10-22-20

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10-22-20

Math

Chapter 2 in math focuses on analyzing and interpreting data. Students will be introduced to a variety of graphs and tables.  Students have worked with a tally table and a frequency table. Students have also interpreted data on a picture graph.

Science

The third grade class has reached the end of the unit on force. Students will be reviewing for a test over the next couple of days. A study guide will be sent home next week.

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading "What Do Illustrators Do?" by Eileen Christelow. Students learned the steps illustrators go through when designing the pages of a book. The comprehension skill covered text and graphic features. Students identified synonyms as the vocabulary strategy. The grammar skill focused on present, past, and future tense. Students worked with three letter clusters (spr-, str-, scr-, and thr-) as the phonics skill.

The lesson 6 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

FAST Assessment

The results of the FAST assessment testing have been included in the take home folder. Notes are also being sent home with student who will receive interventions either with Mrs. Mitchell or myself. Students will be assessed again in the winter and the spring to see growth.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/teacher conferences in third grade will take place on Tuesday, October 27th from 3:30-5:30 PM and Thursday, October 29th from 1-5 and 6:00-9:30 PM. Each conference will last 12 minutes to allow time to clean in between each one. One parent is allowed to come to the conference and no students. Teachers will take each parent's temperature before the conference. Masks are required. For those requesting a virtual conference, I will send out the link at the beginning of next week.  

School dismisses 3 hours early (12:10 PM) on Thursday, October 29th due to conferences. No lunch will be served. There is no school on Friday, October 30th.

Halloween Parade

The annual Halloween parade is still happening! Students can bring their costumes to school on Wednesday, October 28th. This year the parade will be shown online. Students will change into their costumes in the afternoon. Online viewing will begin at   

Important Dates

Friday, October 23rd-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Tuesday, October 27th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-5:30 PM

Wednesday, October 28th-Halloween Parade 

Thursday, October 29th-3 Hour Early Dismissal

Thursday, October 29th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 1:00-5:00 and 6:00-9:30 PM

Friday, October 30th-NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 13th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, November 13th-End of the 1st Trimester