2-20-20

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2-20-20

Reading/Language Arts

The third grade students read  the informational text called "Life on the Ice" by Susan Goodman. Students learned what life was like in the Arctic and Antarctica.  The comprehension skill focused on main idea and supporting details. The vocabulary strategy covered using a dictionary. Students worked on compound words as the phonics skill. The grammar skill covered adverbs.

The results of the lesson 18 and 19 weekly assessments have been included in the take home folder.

Next week students will be taking the Unit 4 Benchmark test.

Science

In class students are learning about the moon. Students made a phases of the moon wheel model.

Math

Third grade students continue to work on the process of division. Students have practiced repeated subtraction to solve division problems.

Late Slips

The third trimester begins on Monday, February 24th, which means late slips will be starting in third grade. Every time a student doesn’t not have an assignment (spelling packet, writing missed words, getting a test signed, etc) completed, he or she receives a late slip. The student must get the late slip signed and the homework completed and returned the next day.  If the homework is completed and the late slip is signed there is no other consequence. If the late slip is not signed or the homework is not completed by the next day, the student will have to serve a detention. On the sixth late slip received, the student gets an automatic detention. If any more late slips are received after the sixth one also results in detention being served.  Parents will be notified when a detention is to be served. Students receive late slips from Mrs. Sickels, Miss Surma, and me, so the six late slips allowed are per teacher. I have talked with the third graders about the late slip policy. The best way to avoid late slips is to just get homework completed on time! Please continue to check assignment books to see what was done during the day, what still needs to be completed, and what needs to be signed.  

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the late slip policy. By starting the late slip policy now, students know what to expect in the upper grades.  Please take a few minutes to talk to your third grader about the late slip policy and what the consequences are for not getting work completed.

Important Dates

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

Friday, February 21st-End of the Second Trimester

Saturday, February 29th-Foundation Gala and Auction

Friday, March 6th-Spirit Day ($1)

Friday, March 6th-Field Trip to Civic Center

Wednesday, March 11th-3rd Grade Mass

Thursday, March 12th-12:10 PM Dismissal

Thursday, March 12th-Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, March 13th-No School

Monday, March 16th-Friday, March 20th-Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)