Third Grade – כיתה ג

Welcome to Mrs. Spiegel’s and Mrs. Tran’s Third Grade Class!


 

Weekly Newsletter for the week of 3/22/2023

 

We had a wonderful week as we acted out parts of the Purim story. The class worked hard and earned a class reward which was watching a movie which detailed the Purim Story as well as much Jewish history. We hope you enjoy the hamentashen we made in honor of Purim and Shabbat. Ask your child the four mitzvot of Purim (listening to Megilat Esther once Saturday night and once on Sunday, enjoying a festive Purim meal, Mishloach Monot-giving at least two foods to one person and Matanote lievoynim-money to a minimum of two poor people)Have a Wonderful Shabbat and Happy Purim.

This week, we’re gearing up for the Science Fair and we shared our science fair projects with our classmates and peers. We all worked really hard on our projects and we’re looking forward to seeing the entire school’s science fair displays next week!

In writing, we shared our opinions about the characters in our class novel, James and the Giant Peach. We agreed that Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker were awful. We used evidence from the text to show proof of how they were awful to James. In reading, we studied literal and figurative language. For example, the seals were baking in the sun, meaning they were sunbathing, not that they were baking like cookies in the oven. In mathematics, we wrapped up our mass unit and started our capacity unit. We’re at the end of our measurement theme: length, mass, and capacity. Whoo-hoo!

Mrs. Tran