2/29/24

 Burg's Buzz

2/29/24

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Math

The third grade students have been learning about addition properties.

Science

The students continue to learn about the weather. The third grade students will be writing an informational paper on a type of weather.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is reading a biography called One Plastic Bag-Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul. The reader learns how one African woman started a recycling movement to combat the pollution caused by plastic bags in her community. Students worked on making inferences and text structure as the comprehension strategy. The decoding skill covered irregular plural nouns. The vocabulary skill focused on the suffixes of -ness and -able. 

The weekly assessments and spelling post test will be taken on Monday, March 4th.

Reading Incentive Program

February calendars are due back to school by Monday, March 4th. March calendars have been included in the take home folder. March is the last month of the reading incentive program.

National Reading Month

From the note sent home last week, you can see the many fun and educational activities planned for the month of March to celebrate National Reading month.

A reading bingo form is being sent home with each student. Each time your child completes one of the activities, please X it off and date the square. Once your child has completed ALL of the squares, please have him/her return the bingo card back to school to receive a prize.  Bingo cards must be returned back to school by the end of the month of March.

Important Dates

Friday, March 1st-Buddy Day (Bring a stuffed animal)

Saturday, March 2nd-STM Foundation Gala 6 PM

Monday, March 4th-Parent/Teacher Conferences 

Tuesday, March 5th-Oh, The Places You'll Go Day

Tuesday, March 5th-Children's Author Visit

Tuesday, March 5th-Parent/Teacher Conferences

Wednesday, March 6th-Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thursday, March 7th-NO SCHOOL (Parent/Teacher Conferences)

Friday, March 8th-NO SCHOOL

Monday, March 11th-Friday, March 14th-Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)

Thursday Fun (2/22/24)

Creston High School Jazz Band 

Channel 5 Meteorologist Weather Presentation

2/22/24

 Burg's Buzz

2/22/24

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Reading/Language Arts

The stories in Module 7 will focus on community and how one person can make a meaningful difference. The first selection that we are reading this week is a biography entitled Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table. Students worked on the comprehension skills of included author's purpose, text structure, and making and confirming predictions. The decoding skill covered compound words and abbreviations. The class worked with using the suffix of -ion. The grammar skill reviewed irregular nouns.

The weekly assessments for this story will be on Monday, February 26th.

The results of the Module 6 testing have been included in the take home folder.

Math

The next skill that students in third grade will work on is addition and subtraction using the regrouping strategy.

Science

The third grade is learning about weather. The class has discussed types of weather, causes of weather, and weather instruments used to measure weather.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled during the evenings of Monday, March 4th-Wednesday, March 6th, and the morning of Thursday, March 7th. If you have not yet signed up for a conference time, please do so on JMC. There is no school on Friday, March 8th. Spring break then runs from Monday, March 11th-14th. 

National Reading Month

March is National Reading month. The 3rd grade class will be celebrating throughout the entire month. A note has been included in the take home folder about all of the activities and dress up days planned.

Important Dates

Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day $1

Monday, February 26th-3rd Trimester Begins (Late Slips)

Saturday, March 2nd-STM Gala

Monday, March 4th-Thursday, March 7th-Parent/Teacher Conferences

Friday, March 8th-NO SCHOOL

Monday, March 11th-Friday, March 14th-Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)

 

2/15/24

 Burg Buzz

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2/15/24

Science

The next topic the third grade students will be learning about is weather.

Math

The third grade class will have an assessment over interpreting and analyzing data next week.

Reading/Language Arts

This week's story is T.J. The Siberian Tiger by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel. In this informational text, students learn about a tiger cub that loses his mother due to cancer. The tiger cub quits eating and begins losing weight. Under the care of caring workers, The comprehension skills covered text structure, text and graphic features, and the central idea. Students also worked on words with vowel + /r/ sounds  as the decoding skill. The vocabulary strategy covered the suffix of -ly. 

