10/27/22

Burg's Buzz 

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10/27/22

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade class the story The Harvest Birds by Blanca Guadalupe Lopez Morales. This folktale follows Juan following his dream to be a farmer. Most people in the town laugh Juan's dream, except for Grandpa Chon who gives Juan some land to see if he is able to have a bountiful harvest. Along with the zanate birds, Juan proves that dreams can come true with hard work and a belief in yourself.

The results of the lesson 7 weekly assessment have been included in the take home folder.

Next week the class will NOT be moving ahead in the reading series. There will be no spelling or weekly assessment since there are only 3 days of school next week.

Science

Third grade will have a test over force on Friday, October 28th.

Math

The class continues to work on multiplication. Students were introduced the The Associative Property. An example is (3x2) X 4=3 X (2 X 4).  Students have been preparing for the Topic 3 Assessment which will be on Monday, October 31st.

Coin Wars

Winners were announced in the Creston High School "Coin Wars" this week. Congratulations to the 3rd Grade class on placing second in the private school category! The students have earned a cookie party on November 8th. In total, $14,120.68 was raised for the veterans from Union County to attend Honor Flights.

Halloween 

St. Malachy School will be celebrating Halloween during the afternoon of Monday, October 31st. The middle school wing will have games for the elementary aged students to participate in. The annual parade begins at 2:30 PM. There will be time for students to change into their costumes before the parade. Students should be able to handle getting themselves ready for the most part. I will help with buttoning, zipping, and tying.

Reading Calendars

Please return October reading calendars back to school by Wednesday, November 2nd. November calendars are included in the take home folder.

Dress Code

Beginning on Tuesday, November 1st, shorts will not longer be allowed for STM students. Shorts can return in March.

Also, please note I am still having conversations with the girls about the length of shirts that are worn with leggings. According to the school dress code policy, tops must go to the mid-thigh when wearing leggings.

Socktober

The third grade is collecting children and adult socks from now through Friday, November 11th. The socks will be donated to the Matura Christmas gift program. The activity is one of the activities that the students will be participating in for Kindness Week in November.

 

Important Dates

Friday, October 28th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, October 31st-Halloween Activities in the Afternoon

Monday, October 31st-Wednesday, November 2nd-Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-4:30 PM

Tuesday, November 1st-All Saints Mass

Thursday, November 3rd-NO SCHOOL (Parent/Teacher Conferences)

Friday, November 4th-NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 11th-Veteran's Day Program

10/20/22

 Burg's Buzz
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10/20/22

Science

Students have been learning about electricity and static electricity in class.

Math

The class continues to work on multiplication. This week students worked on the factors of 3, 4, 6,  7, and 8. All of the factors have been covered to this point. Please practice the multiplication facts at home to improve fluency. An additional five to ten minutes each day will greatly improve multiplication fluency.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade is reading the informational text What Do Illustrators Do? by Eileen Christelow. In this story, the reader learns about the process two different illustrators through the process of illustrating a book. The comprehension skill covered text and graphic features. Students reviewed synonyms as the vocabulary skill. The grammar skill focused on verb tense (present, past, and future). The phonics skill covered the three letter clusters of -str, spr-, scr-, and thr-.

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

Socktober

The third grade class will be participating in week long (November 14th-18th) kindness activities. In preparation for this week-long event, the third grade class will be participating in celebrating “Socktober” from Friday, October 21st-Friday, November 11th. Socktober started in October of 2011 with a young man donating socks to a homeless shelter. Last year there were participants from all seven continents. Even in Union County there is a need to help out.

Donations of children and adult socks will be collected at St. Malachy School, and then delivered by the 3rd grade students to our local Matura during the week of November 14th. The socks will be used in Matura’s Christmas gift program for elementary and teenage children.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Fall parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for the week of Monday, October 31st-Thursday, November 4th. Use this link Third Grade Fall Conferences to sign up for a parent/teacher conference.

Halloween Festivities

Halloween will be celebrated at St. Malachy School on Monday, October 31st. In the afternoon, the middle school will have activities for the elementary aged students to participate in. Students will have time to change into costumes before the parade. The parade begins at 2:30 PM in the gym.

Important Dates

Friday, October 21st-Spirit Day $1

Friday, October 28th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, October 31st-Halloween Activities and Parade

Thursday, November 3rd and Friday, November 4th-NO SCHOOL

10/13/22

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/13/22

Parent/Teacher Fall Conferences

Parent/Teachers conferences are scheduled for the week of October 31st-November 3rd. On the 31st, 1st, and 2nd, there are times available between 4 times available between 3:30-4:30 PM. On the 3rd of November, conferences will run from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Please pay close attention to the day and time you are signing up for. The following link can be used to sign up.

