11-30-17

3rd Grade News 

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

11-30-17

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading Tops and Bottoms. In this trickster tale, a clever Hare tricks a lazy bear. The hare plants the crops to "share" with the bear. The hare always ends up with the good parts, and the bear not so good parts. Bear learns a valuable lesson about working hard to reap the rewards you are wanting. The comprehension skill covered theme. The vocabulary strategy focused on idioms. The phonics skills covered homophones and words that end in -le and -er. Students used quotation marks in grammar.

The results of the Unit 2 Benchmark test and lesson 11 weekly assessment have been included in the this week's take home folder. These results are yours to keep.

Math

Third grade has been learning about the process of multiplication. Students have learned about equal groups, repeated addition sentences, and arrays. The students also learned about the Commutative Property of Multiplication (4 X 3=12 and 3 X 4=12). The class was introduced to the factors of 0 and 1 when multiplying. There will be test covering these chapter 3 concepts next week. 

Science

The third grade class continues to learn about ecosystems. Students have studied land ecosystem such as forests, deserts, and grasslands. Also, students have learned about fresh and salt water ecosystems.

Reading Incentive Program

November calendars are due back to school by Thursday, December 7th. Pizza certificates and the month winner will be announced on that day. December calendars have been included in the take home folder. The goal for December remains at 400 minutes total.

Book Order

A book order has been included in this week's take home folder. Orders are due back to school by Friday, December 8th. Orders can be returned to school with cash or a check or submitted online at www.scholastic.com using the class code GRHFQ. This will be the last book order of 2017. If wanting to order books at Christmas gifts, please let me know and I will hold the order at school and let you know when it arrives.

Upcoming Dates
Friday, December 1-Spirit Day ($1)

Wednesday, December 6th-Christmas Program at 6:30 PM

Friday, December 8th-Feast of Immaculate Conception Mass 

Wednesday, December 13th-3rd Grade Mass

Friday, December 15th-Spirit Day ($1)

Friday, December 22nd-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Fire Prevention Posters

Congratulations to the fire prevention poster winners in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. The first place posters will be sent on the the state competition. Way to go!

 5th grade-1st place Parker, 2nd place-Sasha, 3rd place-Ava A.

4th grade-1st place-Kadley, 2nd place-Braylee, 3rd place-Kenna

3rd grade-1st place-Taylor, 2nd place-Rhett, 3rd place-Melanie

1st place-Taylor

2nd place-Rhett

3rd place-Melanie

11-16-17

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

11-16-17

Science

Third grade is studying ecosystems. Students have been learning about the four types of forests.

Math

Students are learning about the process of multiplication. Students have learned about equal groups and the number in each group. The students are also relating addition to multiplication.

Reading/Language Arts

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, third grade took the Unit 2 Benchmark 2 assessment.  Please look for the results after Thanksgiving.

The class began lesson 11 this past Wednesday. Students are reading the nonfiction selection "Technology Wins the Game." The comprehension skill focused on sequencing. The phonics skill covered the vowel diphthongs oi and oy. Students worked on plural nouns in grammar.  The lesson will conclude with the weekly assessment on Tuesday, November 21st. Students will also take the spelling post test and the packet will be due next Tuesday.

The lesson 10 weekly test scores have been included in the take home folder. These are yours to keep.

Field Trip

The field trip to the Des Moines Playhouse to see the performance of A Little House Christmas was wonderful. Here some pictures from the day.

  

Important Dates

Wednesday, November 22nd-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Thursday, November 23rd-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Vacation)

Friday, November 24th-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Vacation)

Thursday, November 30th-Mrs. Burg Absent from School (Personal Day)

Friday, December 1st-Food Pantry Visit

Wednesday, December 6th-Christmas Program

STEM Night

The second annual STEM Night at St. Malachy was a huge success!  Thank you to everyone who came to check out the booths that engaged students in science, technology, engineering, and math. Thank you to all of the businesses, organizations, and groups that came to the event. The STEM committee appreciates your efforts to make this event successful.  Also, thanks to A&G for the supplying the pizza slices. Overall, it was another great event at St. Malachy School!

