1-10-19

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

1-10-19

Science

Third grade continues to learn about animal life cycles in science. Students have identified the major steps in the life cycle of animals. Students are also learning about animals that go through a metamorphosis during their life cycle.

Math

Students continue their work with multiplication. Students have been introduced to a variety of properties (Commutative, Identity, Distributive, and Associative) to help in solving multiplication problems. Please practice multiplication fact fluency at home. There are many workbooks to purchase, flashcards, and online resources for extra practice.

Reading/Language Arts

Third grade read the humorous fiction story "The Extra Good Sunday" from Ramona Quimby-Age 8. The comprehension skill focused on understanding characters through traits, motivations, and feelings. The vocabulary strategy covered using a thesaurus. Students also continued working on r-controlled vowels. The grammar skill focused on verb tense (present, past, and future).

The lesson 15 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Third grade has been taking the Unit 3 Benchmark Assessment. The results will be sent home next week.

Reading Incentive Program

Eight students returned reading calendars for the month of December with six of those meeting the goal of 400 minutes total read. The total minutes read for December was 4,822. Congratulations to Charlie, Halle, Mark, Claire, Rowhyn, and Zoey for meeting the goal in December. The most minutes read during the month was Claire. January calendars were sent home in take home folders last week. The goal now increases to 500 minutes total. 

Book Order

A January book order has been included in the take home folder. Order can be submitted online at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs using the classroom code GRHFQ or returned to school with cash or check (payable to Scholastic). All orders are due by Friday, January 18th.

Foundation Auction

The annual St. Malachy Foundation Dinner and Auction is scheduled for Saturday, March 2. Classrooms are responsible for a basket for the live auction and a silent auction item. This year third, fourth, and fifth grade will have a "Car Basket' in the live auction. A note from homeroom parents explaining the basket has been included in the take home folder. All donations are greatly appreciated. There will be more information to come about the silent auction item.

Important Dates
Monday, January 14th-No School (Teacher Professional Development)
Thursday, January 17th-PTO Meeting
Friday, January 18th-Spirit Day ($1)
Saturday, January 19th-Trivia Night at Crestmoor
Friday, January 25th-Spirit Day ($1)
Sunday, January 27th-Friday, February 1st-Catholic Schools Week