5/12/22

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

5/12/22

It has been a busy week with Lap-a-thon, leading the mass, the Biography Bash, and the field trip to the Creston Arts Center.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class read Mountains-Surviving on Mt. Everest by Michael Sandler. In this informational text, students learn about Temba Tsheri being the youngest person, at age 16, to reach the top of Mt. Everest. The comprehension skill focused on text and graphic features. Students reviewed using adjectives and adverbs when comparing. The class also worked on the suffixes of -less, -ness, and -able. The vocabulary skill covered analogies.

I have start FAST reading testing this week with students. Results will be sent home at a later date.

The lesson 24 weekly assessment has been included in the take home folder.

This was the last week of the class using the reading textbook. For the next two weeks, students will be completing a novel study.

Next week there will be an end of the year spelling test. The list will contain 25 words, one from each week. Students will take a pretest on Monday. Each day the students will have an assignment that covers the words to complete. The post test will happen on Friday, May 20th.

Math

The students are continuing to work with fractions. Students have been finding equivalent fractions by using models and a number line.

FAST math testing will take place next week.

Science

This week the students explored balance and center of gravity by creating balancing robots.

On the Trail of Iowa Corn Field Trip

The third grade class will be attending a field trip on Friday, May 13th to the Neely Kinyon Research and Adair County Fair Grounds in Greenfield for an agricultural field trip. The class will ride the trolley to and from this field trip. We will leave around 8:30 AM and return around 2:30 PM. Please dress in comfortable clothing that could get dirty since we will be outside for most of the day. Tennis shoes are also  recommended. Lunch is provided on site.

Important Dates

Friday, May 13th-On the Trail of Iowa Corn Field Trip

Wednesday, May 18th-Mrs. Burg Absent

Friday, May 20th-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, May 25th-Spring Music Concert 6 PM

Thursday, May 26th-LAST DAY OF SCHOOL (3 hour early dismissal)