12/8/22

 Burg's Buzz

 12/8/22

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Math

The next concept the third grade class will be working on is area and perimeter. It has taken the class a few days to get throught the Topic 4 assessment due to absences due to sickness.

Science

The next unit the 3rd grade class will be studying about plants animals and their environment effects each.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade is reading Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stephens. In this trickster tale, clever Hare tricks lazy Bear into planting different types of vegetables based upon the best part from the top, middle, or bottom. Bear learns a valuable lesson about working hard to reap the results. The comprehension skill focused on theme. Students covered using quotation marks as the grammar skill. The phonics skill focused on homophones. The class also learned about idioms as the vocabulary skill.

The lesson 11 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

November Reading Incentive Results

Ten students turned in their November calendars for a total of 

6,727 minutes for the month. This is an increase over one thousand six hundred minutes from October. Nine students met the 400 minute goal for November. Those students include Brandy, Mary, Zoe, Ali, Norah, Reid, Ava, and Grayson. Zoe read the most minutes for the past month. Please continue to track the total number of minutes read each month. The goal for December is 400 minutes. The goal for January, February, and March increases to 500 minutes total.

Mass Parts

The third grade class is scheduled to lead the mass on Wednesday, December 14th. Mass parts have been included in take home folders. Please practice at home for extra practice with fluency.

 

Holiday Dress Up Days

Thursday, December 15th-Candy Candy Day-Wear red and white

Friday, December 16th-Flannel Friday

Monday. December 19th-Tree Topper Day-Wear Santa hat, Elf ears, Reindeer antlers

Tuesday, December 20th-"Toe"sty Tuesday-Festive Socks

Wednesday, December 21st-Wear Your Christmas Best-Mass Clothes

Thursday, December 22nd-Jingle Bells Day-Christmas Sweaters

Important Dates

Wednesday, December 14th-3rd Grade Leads Mass

Friday, December 16th-Spirit Day $1

Thursday, December 22nd-Bring A Sack Lunch (milk provided)

Thursday, December 22nd-Class Christmas Party

Friday, December 23rd-Tuesday, January 3rd-Christmas Vacation