9-24-20

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

9/24/20

Math

Third graders continue to work on addition strategies. This week students used place value to add numbers. Students broke apart numbers in standard form and wrote in expanded form (349=300+40+9). 

Science

The class continues to learn about force. Students have been learning about simple machines.

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade the historical fiction story "Pop's Bridge" written by Eve Bunting. In the story, two boys, Robert and Charlie, watch their work on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. Robert is convinced his dad has the most important job on the crew until one day there is an accident. He then realizes all of the jobs are important to the completion of the bridge. The comprehension skill focused on comparing and contrasting characters. Students identified common and proper nouns as the grammar skill. The phonics skill covered words with the long o sound, and the vocabulary skill focused on word families. Students had to identify base words to help with the understanding of the word.

The results of the lesson 3 weekly assessment have been included in the take home folder.

Homecoming

Friday, October 2nd is Creston High School's Homecoming. This is a $1 Spirit Day at St. Malachy School. Students are encouraged to wear their Panther gear/red and black to school. School will be dismissed 3 hours early. There is no parade this year. Coronation and a pep rally will take place at 1:30 PM at the football field.  Masks are required.

Important Dates

Friday, September 25th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Friday, October 2nd-Homecoming Spirit Day ($1)

Friday, October 2nd-3 Hour Early Dismissal (Homecoming)

Wednesday, October 7th-3rd Grade Leads Mass

Friday, October 9th-Spirit Day ($1)

Thursday, October 16th-PTO Meeting

Friday, October 16th-Spirit Day ($1)