1-30-20

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

1-30-20

Math

Students continue to work on multiplication strategies with multiples of 10. Students have used the Distributive Property and place value. Third grade will have a test over Chapter 5 next week.

Science

The third graders are studying about the solar system. Students have learned about the Earth is a sphere. Students are also learning about gravity.

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading the nonfiction selection "The Albertosaurus Mystery-Philip Currie's Hunt in the Badlands." Students learned about how fossil hunters use evidence to form conclusions. Phillip Currie had to use what Barnum Brown had discovered and recorded to help him prove that meat eating dinosaurs traveled and lived in groups. The comprehension skill covered drawing conclusions. Students continued to work with adjectives by adding -er, est, more, and most. Third graders also worked with words with the suffix of -ly as the vocabulary strategy. The phonics skill covered the the soft /c/ and soft /g/.

The lesson 16 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Reading Incentive Calendars

January reading calendars are due back to school by Tuesday, February 4th. Please add up the minutes read and return the calendar if your child does not meet the goal. All minutes read can counts towards the whole class total. February calendars have been included in the take home folder.

Auction Items

A note was sent home a couple of weeks ago about the basket for the St. Malachy Foundation Gala that will be held on Saturday, February 29th. This year 2nd and 3rd grade are doing a "Southwest Iowa" basket. The basket is being created around supporting local businesses and showcasing all there is to do, visit, and explore in our area. Each family has been asked to donate $20 towards the purchase of items to build the basket or provide a gift certificate or favorite items. Please send the cash donation, gift certificate, or item to school by Friday, February 7th. If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Studer, Beth Knustrom, or Tiffany Johnson. All donations are greatly appreciated.

Next week Dustin Baird will be coming to the third grade class to take some pictures of the students to use for the silent auction item.

Important Dates

Friday, January 31st-Grandparent's Day Mass 1:30 PM at Holy Spirit

Friday, February 7th-Spirit Day ($1)

Friday, February 14th-Valentine's Day Party

Wednesday, February 19th-NO SCHOOL (Professional Development)

Thursday, February 20th-PTO Meeting

Friday, February 21st-Spirit Day ($1)