January 15, 2015

3rd Grade News

1-15-15

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Finally the weather has warmed up and students are able to be outside at recess.  Please make sure if there is snow on the ground, students come to school with boots, snowpants, hats, and gloves.  

Catholic Schools Week is Sunday, January 25th-Friday, January 30th.  Exciting activities and dress up days are planned.  Volunteers are still needed for the mass on Sunday, January 25th at Holy Spirit Church.  Please let Miss Surma or Mrs. Root know if your child would like to participate.  The talent show is looking for entertaining acts to be in the show. Tryouts for the talent show begin at the end of this week and will continue into the next week.  There is a sign up sheet in the hallway for students to sign up.  All students are welcomed and encouraged to be in the talent show.  The talent show is scheduled for Thursday, January 29th.

St. Malachy Foundation Dinner/Auction

Please check your child's homework folder for a note pertaining to the third grade basket and silent auction for the St. Malachy Foundation Auction on Saturday, February 28th.  The committee has come up with some great ideas for the basket and silent auction item.  All donations for these projects are greatly appreciated. Please look for more information about the fun filled night in future blogs.

Science

The next unit that third grade will be covering will be the solar system.  Third graders seem to love this topic.

Math

Chapter 5 in the math series focuses on using the multiplication facts.  Students will describe a number pattern, find unknown factors using an array or multiplication table, use strategies to multiply a one digit number by multiples of 10,  Please continue to work on the basic facts at home.  Students also took a timed multiplication test to see how many problems they could solve in five minutes.

Reading/Language Arts

This week's informational text "The Albertosaurus Mystery" gave students information about paleontologist Phillip Currie discovering the fossils of dinosaurs.  Students worked on drawing conclusions for the comprehension skill.  The vocabulary strategy covered the suffix of -ly.  Students worked on words with the /j/ and /s/ sound and words with VCCCV in phonics.  The class continued to work on adjectives in grammar.  This week students used adjectives to compare.

The weekly assessment results from lesson 17 have been included in the take home folder.  A few students are still finishing up with the Unit 3 Benchmark testing.  Results will go home next week.

New Faces at St. Malachy School

Alyssa Ogburn has been hired for the aide position in grades third through fifth.  Alyssa lives in Corning and is a recent graduate of Central College with a degree in history.  Miss Ogburn will rotate amongst the classrooms helping students.

This semester the third grade classroom will have Jake Miller as an SOS (Student of Service) from the high school.  Jake will be here in the mornings every other day.  Jake is a graduate of St. Malachy School.

Important Dates

Wednesday, January 21st-1 Hour Early Dismissal

Sunday, January 25th-Catholic Schools Week Mass at Holy Spirit Church at 9 AM

Wednesday, January 27th-Chamber of Commerce Coffee at 10 AM

Wednesday, January 27th-1 Hour Early Dismissal

Friday, January 30th-Grandparent Day Mass at Holy Spirit  Church at 1:30 PM

Wednesday, February 4th-1 Hour Early Dismissal