Beth Sholom Religious School
Grade 3

YEARLY THEME:  Long Ago

Prayer:  Students will be able to recite Barchu, bichat hamazon (1st paragraph) and the Mah Nishtanah.

Hebrew:  Students will be able to identify Hebrew letters and vowels.

Students will be able to blend complex (more than 4) vowels and letter combinations.

Students will be able to write letters in script.

                    Resources:  Shalom Uvracha, text, Fun Book, and Family Companion.

 Torah:  Students will examine:

          The Birth of the World
          Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden
          Cain and Abel
          Noah’s Ark
          Tower of Babel
          Story of Abraham
          Sodom and Gemorrah
          Binding of Isaac
          Rebecca’s kindness
          Jacob and Esau
          Jacob and his wives
          Jacob and the angel
          Joseph’s dreams
          Joseph in Egypt
          The story of Moses

                    Resources:  The Explorer’s Bible 1

Israel:  Students will be able to identify Israel on a map.  Students will be able to locate and explain several points of interest in Israel. 

                   Resources: The Great Israel Scavenger Hunt

Mitzvot/Holidays: Students will be able to identify mitzvoth they can perform on each Jewish holiday.

                    Resources:  The Book of Jewish Holidays