3rd Grade News
nburg@crestonstmalachy.org
3-5-20
Science
Students learned characteristics of a star. Students learned that the sun is a star because its makes its own light and is made of gases. The class also discussed light years.
Math
The third grade class has worked on dividing by 2, 5, and 10.
Please continue to practice the basic multiplication and division facts at home.
Reading/Language Arts
This week third grade is reading the nonfiction selection The Journey-The Story of Migration. Students learn about reasons why locusts and whales migrate. The comprehension skill focused on comparing and contrasting. The vocabulary skill covered word roots. Students continued to work on adjectives and adverbs that compare as the grammar skill. The phonics skill covered how a word can change when add -s, -es, -ed, and -ing. Students also reviewed less common plural words such as
The Unit 4 Benchmark test results and the lesson 21 weekly test results have been included in the take home folder.
There is no school next Friday, March 13th. Third grade will take the spelling post test and weekly reading assessment on Thursday, March 12th.
There is no school next Friday, March 13th. Third grade will take the spelling post test and weekly reading assessment on Thursday, March 12th.
Reading Incentive Program
During the month of February 2,134 minutes were read. Ryder and Matthew met the goal for the month of February. Congratulations to Matthew for reading the most minutes (790) during the month. There is one more month to go for the reading incentive program. Please continue to track and record minutes read.
Third grade through eighth grade students will be attending a field trip to the Civic Center in Des Moines on Friday, March 6th. Students will be watching a fine arts performance "Yamoto-The Drummers of Japan." The bus will leave Creston around 8:30 AM and return around 2:30 PM. Students need a sack lunch (meatless due to Lent) with a drink. Students in grades third through eighth grade are asked to follow school dress code on this day.
Yamato was founded by in 1993 in Nara, ‘the land of Yamato” which is said to be the birthplace of Japanese culture. Yamato travels all over the word with Japan’s traditional Wadaiko drums, putting its very souls into the unusual instruments, whose sound stirs the hearts of people everywhere.
In the village of Asuka, a place with more than a thousand years of history and culture, Yamato seeks new expression with Wadaiko as its backbone. They think of the sound of the drums – made of animal skin and ancient trees, some of which are more than 400 years old – as a pulse or heartbeat (Shin-on), the center of life and the source of power which pulsates within the human body. Like the strong and sturdy heartbeats of a lonely runner with a sleek and powerful body, Yamato attempts to create the energy of life, which envelops the audience and performers. What one feels when surrounded by the sound of Wadaiko, brought out by these highly trained performers, is what the Japanese call “Tamashy”, translated as soul, spirit, and psyche – the basic elements of life. It is something which is invisible and intangible but whose existence is certainly felt. The pulse, carried down from antiquity, will resonate within all the bodies gathered at any given performance.
3rd grade will be leading the liturgy on Wednesday, March 11th. Parts have been included in the take home folder. Please practice speaking parts at home. We will practice at school as well.
Auction Items
The second/third grade basket sold for $250. The third grade silent auction canvas went to Mackenzie Emerson for $115. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the items for auction and to all parents who were able to attend the Gala.
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 12th. School is dismissed at 12:10 PM on this day. Conferences run from 1:00-5:00 PM and 6:00-9:30 PM. There is no school on Friday, March 13th.
Dates to Remember
Friday, March 6th-Field Trip (Bring sack lunch/drink)
Wednesday, March 11th-3rd Grade Leads the Liturgy (9:15 AM)
Thursday, March 12th-12:10 Dismissal from School
Thursday, March 12th-Parent/Teacher Conferences
Friday, March 13th-NO SCHOOL
St. Malachy School is not in session from Monday, March 16th-Friday, March 20th for Spring Break. Classes resume on Monday, March 23rd.
Thursday, March 26th-PTO Meeting
Friday, March 27th-St. Malachy/Holy Spirit Fish Fry
Monday, March 30th-Friday, April 3rd-Iowa Assessment Testing
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