9-12-19

3rd Grade News

9-12-19

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is read the fantasy story "The Trial of Cardigan Jones" in which a moose has to go to trial because the townspeople believe he took Mrs. Brown's apple pie. The comprehension skill focused on drawing conclusions. The vocabulary skill had students using a dictionary/glossary. Students studied four types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory) as the grammar skill. The phonics skill covered long vowels. The students continued to work on writing a descriptive paragraph. Students worked on a rough draft describing their favorite place.

The results of the lesson 1 weekly assessment have been included in the take home folder. These results are yours to keep. Students this year are taking the weekly assessments on the chromebooks.

Next week, third grade will NOT be in the reading series due to the shortened week of school. Most of the day on September 19th will be spent at McKinley Park and there is no school on September 20th due to teacher professional development. We will resume the week of September 23rd with lesson 3.

Math

Third grade have been using addition properties to solve problems. Students have been introduced to the Commutative Property that states you can add two or more numbers in any order and get the same sum (4+3=3+4), the Identity Property that states the sum of any number and zero is that number (7+0=7) and the Associative Property that states you can group addends in different ways and still get the same sum (16+7)+23=16+(7+23).

Please continue to work on the basic facts (addition and subtraction) at home.

Science

Students have been learning how to design solutions like engineers. Their job is to research and design possible solutions, communicate and compare those solutions with others, and develop testing criteria. 

Homeroom Parent

3rd grade is still in need of a homeroom parent. This parent would help in organizing class parties, in charge of getting the basket and silent auction items for the yearly foundation Gala, and other small things that may periodically arise. Mrs. Simmons sent an email with a sign up to parents last week.

McKinley Park Day

Ms. Lesan has planned two health, fitness, and wellness days. The first will take place next Thursday, September 19th. Please see the take home folder for more information. Students will tour the Historical Village and have a sack lunch. Others activities will include fishing, frisbee golf, soccer, and more.

Important Dates

Friday, September 13th-Spirit Day ($1)

Sunday, September 15th-Holy Spirit Food Fair

Wednesday, September 19th-Mass (9:30 AM)

Thursday, September 19th-McKinley Park Day

Thursday, September 19th-PTO Meeting (6:00 PM)

Friday, September 20th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)

Friday, September 27th-Spirit Day ($1)

Sunday, September 29th-Creston Color Run