4/27/23

 Burg's Buzz

4/27/23

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Math

The next topic the third grade class will be studying is fractions. Students have identified equal and unequal parts, wrote unit fractions, and have represented multiple copies of a unit fraction.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class read Mountains: Surviving on Mt. Everest by Michael Sandler. In this nonfiction selection, the reader learns information about Mt. Everest, the first people to make the climb to the top, the equipment necessary to make the climb, and follow Temba Tsheri's journey to the top of the mountain. The lesson 24 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder. Students identified text and graphic features that help to better understand the information given as the comprehension skill. The class also reviewed comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs as the grammar skill. The vocabulary strategy was understanding analogies. The phonics skill focused on the suffixes of -less, -ness, and -able.

Next week the third grade class will be taking the Unit 5 Benchmark test.

Science

Students continue to work on their severe weather projects by creating a Google Slides presentation. I hope to have the students present their slides to the class next week.

FAST Testing

FAST testing for reading and math started this week and will continue into next week as well. Results will be sent home after all of the data has been collected and reviewed.

Spring Clean Up Day

The spring clean up day postponed from last week has been rescheduled for Friday, May 28th. Students need to bring work gloves, a rake (labeled with last name), and $1 donation for potting soil and flowers for the school's entrance.

Lap-A-Thon

Lap-A-Thon will take place on Monday, May 1st during scheduled PE times. Donations sheets were sent home in last week's take home folder.

Art Field Trip

On Friday, May 5th each class will be getting to go to the Creston Arts Center to complete an art project. Each class will have a scheduled time to walk to and from the Creston Arts Center. There is a permission slip to fill out in the take home folder.

Important Dates

Friday, April 28th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, April 28th-Spring Clean Up Day

Monday, May 1st-Lap-A-Thon

Friday, May 5th-Biography Book Report Projects Due

Friday, May 5th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, May 12th-Biography Bash 2:00-3:00 PM