Thursday, May 26th

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

5-26-16

Can you believe we have reached the end of third grade? The year has flown by.  Thank you for the privilege of teaching your child during third grade. Each child has grown and progressed in their own way. I hope everyone has a great summer. Mine will be kept busy with my kids' activites such as baseball games, golf tournaments, dance, weights, basketball camps, state fair tumbling, football camp, etc. Hopefully I will be able to be able to do a few things for myself as well. I have a couple of concerts I am going to, plan on doing some camping, and I hope to play some golf with my husband. I look forward to seeing all of your children as fourth graders.

 August 2015

May 2016

Math

This week third grade work on learning about shapes. Students learned about plane shapes. The class also learned about points, end points, lines, line segments, and rays. Third grade learned about angles. Right angles (90 degrees), acute angles (less than 90 degrees), and obtuse angles (greater than 90 degrees). Students also learned about polygons.  Examples include triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and decagons. The class also described the sides in polygons. Lines can be described at intersecting, perpendicular, and parallel.

Students took an end of the year math test on Thursday.

Science

Third grade has been learning about healthy living habits. The class learned about the integumentary body system. This includes hair, skin, and nails.

The class has also been learning about scientists who have made contributions to our understanding of science. Students learned about Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, and Galileo Galilei.

Reading/Language Arts

The results of the Unit 6 Benchmark test have been included in your child's take home folder for you to keep.

Field Day

Friday, May 27th, there will be field day activities in the morning (10 AM-12 PM approximately). Please wear tennis shoes. Students will need to bring a sack lunch with a drink as well.  Dismissal is at the regular time.

Important Dates

Friday, May 27th-Last Day of School