November 12, 2015

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

11-12-15

Reading Incentive Program

The results are in for reading incentive program for October.  Fifteen students turned in calendars that totaled 8,013 minutes for the month.  Thirteen students met the goal of 400 minutes read for the month.  The most minutes read in third grade for the month of October was Aubrie Mohr reading 1,085 total minutes.  Please continue reading and keeping track of minutes for the month of November.  The goal is 400 minutes for the month.

Math

Students continue to read and analyze graphs.  The class applied their graphing skills to the real world.  Third grade students surveyed the entire school on their favorite sport between soccer, basketball, baseball, and football.  Data was collected and turned into a bar graph and picture graph. Students also learned about a line plot.  There will be a Chapter 2 test covering reading and analyzing charts and graphs next week. 

Science

Third grade is learning about ecosystems in science.  Students have learned about the smaller parts, population, community, and habitat that make up each ecosystem.

Reading/Language Arts

This week students are taking the Unit 2 Benchmark Test.  Please look for the results in next week's take home folder.  This time students took the "Reading and Analyzing" and "Revising and Editing" sections.

Students wrote Thanksgiving stories this week.  The class was read the book The Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman. In the story the main character Pete avoids being dinner on Thanksgiving by tricking the townsfolk. Students wrote stories that had a turkey not being eaten for supper.  Students also illustrated their stories.

The next two lessons in reading/language arts we are going to cover between Friday, November 13th and Tuesday, November 24th.  Lesson 11 will start on Friday, November 13th.  There will be a spelling pretest and packet on this day.  The post test and weekly assessment for Lesson 11 will be on Wednesday, November 13th.  The spelling packet is due this day as well.  Lesson 12 will begin on Thursday, November 19th.  There will be a pretest and packet.  The post test and weekly assessment will be on Tuesday, November 24th.  The spelling packet for Lesson 12 will be due that same day.  Please note the changes days.  Assignments will be written down in the assignment book.  Things will be brought home on different days than usual.

 Important Dates

Friday, November 13th-Spirit Day
Friday, November 13th-Book Order Due

Wednesday, November 18th-1 Hour Early Dismissal
Thursday, November 19th-Muffins with Mom Event (7:30-8:00 AM)

Friday, November 2oth-End of the 1st Trimester

Tuesday, November 24th-Spirit Day

Wednesday, November 25th-3rd Grade Mass

Wednesday, November 25th-1 Hour Early Dismissal

Thursday, November 26th-NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 27th-NO SCHOOL