Auction Items

 ST. MALACHY FOUNDATION

AUCTION ITEMS

3rd grade silent auction item

3rd, 4th, and 5th grade 3D Printer Basket for the live auction.

Thank you to everyone who coordinated and contributed to the auction items. The STM Foundation Auction is a fundraiser that helps support the school.

2/24/22

Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2/24/22

Science

The class continues to learn about outer space. Students are studying the stars.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is reading the nonfiction selection A Tree is Growing by Arhur Dorres. The students learned about the structure of trees and how they grow. The comprehension skill focused on graphic text features such as labels, captions, illustrations, bold words, etc. Students worked on word roots as the vocabulary strategy. The phonics skill covered the /k/ and /kw/. The grammar skill identified the verbs of be and helping verbs.  This lesson will be covered in four days (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday). The next lesson will finish our next week (Tuesday-Friday).

The lesson 17 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Math

Topic 8 focuses on addition and subtraction strategies. Students have been working on using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems. Students have have been working on rounding numbers.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for Thursday, March 10th from 10:00 AM-6PM. There are no conferences scheduled between 1-2 PM for a lunch break,. Conferences are scheduled for twenty minutes. The conference will last fifteen minutes and the remaining five minutes will be used for disinfecting the room between conferences. Please sign up for a conference time that is convenient for your family. The link was emailed to parents and also posted on my class Facebook page.

Important Dates

Friday, February 25th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, March 4th-Spirit Day $1

Saturday, March 5th-STM Foundation Dinner/Auction

Thursday, March 10th-No School

Saturday, March 10th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 10 AM-6 PM

Friday, March 11th-No School

Spring Break

Monday, March 14th-Friday, March 18th

School resumes on Monday, March 21st

2/17/22

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2/17/22

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade class is reading the informational text "The Albertosaurus Mystery: Phillip Currie's Hunt in the Badlands" by T.V Padma. Students follow paleontologist Phillip Currie as he hunts for a legendary dinosaur site hiding the buried remains of multiple dinosaurs. The reader learns how the Albertosaurus lived and hunted more than seventy million years ago.  The comprehension skill focused on conclusions. Students continued to work on comparing adjectives as the grammar skill. The vocabulary skill covered the suffix of -ly. Students used the soft sounds of /g/ and /c/.

The lesson 16 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Math

The next topic in math will cover addition and subtraction strategies. Students are learning about properties of addition.

Science

The class continues to learn about space. Students have learned about comet, asteroids, and meteorites. The class is also learning about the dwarf plants.

Late Slips

The third trimester begins on Tuesday, February 22nd, which means late slips will be starting in third grade. Every time a student doesn’t not have an assignment (spelling packet, writing missed words, getting a test signed, etc) completed, he or she receives a late slip. The student must get the late slip signed and the homework completed and returned the next day.  If the homework is completed and the late slip is signed there is no other consequence.  If the late slip is not signed or the homework is not completed by the next day, the student will have to serve detention.  On the sixth late slip received, the student gets an automatic detention.  If any more late slips are received after the sixth one also results in detention being served.  Parents will be notified when a detention is to be served.  Students receive late slips from Mrs. Sickels, Miss Surma, and me, so the six late slips allowed are per teacher.  I have talked with the third graders about the late slip policy.  The best way to avoid late slips is to just get homework completed on time!  Please continue to check assignment books to see what was done during the day, what still needs to be completed, and what needs to be signed.  

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the late slip policy.  My email is nburg@crestonstmalachy.org or by phone at school 782-7125.  By starting the late slip policy now, students know what to expect in the upper grades.  Please take a few minutes to talk to your third grader about the late slip policy and what the consequences are for not getting work completed. 

A paper copy explaining the late slip policy is also being sent home today.

Twos Day

This upcoming Tuesday is  Twos Day (2/22/22).  To have some fun with the day, students are asked to wear ties, tutus, or tie-die.

Important Dates

Thursday, February 17th-PTO Meeting

Friday, February 18th-End of the 2nd Trimester

Monday, February 21st-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Tuesday, February 22nd-Ties, Tutus, and Tie-Dye

Wednesday, February 23rd-3rd Grade/Kindergarten Lead Mass

Friday, February 25th-Spirit Day $1

  

2/10/22

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2/11/22

Math

The class continues to practice reading and analyzing frequency tables, bar graphs, and pictures graphs. There will be a test over topic 7 on Friday. The class is also conducting a school wide survey. Students will be collecting data and then use that information to make graphs.

Science

The class continues to learn about outer space. The students are learning about the moon. The students will have a quiz about the phases of the moon on Friday.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is reading the humorous fiction story Judy Moody Saves the World by Megan McDonald. In the story, Judy learns about saving the Earth in science class. She is convinced she can do this all on her own, but soon realizes how difficult it is to get even get her family on board with all the plans. The vocabulary skill covered context clues. The comprehension skill focused on story structure such as the characters, setting, and plot. Students identified adjectives as the grammar skill. The phonics skill focused on words with -air, -ear, and -are.

The Unit 3 Benchmark test results have been included in the take home folder.

Valentine's Day Party

The third grade class will be having a Valentine's Day party on Monday, February 14th. Valentines may be brought to school beginning Friday, February 12th. If bringing valentines, please bring one for each student in the class. A class list was sent home in last week's take home folder.

Book Order

If wanting to order books on the February order, it is due by Friday , February 11th. Please use the following link to order online.   https://orders.scholastic.com/GRHFQ

Important Dates

Friday, February 11th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, February 14th-Valentine's Day Party

Thursday, February 17th-PTO Meeting

Monday, February 21st-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Wednesday, February 23rd-3rd Grade/Kindergarten Lead Mass

Friday, February 25th-Spirit Day $1

2/3/22

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

2/3/22

Science

The third grade class continues to learn about outer space. Students have learned about the eight planets in our solar system. The class has also learned about the sun.

Math

Students continue to practice reading bar graphs and picture graphs. The class has been solving story problems using the graphs.

Reading/Language Arts

Students took the Unit 3 Benchmark assessment this week. Please look for the results in next week's take home folder.

The class also began learning about poetry. Students wrote February cinquains. A cinquain is a five line poem that follows certain rules. The first line is one word (noun),  the second line is two words (adjectives to describe the noun), the third line is three words (verbs), the fourth line is a four word phrase, and the last line is one word (synonym of the noun).

The lesson 15 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Auction Basket

Donations are still needed for the the third, fourth, and fifth grade "3D Printer and Filament" basket for the STM Foundation Auction on Saturday, March 5th. Donations can be sent to school with your child, or can be sent directly to Tiffany Johnson using PayPal or Venmo. If you would like to donate to PayPal, please send to tifftwombly@gmail.com. If you would like to Venmo send to Tiffany-Johnson-895 (Last 4 of Cell 7641). Please note on PayPal and Venmo that it is a donation for the STM Silent Auction.

Reading Incentive Program

The following students met the reading goal of 500 minutes in the month of January. Those include Quentin, Presley, Natalie, Harlow, Finn, Leo, Harper, Rebecca, and Genevieve. The class read for a total of 7,546 minutes for the month of January. The most minutes for the month was completed by Natalie with 1,300 minutes total.

February Book Orders

Please use the following link to order books from the Scholastic Book Clubs. Orders are due by Friday, February 11th.

Important Dates

Friday, February 4th-School Dismisses at 1 PM and Mass at 1:30 PM

Friday, February 11th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, February 14th-Valentine's Day Party

Thursday, February 17th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Monday, February 21st-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Wednesday, February 23rd-3rd Grade and Kindergarten Lead the Mass