3rd Grade Fall Conference Sign Up

FAST Testing

In the take home folder this week is the results of the FAST testing in both reading and math. These tests are used to see in students need interventions. Please review the results and let me know if you have any questions. Another screening will take place in the winter and again in spring.

Coin Wars

The Creston CAST and FBLA are sponsoring "Coin Wars" through Tuesday, October 11th. Change can be brought to school and deposited in the third grade bucket. All money raised will be donated for Union County Veterans to attend a Honor Flight.

Science

The students have been learning about the force of magnetism. Students were able to experiment with magnets in class.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is reading the narrative nonfiction selection titled Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies. In this story, students follow the bat as she leaves her roost and goes out into the night to find food. The comprehension skill covered sequencing. Students also worked on action and helping verbs as the grammar skill. The class focused on the suffixes of -ible and -able as the vocabulary skill. The phonics skill   .

The results of the Unit 1 Benchmark Assessment have been included in the take home folder. This test is different than the weekly assessment. The weekly assessments cover stories that we have read and discussed in class during the week. The benchmark tests assess the skills learned in the previous five lessons in new texts. This is the first time the students will have read the stories. The goal of the first benchmark assessment is to expose students to this type of testing. This is not a test you can work through quickly. It may require students to look back at the stories and reread. I had students take this first assessment on their own, so I could see how each student performed. I will be grouping students differently on the next benchmark test.

Math

The 3rd grade class is continuing to work on multiplication. Students worked on learning the Distributive Property of Multiplication. The class was able to practice using Pop Its. They loved it!

Important Dates

Friday, October 14th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Friday, October 21st-Spirit Day $1

Friday, October 28th-Spirit Day

Monday, October 31st-Halloween Festivities 

Tuesday, November 1st-Mass

Thursday, November 3rd-No School (Parent/Teacher Conferences)

Friday, November 4th-No School

10/6/22

Burg's Buzz

10/6/22

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Mass Parts

The 3rd grade class will be leading the mass on Wednesday, October 6th. Mass parts have been sent home in the take home folder. I have read through each speaking part with the students. Please practice parts at home. We will practice at school as well. Parents are more than welcome to join the liturgy beginning at 9:15 AM.

Science

In third grade, the class continues to learn about force. Students have learned the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces. Students have also learned about friction and gravity.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is taking the Unit 1 Benchmark Assessment. This test assess the understanding the reading skills (vocabulary and comprehension) that we have covered in lessons 1-5 previously. Please look the for the results in next week's take home folder.

The class is also working on personal narrative writing. I read aloud the story The Best Part of Me to the class last week. Students then chose 3 body parts, then wrote three reasons why he/she liked that specific body part. On Monday, students chose one of the body parts to write a rough draft. Students then worked with a peer on editing looking for uppercase letters at the beginning of each sentence and a period at the end of each sentence. On Tuesday, student began typing their personal narratives. I will be sharing the final copies with parents at conferences.

On Friday, the third grade students will take the lesson 6 spelling pretest. I will also hand out the packet. Missed words will be due on Monday, October 10th. The packet will be due on Thursday, October 13th. There is no school on Friday, October 14th.

Math

Students worked on problem solving using addition, subtraction, and now using multiplication to solve word problems. The third grade class will have the topic 2 math test on Friday, October 7th. Students will be tested on knowing the factors of 0, 1, 2, 5, 9, and 10. Students do not have to have 

The class will be preparing for the topic 2 test covering the factors of 0, 1, 2, 5, 9, and 10 towards the end of the week.

Coin Wars

Creston High School  FBLA and CAST  will be having "Coin Wars" from Tuesday, October 11th through Tuesday, October 18th. Each class will try and fill a jar with coins. The class at each level with the most money collected will win a pizza party. The second place winners at each level will win a cookie party. All money donated will be donated to Union County Veterans.

Book Order

Information about ordering from the October book order was emailed to you earlier this week. A note has also been included in the take home folder. All are are due online by Friday, October 14th.

Important Dates

Friday, October 7th-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, October 12th-3rd Grade Leads the Liturgy

Friday, October 14th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Friday, October 21st-Spirit Day $1

Friday, October 28th-Spirit Day $1