10/27/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestontmalachy.org

10/26/23

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade class is reading Why Is The Statue of Liberty Green by Martha Rustad. Students will identify the main idea, the author's purpose, and literary elements. The decoding skill covered the silent consonant letters. The vocabulary strategy focused on the prefix of im-.

The spelling post and weekly assessment will take place on Monday, October 30th. The class will not start a new story next week due to only having school three days next week. A new list of words and focal story will start on Monday, November 6th.

  

Math

The class has reached the end of Topic 3 (Factors of 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8). Students will have an assessment next week.

Science

The next topic the third grade class will learn about is motion.

Panther Day

Since the Creston Panther football team has made the playoffs, students and faculty are asked to wear their panther gear in a show of support.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Just a reminder that parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for next week. There are conferences scheduled for after school on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. They are also scheduled for Thursday morning. There is no school on Thursday, November 2nd or Friday, November 3rd.

Halloween Activities

Halloween will be celebrated at STM on Tuesday, October 31st. The middle school has activities planned for early afternoon for the elementary students. The parade is scheduled for 2:30 PM. Students should bring their costumes to school. Students will change prior to the parade. If your child will have different dismissal plans on this day, please make sure you fill out the spreadsheet that was sent out.

Dress Code

As of November 1st, students are no longer allowed to wear shorts. As a reminder, no denim can be worn on mass days. Also, if wearing leggings the dress or top must extend to at least mid-thigh.

Reading Incentive Program

October calendars are due back to school by Monday, November 6th. A November calendar has been included in the take home folder.

Kindness Week

The third grade class will be celebrating Kindness Week from Monday, November 13th-Friday, November 17th. One of the acts of kindness that the third grade students will be participating in is collecting and donating new baby/children/adult mittens and gloves to our local Matura for their Christmas gift program. Donations should be brought to school from Monday, October 30th-Friday, November 10th.

Another note will be sent home at a later date about the other kindness activities planned for the week.

Important Dates

Friday, October 26th-Panther Day

Tuesday, October 31st-Halloween Festivities

Thursday, November 2nd-NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 3rd-NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 10th-Spirit Day $1

10/19/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/19/23

Science

Students are learning about electricity and static electricity. The class will prepare for an assessment next week.

Math

This week the students are learning the factors of 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. We have been playing games and listening to songs to help  56+ Students need to be practicing the basic multiplication facts at home to increase fluency.

Reading/Language Arts

This week's focus story was a narrative nonfiction story entitled The Flag Maker by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. The comprehension skills focused on retelling, text structure, and understanding content area words. The vocabulary strategy     . Students also worked on words with the sounds of /j/, /k/, and /kw/.

The post test and weekly assessment will be completed on Monday, October 23rd.

Halloween Activities

Halloween will be celebrated at STM during the afternoon of Tuesday, October 31st. The middle school has activities planned for the elementary school students after lunch/recess. The parade is scheduled for 2:30 PM. Students should bring their costumes to school. Costumes will be kept in the closet until it is time to change. 

Important Dates

Friday, October 20th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, October 30th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:20-7:00 

Tuesday, October 31st-Halloween Activities in Afternoon

Tuesday, October 31st-Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:20-5:00

Wednesday, November 1st-Parent/Teacher Conferences-3:20-7:00 

Thursday, November 2nd-NO SCHOOL

Thursday, November 2nd-Parent/Teacher Conferences 9:00-noon

Friday, November 3rd-NO SCHOOL

10/12/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/12/23

Math

Topic 3 in the math series will focus on the factors of 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. The class has been practicing the Distributive Property.

I am sending home a skip counting paper with each student in their take home folder. Feel free to use it at home to help with multiplication. 

Science

This week the class has been learning about the force of magnetism. Students have learned about how magnets attract and repel.

Reading/Language Arts

The theme of Module 3 is Let Freedom Ring. Our focus story this week was an informational text entitled The US Constitution by Norman Pearl. Students learned about the history of the Constitution. The comprehension skill covered the author's purpose, summarizing, and text and graphic features. Spelling and decoding this week focused on the three letter blends of spl-, str-, scr-, spr, and squ-. Students review verb tense (present, past, and future) as the grammar skill.

Since this is only a 4 day school week, the selection test and module assessment won't be taken until Monday.

Included in the take home folders are the results from the assessments given during Module 2.

Dress Code

As cooler weather is upon us, here is a friendly reminder about a couple of dress code items. Shorts can be worn through the month of October.  Starting November 1, shorts are no longer allowed until March 1st. Also if wearing leggings, the bottom of the dress, skirt, shirt, or sweatshirt must extend to at least mid-thigh.

Important Dates

Friday, October 13th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Friday, October 20th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, October 30th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:20-7:00 PM

Tuesday, October 31st-Halloween Activities

Tuesday, October 31st-Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:20-5:00 PM

Wednesday, November 1st-Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:20-7:00 PM

Thursday, November 2nd-NO SCHOOL (P/T Conferences)

Thursday, November 2nd-Parent/Teacher Conferences-9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Friday, November 3rd-NO SCHOOL

10/5/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/5/23

Mass

The third grade will be leading the mass on Wednesday, October 11th. Twelve of the students will have a part in this mass. Parts will be sent home in this week's take home folder. We will practice speaking parts at school, but please practice them at home as well.

Science

This week the class has been learning about types of forces. Students have learned about friction and gravity.

Math

The class has continued to practice the multiplication facts with the factors of 0, 1, 2, 5, 9, and 10. Students have also worked on solving multiplication word problems.

The Topic 2 (Multiplication Facts) test will be next week.

Reading/Language Arts

This week's story was Dear Dragon by Josh Funk. This is a fantasy story about two students being pen pals with each other. It is about looking past physical differences to appreciate the person or dragon underneath. The comprehension skill covered analyzing characters, visualizing, and point of view. Students also worked on the suffix of -ly as the vocabulary skill. Students also decoded long and short vowel words. The grammar skill focused on verbs, action and being.

FAST Testing Results

The results of the fall screening of FAST testing have been included in the take home folder. A note has been included if your child's take home folder if he/she needs an intervention. Please feel free to message me if you have any further questions.

Important Dates

Friday, October 6th-$1 Spirit Day

Friday, October 6th-Mrs. Burg Gone in the Afternoon

Wednesday, October 11th-3rd Grade Leads the Mass 9:15 AM

Friday, October 13th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)