3-30-17

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

3-30-17

Science

Third grade has been learning about measuring matter. Students have studies mass and volume. There will be a test covering the properties of matter next week.

.Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is reading a realistic fiction selection entitled "Dog-Of-The-Sea-Waves." This selection tells a story about a relationship between a seal and a boy on the Hawaiian Islands. The comprehension skill focused on the author's purpose. The vocabulary skill taught students about shades of meaning in words. Students learned about complex sentences in grammar. Terms such as dependent clauses and subordinating conjunctions were introduced to the students. The class also examined the prefixes of bi-, re-, pre- and un-.  

The lesson 23 weekly assessment scores have been included in the take home folder. This test was taken before going on spring break. Third grade will be moving ahead in the reading series next week. The spelling pretest will be on Tuesday, April 4th, since there is no school on Monday.

Math

Third grade is learning about fractions. Student have learned about equal parts of a whole, diving into equal shares. and unit fractions.

Weather Presentation

This past Wednesday, channel 5 meteorologist Brad Edwards gave a presentation on weather to the third, fourth, and fifth graders. The 5th grade class is studying about weather in science.

Reading Calendars

Reading calendars for the month of March are due back to school by Wednesday, April 5th. Pizza reward certificates will be sent home on that day.

Biography Book Report Projects

On Friday, students will be bringing home information about a biography book report project. Students will be bringing home a book and the report form. Projects are due back to school on Friday, April 28th. Students will present their projects this day to their classmates. Third grade will host a "Biography Bash" the first week of May for parents, students, and staff to come and view the projects. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Important Dates

Thursday, March 30th-PTO Meeting at 6 PM

Friday, March 31st-Spirit Day ($1)

Monday, April 3rd-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional  Development)

Wednesday, April 5th-Mass at 9:15 AM

Thursday, April 6th-Literacy Night (6:30-7:30 PM)

Friday, March 7th-Spirit Day ($1)/Optional Sack Lunch

Wednesday, April 12th-Mass at 9:15 AM

Thursday, April 13th-Sedar Meal and Cross Walk

Friday, April 14th-NO SCHOOL (Good Friday)

Monday, April 17th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Tuesday, April 18th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Wednesday, April 19th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Thursday, April 20th-PTO Meeting at 6 PM

Friday, April 21st-Spirit Day ($1)

Teachers will be attending the National Catholic Association Conference on Monday, April 17th through Wednesday, April 19th. School will not be in session those days at St. Malachy School.