11/17/22

 Burg's Buzz

11/17/22

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade class is reading the biography Young Thomas Edison by Michael Dooling. The students learned factual information about the early life of Thomas Edison. The comprehension skill covered main idea and supporting details. Students also learned about pronouns and antecedents. The vocabulary strategy focused on the shades of meaning of words. Students also worked on words with the sounds short o, aw, au, and al.

Next week the students will be taking the Unit 2 Benchmark Assessment. Students will also be finishing Thanksgiving stories. There will be no spelling next week.

Science

The third grade class continues to learn about motion. Students have been discussing predictable motions such as up and down, back and forth, spinning, and zigzag.

Math

The class continues to work on division fluency. Each of the divisors 0 through 10 have been covered. Again, please continue to work on multiplication and division facts at home.

Book Order

Parents have one more opportunity before Christmas to purchase quality and affordable books through Scholastic. All ordering takes place online. An email was sent with the necessary link to order. There is also a note in the take home folder pertaining to ordering books. I will submit the order on Friday, December 2nd.

Gratitude

November is gratitude month. I have many things to be grateful for in my life. Teaching and the students are something I am grateful for. I am thankful for each of the gifts that each third grader class brings to the classroom and to me. I have created a memory gift about each of the third grade students. The gift is in their take home folder.

Important Dates

Thursday, November 17th-Deliver Socks and Placements

Thursday, November 17th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Friday, November 18th-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, November 23rd-Monday, November 28th-Thanksgiving Break

Friday, December 2nd-Spirit Day $1