9-26-19

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

9-26-19

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade read Destiny's Gift. In this realistic fiction story, bookstore owner Mrs. Wade and a young girl named Destiny share a special bond over their love of words. When the landlord raises the rent, Mrs. Wade isn't sure she is going to be able to keep the bookstore open. The community rallies together to help Mrs. Wade save the bookstore. The comprehension skill covered analyzing characters' feelings, traits, and motivations. The vocabulary strategy focused on antonyms. Students covered long a (ay and ai) and long e (ee, ea) words. The grammar skill reviewed compound sentences.

In the folder are the results of the FAST testing. These results are yours to keep. This assessment will be given two more times throughout the year.

Order forms for the published book third graders are writing and illustrating went home last week. Please return the form to school by Wednesday, October 2nd. Even if not want to order, the form still needs returned back to school.

Science

The next unit in science focuses on force. Students learned about pushes and pulls. Students also studied about strong and weak forces.

Math

The class is now working on subtraction. Students are estimating differences, so they will continue to work on rounding. Students are also working on mental math strategies to use when subtracting. Please continue to work on addition and subtraction basic facts at home.

Reading Incentive Program

Students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade will be participating in a reading incentive program during the month of October through March. The goal for third grade is 400 minutes for October, November, and December. In January, February, and March, the goal goes up to 500 minutes. If your child meets the goal, he or she can choose a gift certificate for a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut or $3 off a student buffet at Pizza Ranch. Please return the calendar each month. I keep track of the number of minutes read. There will be an award for the student that reads the most minutes during each month and for students that meet the goal in all six months. A note and calendar has been included in the take home folder.

Important Dates

Friday, September 27th-$1 Spirit Day

Sunday, September 29th-Creston Color Run (McKinley Park-2pm)

Thursday, October 3rd-Mrs Burg Absent from School

Wednesday, October 9th-Third Grade Mass at 9:15 AM

Friday, October 11th-Panther Pancakes (7:00-8:00 AM)

Friday, October 11th-12:10 Dismissal (Homecoming)