1/26/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

1/26/23

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade students took the Unit 3 Benchmark Assessment. Please look for the results in next week's take home folder.

The class is also working on writing Valentine's Day poetry. Students read several examples and brainstormed words that they could use, then they created their own poems.

Science

Students are learning about what happens to organisms when the environment changes. Changes might include floods, fires, drought, etc. Students also learned about how humans can change an environment.

Math

Students in third grade continue to work on reading and interpreting graphs. The third graders have also made picture graphs and bar graphs. The students will be conducting a school wide survey to gather data and make a bar graph.

Reading Incentive Program

January reading calendars are due back to school by Friday, February 3rd.  A February calendar has been included in the take home folder.

St. Malachy Foundation Auction

The annual STM Foundation dinner and auction is scheduled for Saturday, March 4th. This year each class will be in charge of creating a personalized silent auction item (no class baskets this year). A note has been sent home in the take home folder outlining the third grade project. Monetary donations are being accepted to cover the cost. Please send cash or check with your child to school.

Important Dates

Sunday, January 29th-CSW Mass at Holy Spirit 9:15 AM

Monday, January 20th-Wear STM gear/Bring Sack Lunch

Tuesday, January 31st-Favorite Saint or Bible Character

Wednesday, February 1st-Pajama Day

Thursday, February 2nd-Patriotic/Hero Day

Friday, February 3rd-Dress Up Day

Friday, February 10th-Spirit Day

1/19/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

1/19/23

Science

The third grade continue to learn about adaptations in animals and plants. Students have learned about characteristics and traits that help living things survive.  The class has also discussed the advantages of animals living in groups.

Language Arts

This week  the class is reading The Extra Good Sunday by Beverly Clearly. In this humorous fiction story, Ramona and Beezus had complained about what their mom made for dinner the night before, so now the girls are in charge of making supper. The story follows the girls through the ups and downs of preparing the meal. In the end, the reader finds how the girls' parents feel about the meal that was made. The comprehension skill covered understanding characters. Students also worked on using a thesaurus as the vocabulary skill. The phonics skill focused on vowel + r words. The grammar skill focused on verb tense.

The lesson 14 weekly assessment has been included in the take home folder.

Next week, third grade students will be taking the Unit 3 Benchmark test.

Math

Topic 7 in math will cover representing and interpreting data on a graph. Students have interpreted the data picture graph and bar graph. The students have also picture and bar graphs when give data.

Important Dates

 Thursday,  January 19th-PTO Meeting 6 PM

Friday, January 20th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, January 30th-STM Gear Day

Tuesday, January 31st-Favorite Saint or Bible Character Day

Wednesday, February 1st-Pajama Day

Thursday, February 2nd-Hero/Patriotic Day

Friday, February 3rd-Dress Up Day

1/12/23

 Burg's Buzz

1/12/23

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade class is reading the story Aero and Officer Mike by Joan Plummer Russell. In this informational text, students follow Mike and his K-9 dog Aero on a day of work. Students learn about what happens when Mike and Aero are on duty, signals and commands that Aero needs to know, the training the dog receives, and how Mike and Aero interact with the community. The comprehension skill covered author's purpose. Students worked on the prefixes of in- and im- as the vocabulary skill. The phonics skill focused on words with ar, or, and ore. The grammar skill had students working on pronoun-verb agreement.

Math

The 3rd grade class is continuing to learn about finding area of squares, rectangles, and irregular shapes. Students will have a test over the topic of area on Friday, January 13th.

Science

Students continue to learn about animal adaptations. Each student in the class was assigned an animal group (fish, mammal, reptile, fish, or amphibian). Students got to choose an animal from the assigned group, then researched a physical and behavioral adaptation. In another activity, students modeled different bird beaks using tools such as chopsticks, clothespin, a straw, a spoon, and a toothpick to try and pick up different items that represented food a bird might eat.

Catholic Schools Week

St. Malachy School will be celebrating CSW beginning Sunday, January 29th-Friday, February 3rd. There are fun dress up days and activities planned. Please check the take home folder for notes pertaining to all the fun to be had. One of the activities that will take place this year is the return of the talent show. Students will need to try out to be in the show. A sign up sheet will be posted at school beginning next week for try outs. Students can perform by themselves or in a group. I am excited to see all of the talent in our STM students.

Important Dates

FAST Screening-Begins Monday, January 16th

PTO Meeting-Thursday, January 19th 6 PM

Friday, January 20th-Spirit Day $1

 Sunday, January 29th-Friday, February 3rd-Catholic Schools Week

1/5/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

1/5/23

Happy New Year!

The third grade is "Poppin" into the new year. During the first three days back to school, the students learned about the history of the ball dropping, researched how other countries celebrate the New Year, made party hats, brainstormed and developed resolutions, and of course enjoyed popcorn to celebrate.

Book Order

A note has been included in the take home folder about the January book order. Use the link provided on the note to access Scholastic and order books for your child.

FAST Testing

The winter screening for FAST Testing will take place Monday, January 16th-Friday, January 27th. Students will be assessed in both math and reading during this two week period.

Dress Code

Just a friendly reminder to parents about the STM dress code. If your child is wear leggings, their dress/top should extend to the mid-thigh (bottoms covered). Clothing should be free of rips, tears, or holes. Also if there is snow on the ground, students will need to wear boots.

Important Dates

Friday, January 6th-Spirit Day $1

Thursday, January 19th-PTO Meeting

Friday, January 20th-Spirit Day $1 

Sunday, January 29th-Friday, February 3rd-Catholic Schools Week