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