Respect for Hashem's creations

Everything that Hashem made

deserves respect its true

Even if it seems worthless

Or if someone is different than you.

Today we discussed:

• Although we are different we are all special to Hashem
• Accepting everyone
• Respecting every person, regardless of where they come from, and not making fun of anyone
• Taking care of the world that Hashem entrusted in our care, making sure not to destroy anything needlessly.

This Middah has so many applications!

It is very meaningful to us when you send a Middos Message Note related to the Middah of the Week!

Thanks for all those times you noticed and sent a note!

Trip - Wed Nov 10th - Tifferes Stam Judaica Store - Coney Island

We will be having a behind the scenes tour at a local Judaica Store. We will be seeing how Mezuzos, tefillin and Sifrei Torah are made. From the parchment; ink; Scribe who writes the words and special cases of each item - everything is part of an exact process. A Scribe who works in this workshop will show us how all the parts are made and we will get to see real Scribes/Sofers at work writing and correcting scrolls.


Were excited that our kids have the opportunity to experience an authentic 'Safrus Workshop' from up-close!


We will be having a tour at 11:30 - 12:15. We will be travelling 1st - 4th grade together by school bus.

Writing - Revision

We are finishing up our drafts now. We have learnt that authors reveal something important in their writing. We tried to implement this strategy by thinking about an important idea we can reveal or something that we discovered about ourselves in the story. We have organized our draft, with a good beginning, middle and end. And now it is time to REVISE!

Authors revise their writing to add more meaning and make it more interesting to the reader. Today we practiced adding dialogue into our drafts. Dialogue makes our story more meaningful and exciting. It fills in information that we have not included and will help our reader understand emotions in the story.

At home, we will be continuing to look at our draft and add dialogue.

Next week we will be working on other revision strategies: adding voice and feelings to help us understand author; adding description and interesting words.

Math Unit 3

On Tuesday we had a test on Unit 2.

Today we began Unit 3.

Please check the Unit 3 Family Letter that was placed in your child's homework folder to learn about this unit and for help in guiding your child with their math unit 3 homework.

Overview of Unit 3: Linear Measures and Area:

The standardization of units of measure in a society usually evolves in three stages. First, individuals define their own units of measure, which have little in common with units used by others. Second, the local community agrees upon a common set of units. finally, standardization develops to facilitate communication among communities.
The first three lessons of unit 3 follow this progression. Children pace off a distance with their shoes; they create a common unit for the class; and they measure lengths using U.S. customary and metric units.

The remaining lessons of Unit 3 extend work on perimeter and area begun in previous grades. They also begin investigating the value of pie by exploring the relationship between diameter and circumference. Unit 3 has four main areas of focus:

• To explore the need for standard units of measure



• To measure lengths using customary and metric units



• To develop the concept of area, and



• To investigate the relationship between diameter and circumference.

Election day

Today we discussed Election Day:

• What an election is - getting to choose or vote.
  
• When Election Day is - first Tuesday after first Monday in November.


• Democracy - people are able to choose their leaders.


• Now everyone has a chance to vote.
  

Words We Know:

1. ballot
   
2. ballot box


3. choose


4. election
   
5. register


6. vote


7. voting machine
   

In our class we will practice voting! We will choose the charity that we want to donate the money in our Tzedakah box to.

Today we heard about 3 amazing Jewish Charity organisations. Before we vote we will need to learn more about these organisations. Then we will choose which one we would like to donate our Tzedakah box money to.

- Ten yad: Takes care of brides and gives them everything they need for their wedding and their new home
-Hasc: services for children with special needs. Runs a camp for special needs and disabled children to make them happy

Ohel: An organisation that fills the needs of lonely people in the community; Foster care service and other social needs.

We are also open to voting for any other Jewish Charities that the children suggest...

You may look at the websites of each of these organisations to learn more about them with your child...

Middah of the Week: Welcoming Guests

Middah of the Week: Welcoming Guests

Today we discussed inviting guests to our home and how we treat visitors.


Our class came up with lots of ideas of how to make guests feel comfortable and happy.



If your child has a chance to practice this Middah during the week - please fill out a Middos Message note.