2-27-20

3rd Grade News

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2-27-20

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading the historical fiction selection Sarah, Plain and Tall. This story that takes place in the pioneer times. Papa takes out an advertisement in the newspaper looking for a wife and mother. After writing letters back and forth, Sarah eventually comes to visit Papa, Anna, and Caleb. The comprehension skill focused on story structure (setting, characters, and plot). Students worked on the word ending of -ed and -ing in phonics. The vocabulary strategy covered the prefix non-. Students continued to work on adverbs in grammar.This week students used adverbs to compare.

The lesson 20 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Science

Third grade has been studying stars and constellations. Students have learned how Earth's revolution around the sun effects what constellations we see in the night's sky.

Math

Students have been relating multiplication and division. Students have been identifying missing numbers when solving problems and writing fact families. Students have also learned the division rules for dividing one and zero.

There will be a test over chapter 6 on Monday, March 2nd. A practice page has been included in the take home folder.

Reading Incentive Program

February calendars are due back to school by Tuesday, March 3rd. A March calendar has been included in the take home folder.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 12th. School dismisses for the day at 12:10 PM. Conferences are from 1:00-5:00 PM and 6:00-9:30 PM. There is no school on Friday, March 13th.

Important Dates

Saturday, February 29th-Foundation Gala and Auction at Supertel 

Friday, March 6th-3rd-8th Field Trip to Civic Center

Wednesday, March 11th-3rd Grade Mass (9:15 AM)

Thursday, March 12th-12:10 PM Dismissal

Thursday, March 12th-Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, March 13th-NO SCHOOL

Spring Break runs from Monday, March 16th-Friday, March 20th. School resumes on Monday, March 23rd.