12/7/23

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

12/7/23

Math

The next topic the third grade class will be learning about is perimeter and area.

Please continue to practice the multiplication and division facts.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is reading the story Soccer Shootout by Jake Maddox. In this realistic fiction story, Beck and Ryan are both competing to be the team's goalie. When the coach picks a new goalie other than the one on last year's state championship team, Beck must figure out his new role as the sweeper. The story shows how to win it takes teamwork. The students worked on asking themselves questions about the story, author's purpose, and literary elements. The decoding skills focused on the vowel dipthongs of /oi/ and /oy/.  Students also worked on the suffixes of -er and -est as the vocabulary skill.

The Module 4 Assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Science

The next topic the third grade class will be learning about animal habitats.

Mass

The third grade will be leading the mass on Wednesday, December 13th.  Those students who did not have a part in the last mass, will have a part in this mass. Parts have been included in the take home folder.

There is mass on Friday, December 8th. Students need to wear mass clothes. There will be a noisy change collection at the Friday mass and the mass next Wednesday, December 13th.

Reading Incentive Program

The results for November have been calculated. From the calendars returned back to school, the third grade class read 10,013 minutes in all. Hattie, Camden, Eli, Zayn, Jase, Ryder, Reid, Caroline, Ali, Hadley, Andi, Mikey, Clinton, and Jordy met the goal for November. The third grader that read the most minutes for the past month was Clinton.

Coin Wars

Creston FBLA, Creston CAST, and Creston Wrestling are partnering this year to raise money for the Sleep in Heavenly Peace chapter of Union County. This is an organization that is committed  to making sure that "no kid sleeps on the floor in our town" by providing beds and bedding to children ages 3-17 for free that need a place to rest their heads. The Union County chapter has made and delivered 167 beds since June of 2021. 100% of the money donated will be given to this cause. STM will be participating through Coin Wars. There will be a container for the third grade students to deposit their coins in.

Care Center Gifts

St. Malachy School is once again collecting items for residents in the local care facilities. Please bring small items to school such as a deck of cards, word search books, lotion, body spray, socks, nail polish, hair brush/combs, blankets, body wash, soap, etc. Students will be decorating bags at school to put all of the gifts in. Collecting of these items will last until Friday, December 15th.

Important Dates

Friday, December 8th-Feast of Immaculate Conception Mass

Wednesday, December 13th-3rd Grade Leads the Mass

Friday, December 15th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, December 22nd-Sack Lunch/Caroling

Wednesday, January 2nd-Classes Resume