Holiday Fun

 Burg's Buzz

12/22/21

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Pictures of all of the fun that was had over the past few days.

Important Dates

Thursday, December 23rd-Tuesday, January 4th-Winter Break (NO SCHOOL)

Wednesday, January 5th-School Resumes

12/16/21

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

12/16/21

Science

The third grade class has been learning about inherited plant and animal traits. 

Math

The class is currently preparing for the topic 5 (fluently multiply and divide within 100). I have planned to have the topic 5 assessment next Monday. Students will bring home the practice test that we completed in class together on Friday. Students need to continue to practice the basic facts at home.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade class read "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens. In this trickster tale, clever Hare tricks lazy Bear into planting different types of vegetables based upon where the best parts are from bottom, middle, and top. Bear learns a valuable lesson in the process. The comprehension skill covered theme and point of view. Students also worked on writing sentences with quotation marks as the grammar skill. As a vocabulary skill, the students worked with idioms. The phonics skill covered homophones and words ending in -er and -le.

The lesson 11 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Stocking Stuffers

Third graders can bring their stocking stuffer gifts beginning on Monday, December 20th. The students will be stuffing their classmates stockings Wednesday, December 22nd, during the class party.

Important Dates

Friday, December 17th-Spirit Day $1

Sunday, December 19th-Holy Spirit Christmas Party 10 AM

Tuesday, December 21st-Ugly Sweater Dress Up Day

Wednesday, December 22nd-Bring a Sack Lunch

St. Malachy School will be on Christmas vacation from Thursday, December 23rd-Tuesday, January 4th.

12/9/21

 Burg's Buzz

12/9/21

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Christmas Program

The whole student body did a wonderful job a the Christmas program. Mrs. Stoner always put together a great show.

Math

The third grade students continue to work on multiplication and division. Students have been working on solving and writing word problems. Please continue to work on the basic facts at home. The students took a fluency test. I have included a copy in the take home folder for your viewing.

Science

Students are learning about animal life cycles. The class has compared and contract different animals. Some animals, such as mammals, have live births. Other animals, such as birds, hatch from eggs. The class has also discussed animals that go through metamorphosis from birth to adult.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the students are reading the nonfiction selection "Technology Wins the Game" by  Mark Andrews . In this selection, students learn about how different types of sports technology have changed over the years. Students are working on sequencing as the comprehension skill. The phonics skill covered words with -oi and -oy. The class also worked on the suffixes -less, -ful, and -ous as the vocabulary skill. The grammar skill covered plural nouns such as changing y to i and irregular nouns.

The results the of the Unit 2 Benchmark test have been included in the take home folder.

Mass Parts

The third grade class will lead the mass on Wednesday, December 15th. Parts have been included in the take home folder. While I will practice with the students at school, please practice the parts with them at home. Parents are more than welcome to come to the  liturgy beginning at 9:15 AM that day.

Reading Incentive Program

The November reading results are in. Braden, Presley, Natalie, Harlow, Finn, Leo, Harper, and Londyn all met the goal. Harper read the most minutes (902) during the month of November. The class read for 4,981 minutes total. This is an increase from the month of October.

Stocking Stuffers

The third grade class at St. Malachy will have a classroom Christmas party on Wednesday, December 22nd. This year the third graders will be stuffing classmate’s stockings. I will provide each student with a stocking. Students can bring in a stocking stuffer item for each of their classmates. Stocking stuffers ideas include pencils, erasers, candy, gum, stickers, etc. The Dollar Tree would be a good store to purchase items. There are 10 students in the class. It will be lots of fun, and the students will love giving and receiving the small goodies. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Important Dates

Wednesday, December 15th-3rd Grade Leads the Mass

Thursday, December 16th-PTO Meeting

Friday, December 17th-Spirit Day $1

Tuesday, December 21st-Ugly Sweater Dress Up

Wednesday, December 22nd-Red/Green Dress Up Day

Wednesday, December 22nd-Class Christmas Party

Christmas Break

St. Malachy School will be closed from Thursday, December 23rd through Tuesday, January 4th. Classes resume on Wednesday, January 5th. There will be mass on this day back to school.

12/2/21

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

12/2/21

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade students took the Unit 2 Benchmark test. Please look for the results in next week's take home folder.

The lesson 10 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Math

Topic 5 in math will continue to focus on multiplication and division. Please continue to work on the multiplication and division facts at home. 

Science

The third grade class continues to learn about plants. Students have been learning about their life cycles and what can cause it to be interrupted. 

Permission Form

A permission form has been included in the take home folder. This is for permission for students to ride the bus to the high school for music program practice next Wednesday afternoon.

New Student

The third grade class welcomes new student, Rebecca, to our classroom.

Important Dates

Friday, December 2nd-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, December 8th-Christmas Program 5:30 PM

Wednesday, December 15th-3rd Grade Leads Mass

Thursday, December 16th-PTO Meeting

Friday, December 17th-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, December 22nd-Christmas Party

Thursday, December 23rd-Tuesday, January 4th-Christmas Break