 

11-9-17

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

11-9-17

Math

Earlier in the week the third grade class took the chapter 2 test covering analyzing and interpreting data. Students have also been working on a school wide survey about favorite emojis and made online graphs. 

Next week third grade will begin to learn about the process of multiplication.

Science

Students took a test over animals this past week. Thank you to Matt, Heidi, and Taylor Rohrig for sharing their knowledge of pigs with the class this past Tuesday. Taylor taught the class how to notch their ears for identification purposes. The Rohrig family even brought pigs in so the students could see the ear notches firsthand. Governor Reynolds and Lt. Governor Gregg also stopped by to visit our class on this day. It is great to be able to show them what third grade is doing in science and how it relates to careers.

        

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading a biography called "Young Thomas Edison." The story primarily focuses on the childhood of Edison. Students worked on main idea and supporting details as the comprehension focus. The vocabulary strategy covered shades of meaning. Student identified the small difference in meaning between similar words and phrases. Students worked on the short o sound with the letters au, aw, al, and o.  For the grammar skill, students learned about pronouns.

The lesson 9 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder. These are yours to keep.

The class will take the Unit 2 Benchmark test on Monday and Tuesday next week. We will begin lesson 11 on Wednesday, November 15th and end it on Tuesday, November 21st. We will also the class to get five days of the lesson in before break.

Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day will be observed at St. Malachy School on Friday, November 10th. Students are asked to wear red, white, and blue in honor of the veterans. This is also a $1 Spirit Day for the students. 3rd grade will be attending a program put on by the kindergarten and fifth grade students during the afternoon.

Field Trip

The first, second, and third grade field trip to the Des Moines Playhouse is Tuesday, November 14th. The bus for the trip leaves St. Malachy at 9:30 AM. Please have students come to school at the normal time. Students may bring hand held electronics for the bus ride. We will eat our sack lunches from 11:00-11:40 AM at the playhouse. The performance of A Little House Christmas will be from 12:00-1:30 PM. The bus will arrive back at St. Malachy School around 2:45 PM.

I have all of the permission slips, but I am missing the seven dollars from a couple of students. Please get the money turned into me by Friday, November 10th.

Important Dates

Thursday, November 9th-STEM Night from 5:30-7:30 PM

Friday, November 10th-Spirit Day ($1)

Tuesday, November 9th-1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade Field Trip

Thursday, November 16th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Wednesday, November 22nd-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Thursday, November 23rd-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

Friday, November 24th-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

11-2-17

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

11-2-17

Halloween Fun

The Halloween activities were a success. From ghost and spider cookies, to the haunted house, to scary stories, to touching ooey gooey things, to a parade with costumes, it was fun time for all.

                   

Dress Code

Please be aware shorts are not allowed in the months of November through February. According to the dress code shorts will be allowed in August, September, October, March, April and May. (Note: The bottom of the short must extend to at least mid-thigh.) 

Also a reminder about leggings according to the dress code policy that leggings may be worn as long as the bottom of the dress, skirt or shirt extends to at least mid-thigh.

Field Trip

Students in grades first, second, and third grade will be going on field trip to a performance of A Little House Christmas on Tuesday, November 14th at the Des Moines Playhouse.  Permission slips were sent home in last week's take home folder. Please have the permission slip and $7 fee to cover the cost of the ticket returned to school by Friday, November 10th. The sign up genius will be sent via email on Monday, November 6th at noon. Two parents from third grade are needed to help chaperone. Volunteers will also need to pay the seven dollars to cover the cost of the ticket.

STEM Night

STEM Night at St. Malachy School is scheduled for Thursday, November 9th from 5:30-7:30 PM. There are some great vendors planned with hands on activities for the students to participate in. Please plan to attend this great evening of fun activities involving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.