Grade 3 Curriculum Overview Math Social Studies/ Language Arts Hebrew Language Judaic Studies: Judaic Studies: Science Arts Tefillah, Parasha, Hagim Humash, Israel Singapore Math - Primary Social Studies Reading Reading Tefillah Hagim Mathematics - is used in Grades K-5 Communities Around the World Literature *Using Haverim B’Ivrit and the Tal ● Creating a Makom Kadosh ● Hagei Tishrei ● Numbers to 10,000 How do culture, geography, and ● Fiction Am Curriculum ● Choreography of Tefillah ○ Hodesh Ha’Slihot ● Addition and Subtraction history shape a community? How ○ Character Study ● Reading Short Fiction and Non- ● Introduction to Hallel ○ Mitzvah of the Shofar ○ Mental Calculation are world communities the same? ○ Conflict and Resolution Fiction Passages, Letters, ● Mashiv Ha’Ruah ○ Cycles and the Lunar Calendar ○ Sum and Difference How are they different? ○ Inferencing Invitations, and Comics for ● Modim at Thanksgiving ○ Brachot, Mitzvot, and ○ Estimation ○ Character Traits - Beyond the Meaning ● Al Ha’Nisim at Hanukkah Minhagim ○ Word Problems Geography, Maps, and Globes Text ● Reading in All Genres with ● Introduction to Minhah ○ Sukkah K’Sherah - Layshev ○ 4-digits ● Geographical Features ○ Setting and Plot Accuracy and Fluency ● Hatzi Kaddish BaSukkah ○ Multiple-Step Word Problems ● Kinds of Maps ● Folktales ● Avot and Imahot in the Amidah ○ Arba’at HaMinim ● Multiplication and Division ● Structural Features of Maps ○ Traits of the Genre Vocabulary ● Shalom in Tefillah (Oseh Shalom, ○ Yom Tov vs. Hol Hamoed ○ Multiplying Ones, Tens, ● Scale ○ Common Themes ● Haverim B’Ivrit 3 & 4 Shalom Rav, Sim Shalom…) ● Hanukkah Hundreds, and Thousands ● Physical Features and Climate ○ Relation of Folktales to Origin ● Selections from Tal Am ○ The Story of Hanukkah ○ Quotient and Remainder Affect Settlement and Population ● Non-Fiction ● Patakh Het Vocabulary ○ Concept of Miracles ○ Dividing Hundreds, Tens, and Growth ○ Cause and Effect ● Mifgash Boker Vocabulary Parasha ○ Accurate Lighting of the Ones China ○ Reading for Information ● Brachot Recited upon Reading Hanukkiah ○ 6s, 7s, 8s, and 9s ● Geographical Features ○ Features and Structures of Grammar Torah ○ Brachot, Mitzvot, and ○ Problem Solving ● Life in China vs. Life in the U.S. Non-Fiction Texts ● Present and Past Tense ● Each Parasha is taught with a Minhagim ● Money: Dollars and Cents; ● Culture, Celebrations, Festivals ● Poetry ● Asur L… Structure focus on a theme or on mitzvot ● Tu B’Shvat Addition and Subtraction; ● Key Events and People in History ○ Poetic Language and Devices ● Yesh Li...Aval...Ayn Li learned, for example: Vayeira - ○ Gematria Multiplication and Division ● Government ○ Organization and Structure ● Tzarikh L... Hakhnasat Orhim; Vayigash - ○ Brachot: Pri Ha’Etz, Pri ● Fractions South Africa ○ Types of Poetry ● Possessive Words Forgiveness and Reconciliation; Ha’Adama ○ Fraction of a Whole ● Geographical Features ○ Analyzing for Meaning ● Imperative Plural Trumah - Our Contributions and ○ Mahzor Ha’Etz, Mahzor ○ Equivalent Fractions ● Life in South Africa vs. Life in ○ Understanding Word Choice ● L’An/L’Eyfo Tzedakah Ha’Mayim ○ Adding Fractions China and the U.S. ● Ka’asher Ani... ● Purim ○ Subtracting Fractions ● Culture, Celebrations, Festivals Writing Humash ○ V’nahafokhhu ○ Fraction of a Set ● Key Events and People in History ● Narrative: Small Moment Stories Writing ● Grammatical and linguistic ○ Mishenikhnas Adar… ○ Fractions and Money ● Government ● Informational: Animal Research ● Expanding Sentences - Short structures of the language of the ○ The Importance of Happiness ● Time: Hours and Minutes; Other Israel ● Opinion: Letter Writing; Book Paragraphs or Stories Torah are developed in order for ○ Megillah vs. Torah Units of Time (Integrated Unit with Judaic Reviews; Persuasive Paragraphs ● Utilizing New Grammar and students to be able to access the ○ Ra’ashanim - Wiping Out ● Geometry: Angles; Right