1-9-20

Third Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

1/9/20

Math

Students have been taught all of the math facts zero through ten. Please practice the basic facts at home. Third graders need to be fluent in the multiplication and division facts as well as addition and subtraction.

A review page has been included in the take home folder. The chapter 4 test will be on Monday, January 13th.

Science

3rd grade continues to learn about animal life cycles. Students have identified animals that go through a metamorphosis. Also, discussed have been animals that when born resemble their parents. Students are learning about inherited traits.

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading the humorous fiction selection "The Extra Good Sunday" by Beverly Cleary. Ramona and Beezus have to make supper for the family since they complained about the previous night's meal. The girls pull off the meal, but not without some issues and problems along the way. The comprehension skill was about understanding characters. Students identified trait, motivations, and feelings of Ramona and Beezus. The vocabulary skill involved students using a thesaurus. Students worked on vowels + /r/ words such as er, ir, ur, and or. Students also reviewed verb tenses.

Third grade will be taking the Unit 3 Benchmark test next week. We will begin the lesson 16 later in the week.

Next week, students will also do the winter screening of the FAST assessment. Please look for those results to come home at a later date.

Reading Incentive Program

Five students met the reading goal for December. Congratulations to Ryder, Brooklyn, Mason, Kynzlee, and Matthew for reaching the goal. The class read for a total of 2,817 minutes during December. Brooklyn read the most minutes with 955 total. January calendars were sent home last week. The goal for January, February, and March increases to 500 minutes.

Important Dates

Monday, January 13th-Winter FAST screening begins

Thursday, January 16th-PTO Meeting

Saturday, January 18th-STM Trivia Night

Monday, January 20th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)

Catholic Schools Week is from Sunday, January 26th-Friday, January 31st. Look for more information in the upcoming weeks. There will be a talent show this year. Tryouts will be the weeks of January 13th and January 20th. I encourage all students to showcase their talents.