newsletter dec. 11th grade 3

B"H

Shalom Dear Third Grade Parents,

We sure had a busy week! In Chumash we had our test on the first nine psukim in perek 24 including a Rashi we learned. I should have the tests back by the end of this week. We continued our study of the laws and story of Chanuka.You can ask your third grader the following: When does Chanuka start? Why do we celebrate it- what are the 2 miracles that happened? Where do we put the chanukia? What is the difference between a Chanukia and an Menorah? How do we light the Chanukia? What did Beit Shammai say?What did Beit Hillel say? Who do we go by and how can we remember it? We will continue with more laws this week.We use different games to help us remember the phrases for both subjects of Chanuka and Chumash like charades, pictionary and , of course, dramatic readings in Chumash. We were also busy learning the songs for our show with hand motions and movement. The theme of our presentation will be : "Bayamim HaHem, Bazman Hazeh" (In those days and in the present time). We will continue our study of perek 24 this week with some new psukim telling us of Eliezer's trip to Haran to find a wife for Yitzchak and of his request for a sign from Hashem so he knows who the right girl for Yitzchak is. However, we will be focusing more this week on completing our Chanuka packet and rehearsing for our Chanuka show. Please remember it is next week Wed. at 9:30.

We also reviewed and completed a packet on the techiliot (prefixes) in Chumash. This helps the children be able to identify the 'shoresh" (root) more easily. There will be a quiz on the 'techiliot' this Thursday. They all seem to remember them quite well, so I don't anticipate any problems. However, review of the techiliot packet is strongly recommended.

We had a lovely Shabbat party with Rabbi Elbaz on Friday. The children know so many songs (thank you Rabbi Elbaz!) and heard a wonderful story from Rabbi Hauser.

I hope your child shared the parsha with you . Please remember to sign it so I know you did.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Shavua Tov!

Morah Robin