Angles; Studies) ● Fiction: Folktales; Light & Color Vocabulary in Writing text more independently Haman’s Name Quadrilaterals and Triangles; Solid ● Geographical Features Science Writing ● Review Navigating the Torah Text ○ Demonstrating Gratitude - Figures ● Life in Israel vs. Life in South ● Poetry Conversation ● Introduce the Concepts of Big Mishlohei Manot ● Area, Perimeter, and Volume Africa, China, and the U.S. ● Revision and Editing ● Conversation Developing around Ideas and Essential Questions ● Pesach ● Length: Meters, Centimeters, and ● Culture, Celebrations, Festivals ● Expanding Sentences Content, Vocabulary and ● Noah Unit ○ Concept of Freedom Kilometers; Yards, Feet, and ● Key Events and People in History ● Begin Varying Sentence Structure Grammatical Structures Taught ○ God Changes the Way God ○ Four Names of the Holiday Inches; Miles ● Government Feels about Mankind ○ Bedikat Hametz, Biur Hametz, ● Weight: Kilograms and Grams; Word Study ○ Evil in the Time of Noah vs. Mekhirat Hametz Pounds and Ounces; Word Science Words Their Way and Rebecca Evil Today ○ Seder HaPesach/Hagaddah Problems ● Patterns and Predictions Sitton Spelling Are Used for Spelling ○ What is a Tzadik? ○ Yom Tov vs. Hol Hamoed ● Capacity: Liters and Milliliters; ● Gravitational Force Interactions ● Parts of Speech: Nouns and Verbs ○ Concept of a Brit ● Yom HaShoah Gallons, Quarts, Pints, Cups ● Magnetic Force Interactions ● Parts of Speech: Adjectives and ● Lekh Lekha Unit ○ Commemoration of the Day ● Maglev Train Challenge Adverbs ○ Avram and Sarai’s Family ○ Lighting a Yizkor Candle ● Reflection and Refraction ● Writing Conventions Tree ● Renewable Energy: Design, Build ● Figurative Language ○ Relationship between God ● Yom HaZikaron and Test Solar Box Oven ● Word Choice and Avram ○ Siren ● Organism Study: Honey Bees ● Homophones/Homographs ○ God’s Blessing to Avram and ○ Conversation about the IDF ● Inheritance and Trait Variation ● Capitalization: Review People, the Concept of Being Blessed ○ Transition from Sadness to Joy ● Test 2: Solar Box Oven Streets, Places; Titles ○ The Promise of the Land ● Yom Ha’Atzmaut ● Animal Research ● Punctuation: Commas, Quotation ○ The Significance of Our ○ *See Israel Unit ● Weather Patterns and Predictions Marks, Ellipsis, Review End Marks Hebrew Names ○ Commemoration of the Day ● Plant the Three Sisters Garden ● Contractions ● Yom Yerushalayim ● Test 3: Solar Box Oven ● Apostrophes in Possessives Israel ○ *See Israel Unit ● Compound Words The Israel Curriculum in Grades 1-5 ○ Commemoration of the Day ● Prefixes/Suffixes is divided into four units to be ● Lag B’Omer/Shavuot ● Long Vowel Combinations studied throughout the year: Yisrael ○ Counting of the Omer ● Syllabication Sheli, Tu B’Shvat, Yom Ha’Atzmaut, ○ Commemoration of the Day and Yom Yerushalayim. The units ○ Tikkun Leil Shavuot look at Israel through the lens of ○ Minhag of Eating Dairy geography, history, and culture. The ○ Mitzvot Learned from Megillat “Enduring Understandings” for all Rut (Kindness, Leadership, grades are as follows: Israel Is an Caring for the Poor) Independent State; Israel Is a home ● Shabbat Unit for Every Jew. ○ Shabbat Mevarkhim -The Role of Rosh Hodesh Yisrael Sheli ○ Kodesh vs. Hol ● Hopes and Dreams: HaTikvah, ○ Kaballat Shabbat Our Hopes for Israel ○ From Kiddush to Havdalah ● Defining Kehillah, Local and ○ Havdalah Service Global: Our Responsibilities to Each ● Map of Israel: Compass Rose, Bordering Countries Tu B’Shvat ● Cycles in Nature ● Mitzvah of Planting Trees; Its importance to the Land Today ● Celebration in Israel vs. Celebration in U.S. Yom Ha’Atzmaut ● Traveling the Map of Israel: Review of Major Cities, Bodies of Water ● Dream of the State: Herzl ● Responsibility for Keeping Israel Safe and Strong (Tefillah LiShlom HaMedina, Tzedakah, Volunteering) Yom Yerushalayim ● The Kotel/Beit HaMikdash ● Jerusalem the Holy City to Shared Religions ● Introduction to The Six Day War .