11-19-20

Burg's Buzz 

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11-19-20

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading the biography "Young Thomas Jeffereson" by Michael Dooling. Students learn about Edison's life as a young boy struggling in school to his early years as a scientist to The comprehension skill focused on main ideas and supporting details. The vocabulary skill covered shades of meaning in words . Students worked on subject and object pronouns as the grammar skill. The phonics skill focused on the words containing -al, -au, o, and    .

The results of the lesson 8 and 9 weekly assessments have been included in the take home folder.

Next week (November 23rd and 24th) third grade will be taking the Unit 2 Benchmark test

Science

Third grade has been learning about the pattern of motion. Students will have a test after returning from Thanksgiving break.

Math

Third grade has started multiplication. The third chapter will focus on the process.

Please continue to work on the basic facts at home. We try and get fact fluency done everyday on XtraMath. This is a  program students can do at home as well. 

Christmas Program

Taping of the Christmas program will take place on Monday, November 23rd. Students are asked to wear their Sunday best (mass attire). If the weather is nice, the class will be walking to Holy Spirit Church around 9:45 AM.

Important Dates

Monday, November 23rd-Videoing Christmas Program

Wednesday, November 25th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Thursday, Nov. 26th and Friday, Nov. 27th-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Vacation)

Friday, December 4th-Spirit Day ($1)

11-12-20

 3rd Grade News

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11-12-20

Math

The third grade class will be having a test over chapter 2 "Interpreting and Analyzing Data" on Thursday, November 12th. A review sheet was sent home early this week. 

The next chapter will focus on multiplication.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third class is reading the realistic fiction story "Kamaishibai Man" by Allen Say. The comprehension skill focused on cause and effect. Students identified concrete and abstract nouns as the grammar skill. The class worked on the vowel diphthongs (ow and ou) as the phonics skill.  The vocabulary skill covered dictionary skills.

Science

The class continues to study motion. Students have been learning how speed effects motion.

World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day is Friday, November 13th. Students are asked to wear a cardigan, sweater, or zip up jacket like Mr. Rogers. I plan on showing the students a video about Mr. Rogers.

Third grade students will also be creating and mailing a kindness card to someone in their lives. Please make sure your child has the mailing address of who they choose to send the card.

Christmas Program

Taping of the Christmas program will take place on Monday, November 23rd. Students are asked to wear mass clothes to school on this day.

Important Dates

Friday, November 13th-Spirit Day ($1)

Friday, November 13th-End of 1st Trimester

Thursday, November 18th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Monday, November 23rd-Taping the Christmas Program

Wednesday, November 25th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Thursday, November 26th-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Vacation)

Friday, November 27th-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Vacation)

Friday, December 4th-Spirit Day ($1)

11-5-20

 3rd Grade News

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11-5-20

Science

The third grade class is now learning about motion. Students have learned about position. Students have also learned about frame of reference.

Reading/Language Art

This week third grade is reading a folktale called The Harvest Birds by Blanca Lopez de Mariscal. In this story, Juan's dream is to be a farmer. When his father dies, the land is split amongst his two older brothers. Juan decides to ask the richest man in town for land, and the man laughs at him. Next, Juan ask the oldest man in town for land to farm. This man agrees, but offers a stipulation. Juan along with the zanate birds have a bountiful harvest to everyone's surprise. The old man gives Juan the land for future farming. Students worked on drawing conclusions as the comprehension skill. The phonics skill covered silent letters (wr-, kn-, and -tch). The grammar skill focused on using commas in sentences. The class also worked on context clues as the vocabulary skill.

Math

Third grade continues to work on analyzing and interpreting data. Students have worked with picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots.

Reading Incentive Program

The results are in for the month of October. Nine third grade students met the goal of reading 400 minutes. Congratulations to the following students Karsi, Brock, Hayden, Vada, Kalvin, Kylin, Kinsely, Sam, Indie, and Breckyn for meeting the reading goal. The class read for a total of 5,034 minutes during the month of October. Congratulations to Brock for being the student that read the most minutes with 660 total.

November calendars were sent home in last week's take home folder. Also the PTO is having a Read-A-Thon to fund raise money for the school. This program run through Friday, November 13th. Students may count minutes read for both programs.

Important Dates

Wednesday, November 11th-3rd Grade Attends Live Mass

Friday, November 13th-Spirit Day ($1)

Thursday, November 12th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Wednesday, November 25th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Thursday, November 26th-Friday, November 26th-NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)