8-31-17

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

8-31-17

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade read the humorous fiction story called A Fine, Fine School. In this story, a principal thinks everything about his school is fine. He decides to have school on the weekends which then leads to school during summer vacation. The principal doesn't realize the students are missing out on the learning that takes place at home. In the end, the principal decides school should only be on the weekdays. The comprehension skill covered learning about story structure. Students identified setting, characters, and plot. The phonics skill covered short vowels and dividing VCCV words into syllables. The grammar skill focused on complete subjects and complete predicates.

The lesson 1 weekly assessment will be on Friday, September 1st. Students will be assessed on skills learned this past week. There will also be a spelling post test on Friday.

Math

Third grade starts the year with addition and subtraction. Students have been introduced to the Identify Property of Addition that states that the sum of any number and zero is that number (7+0=7). The Commutative Property of Addition that states that you can add two or more numbers in any order and get the same sum (3+4 = 4+3 and both equal 7). Students are also using place value to round to the nearest ten or hundred.

Please practice the basic addition and subtraction facts at home. Being able to solve basic facts will help students with larger problems that the third graders will be solving.

Science

Third grade is beginning the year learning about plants. There has been a discussion about plant parts and plant needs.

Social Contract

The third grade class will be having weekly class meetings. In our first class meeting of the year, students in third, fourth, and fifth grades developed a social contract. A social contract is an agreement of behavior. All of the students and teachers signed the social contract. The students know if they do not follow the social contract there will be consequences. You can find a copy of the social contract in my blog pages. Please discuss this contract with your child at home as you see necessary.

Important Dates

Friday, September 1-Volunteer at Food Pantry

Monday, September 4-Labor Day (No School)

Wednesday, September 6th-St. Malachy School Picnic (6:00 PM)

Friday, September 8-Spirit Day ($1)

Sunday, September 10-Holy Spirit Food Fair