12-5-19

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

12-5-19

Science

Third grade will have a test over motion on this Thursday. The next unit the students will studying living things.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade students are reading Tops and Bottoms. In this trickster tale, the clever Hare tricks the lazy Bear into being business partners. Hare tricks Bear three times before Bear decides to do the work himself. The comprehension skill focused on theme. Students studied and identified homophone and words ending in -er and -le. as the phonics skill. The vocabulary skill covered idioms. Student worked with quotations in grammar.

The results of the lesson 11 weekly assessment have been included in the take home folder.

Math

Students will continue to work on multiplication in math. Chapter 4 will focus on each of the single digit factors. This week students have covered 2, 4, 5, and 10. Please practice multiplication facts at home.

Food Pantry Donations

St. Malachy School is taking donations of personal care items to donate to the local food pantry. Items to be brought can include shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothpaste, deodorant, and bar soap.

Mass

3rd grade is scheduled to lead the mass on Wednesday, December 11th. Parts have been included in the take home folder. Please practice the parts at home to improve fluency.

Book Order

A book order has been included in the take home folder. Orders are due by Friday, December 13th. Books make wonderful presents. If wanting to order as Christmas gifts, please let me know, and I will let you know when the order arrives back to school.

Acts of Kindness

Another acts of kindness recording sheet has been included in the take home folder. Please return the one from this week.

Ugly Christmas Sweater

Decorated ugly sweaters are due back to school by Wednesday, December 11th. I will post a picture next week of each student's creation. They will then be hung on the wall.

Important Dates

Friday, December 6th-Spirit Day ($1)
Wednesday, December 11th-3rd Grade Mass
Wednesday, December 11th-Ugly Sweaters Due
Friday, December 13th-Spirit Day ($1)
Friday, December 13th-Book Order Due
Thursday, December 19th-School Christmas Part
Friday, December 20th-NO SCHOOL (Professional Development)

St. Malachy School is on break from Friday, December 20th through Wednesday, January 1st. School resumes on Thursday, January 2nd.