10/28/21

   Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/28/21

Reading Incentive Program

October calendars are due back to school by Wednesday, November 3rd. Total minutes read should be counted and recorded on the calendar. Also, if your child met the goal,  please circle what reward choice your child would like. A parent signature is also required on the calendar. Please return the calendar even if your child didn't meet the goal. All minutes read go towards your child's overall total for the entire six months.  A November calendar will be sent home with parents at conferences. The  reading goal remains at 400 minutes.

NO SCHOOL DAYS

Due to parent/teacher conferences scheduled for Thursday, October 28th, there is NO school on this day. There is NO school on Friday, October 29th as it is a comp day for the conferences. There is NO school on Monday, November 1st due to teacher professional development. School resumes on Tuesday, November 2nd.

Trick-Or-Treating

I would love to have the third graders stop by my house for trick-or-treating on Halloween. My address is 1001 N. Birch Street in Creston.

Important Dates

Friday, October 29th-NO SCHOOL

Monday, November 1st-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Friday, November 5th-Spirit Day $1

Thursday, November 11th-Veteran's Day Program 2 PM

Thursday, November 18th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Friday, November 19th-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, November 24th-Friday, November 26th-Thanksgiving Break

Monday, November 29th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

10/21/21

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/21/21

Science

The third grade students are learning about the force of magnetism. Students have experimented with magnets to learn about their poles, and how magnets attract and repel. Students have also be learning about electricity and static electricity.

Math

The class is finishing up Topic 3 in math. The students will have a test at the end of the week.

Reading/Language Arts

The third grade class is reading the informational text "What Do Illustrators Do?" by Eileen Christelow. Students learn about the process two illustrators go through when illustrating the same story.  The comprehension skill focused on graphic features such as captions, labels, speech bubbles, etc. The phonics skill covered the three letter clusters of scr-, spr-, str-, and thr-. Students worked on verb tenses (present, past, and future). The vocabulary skill focused on synonyms.

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

Halloween Activities

St. Malachy School will celebrate Halloween during the afternoon of Wednesday, October 27th. Students will bring their costumes to school. The middle school has activities planned for elementary students after lunch/recess. The third graders will then enjoy a snack before getting ready for the parade. The parade starts at 2:30 PM. Guests are welcome to attend.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, October 28th. There is no school for the students on this day. Conferences run from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM and 2:00-6:00 PM. Times are slotted for 20 minutes. Each conference will be 15 minutes long. The remaining 5 minutes will be for me to disinfect and get ready for the next conference.  There is no school on Friday, October 29th. There is no school on Monday, November 1st due to teacher professional development.

Here is the link to sign up for a conference time if you have not already done so.    

Parent/Teacher Fall Conference Sign Up

Dress Code

Starting November 1st, the St. Malachy School dress code changes. Students are no longer allowed to wear shorts. Students can resume wearing shorts in March.

Also as a reminder, leggings may be worn as long as the bottom of the dress or skirt extends to at least mid-thigh. 

Important Dates

Thursday, October 21st-PTO Meeting

Friday, October 22nd-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, October 27th-Halloween Activities/Parade

Thursday, October 28th-Parent/Teacher Conferences (NO SCHOOL)

Friday, October 29th-NO SCHOOL

Monday, November 1st-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Friday, November 5th-Spirit Day $1

Thursday, November 11th-Veteran's Day Program

Thursday, November 18th-PTO Meeting

10/13/21

 Burg's Buzz
nburg@crestonstmalachy.org
10/14/21

 Reading/Language Arts

This week students are reading the nonfiction selection "Bat Loves Night" by Nicola Davies. Night has fallen, and Bat awakens to find an evening meal. The reader follows Bat's journey as she swoops into the shadows on the hunt for a moth to eat. Bat then returns to the roost to feed her baby until nighttime comes again. The comprehension skill focused on sequencing. Students identified verbs as the grammar skill. The phonics skill covered words with the VCV pattern. The vocabulary strategy was understanding the suffixes -able and -ible.

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To put some fun into our Friday routine of rereading the story to get ready for weekly assessment, we will have Flashlight/Fort Friday. Students will be able to bring a blanket from home to create a "fort" using their desk and chair. I will turn the lights out,  and I provide each student with a flashlight to read his/her story while they are in their fort. There will also be a reflection writing activity, so students can respond to what they read. My desire with this is to help children grow to love reading. My hope is that the students are able to handle this fun in a responsible way that we can do it again later in the year.

The Unit 1 Benchmark test results have been included in the take home folder. These results are yours to keep. The benchmark assessment differs from the weekly assessments. The weekly tests assess students on the story and skills worked on during the week.The story is read several times and listen to the audio version of the story. The benchmark test assesses students on the skills covered in five units through a variety of fiction and nonfiction passages that the students have not read until the test. The benchmark tests show whether students are able to apply the skills learned to new text.

Science

The third grade class continue to learn about the forces of friction and gravity.

Math

The third grade students continue to learn the basic multiplication facts. The factors of 3, 4, 6, and 8 have been covered. Please continue to practice the basic multiplication facts at home.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

St. Malachy School will be having parent/teacher conferences on Thursday, October 28th from 10:00-6:00 PM. Please sign up for a conference using this link 3rd Grade Fall Conferences. If these times are not convenient for your family's schedule, please contact me to set up an alternate time that works. 

Please note there is no school on Friday, October 29th. There is also no school on Monday, November 1st due to teacher professional development.

Halloween

St. Malachy School will be celebrating Halloween during the afternoon of Wednesday, October 27th. The middle school has activities planned for the younger students after lunch. The parade will also take place during the afternoon. Students will bring costumes to school and change before the parade.

Important Dates

Thursday, October 21st-PTO Meeting

Friday, October 22nd-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, October 27th-Halloween Party/Parade

Thursday, October 28th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 

Friday, October 29th-NO SCHOOL

Monday, November 1st-Teacher Professional Development 

Friday, November 5th-Spirit Day $1

Creston Panther Homecoming 2021

 HAPPY HOMECOMING!

October 8, 2021

10/6/21

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/6/21

Science

The third grade students have been learning about balanced and unbalanced forces. Students have also learned about gravity and friction.

Reading/Language Arts

This week was spent taking the Unit 1 Benchmark test. Please look for the results in next week's take home folder.

Students also worked on writing Halloween stories. As a class, we brainstormed words and phrases associated with Halloween. Students then had a word bank to choose words from and help develop their thoughts. Students then wrote their rough draft. In small groups, students worked on revising and editing each others stories. The students have started typing their Halloween stories on their chromebooks. Once each has finished typing, I will help each student with editing on google docs. Students will then illustrate their story. Parents will be able to read their child's Halloween story at conferences later this month.

Math

Topic 3 will focus on the factors of 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. Students have been introduced to the Distributive Property. An example of this is 6 X 7= (6 X 5) + (6 X 2), so 30 + 12=42, so 6 X 7=42. Students started out using manipulatives to cut apart arrays into two multiplication equations. The students LOVED using the Pop It fidgets to solve multiplication equations.

Homecoming

Creston High School will be celebrating Homecoming this upcoming weekend. There will be a pep rally this Thursday morning. On Friday, students are asked to wear Creston Panther gear. There is a 3 hour early dismissal on Friday, October 8th. The parade begins at 1:30 PM in uptown Creston. STM will also have a float in the parade. The football game begins at 7:00 PM Friday evening.

Mass

The third grade class will lead the mass on Wednesday, October 13th. Parts are being sent home in the take home folder. Please have your child practice their speaking part at home. Parents and guests are welcome to come to mass.

Important Dates

Friday, October 8th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, October 8th-3 Hour Dismissal

Wednesday, October 13th-3rd Grade Leads the Mass

Friday, October 22nd-Spirit Day $1 

Thursday, October 28th-Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, October 29th-NO SCHOOL