The class has also been working on opinion writing. Students have written about their favorite between rain and snow, whether they would rather be the student or the teacher, their favorite day of the week, and their favorite restaurant.

Book Order

An order form was sent home in last week's take home folder about ordering books written by visiting guest author Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia. Order forms with payment are due back to school by Tuesday, February 21st.

Donations

3rd grade class is still in need of monetary donations for the third, fourth, and fifth grade "I'd Rather Be Reading" basket and silent auction adirondack chairs.

Late Slips

The third trimester begins on Monday, February 26th, which means late slips will be starting in third grade. Every time a student doesn’t not have an assignment (spelling packet, writing missed words, getting a test signed, etc) completed, he or she receives a late slip. The student must get the late slip signed and the homework completed and returned the next day.  If the homework is completed and the late slip is signed there is no other consequence.  If the late slip is not signed or the homework is not completed by the next day, the student will have to serve detention.  On the sixth late slip received, the student gets an automatic detention.  If any more late slips are received after the sixth one also results in detention being served.  Parents will be notified when a detention is to be served.  Students receive late slips from Mrs. Sickels, Miss Surma, and me, so the six late slips allowed are per teacher.  I have talked with the third graders about the late slip policy.  The best way to avoid late slips is to just get homework completed on time!  Please continue to check assignment books to see what was done during the day, what still needs to be completed, and what needs to be signed.  Please take a few minutes to talk to your third grader about the late slip policy and what the consequences are for not getting work completed.

  

Important Dates

Monday, February 19th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)

Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day

Monday,  February 26th-Third Trimester (Late Slips Start)

Saturday, March 2nd-Auction and Gala

2/8/24

 Burg's Buzz

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2/8/24

Science

Students will take the Unit 5 Assessment covering "Organisms and Their Environment" on Monday, February 12th.

Math

This week the students have been analyzing and interpreting data using bar graphs and picture graphs. Later in the week, students will be doing a school wide survey about who will win the upcoming Super Bowl football game. Students will gather the data and create a bar graph with the results.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class is reading Octopus Escapes Again by  Laurie Ellen Angus. In this narrative nonfiction story, the reader follows Octopus trying to find food all the while avoiding being eaten by other animals in the sea. The comprehension skill reviewed figurative language and text and graphic features. Students worked on using words with er, ir, ur, and or as the decoding skill. The grammar skill focused on using adjectives to compare. Students worked with using the prefix of un- as the vocabulary strategy.

The results of Module 5 have been included in the take home folder.

FAST Testing Results

The results of the winter screening for FAST Testing have been included in the take home folder.

Author Visit

March is National Reading Month. On Tuesday, March 5th, children's author Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia will be visiting St. Malachy School. Families have the opportunity to purchase books she has written prior to the visit.  In this week's take home folder is an order form. Books can be purchased using cash or check. Order forms are due back to school by Tuesday, February 20th.

St. Malachy Foundation Gala

The St. Malachy Foundation Gala is scheduled for Saturday, March 2nd. Donations are still needed for the adirondack chairs for the silent auction item. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade book basket for the live auction is in need of donations as well.

Important Dates

Friday, February 9th-Spirit Day $1 (Wear Chiefs or 49ers Gear)

Friday, February 9th-Valentine's Day Party

Monday, February 19th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)

Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day $1

Friday, February 23rd-End of the 2nd Trimester

Monday, February 26th-Late Slips Start

2/1/24

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2/1/24

Math

The next chapter the third grade class will cover is interpreting and analyzing data. Students will read and make a variety of graphs.

Reading/Language Arts

Module 6 will focus on animal behaviors. This week the class read another narrative nonfiction story called This is Your Life" by Heather Lynn Miller. This story also contained some fantasy. The comprehension skills focused on text and graphic features, summarizing, and author's purpose. Students learned about adjectives as the grammar skill. The vocabulary skill covered the prefixes of uni-, bi-, and tri-. 

Science

Students will be having a test over how living things are able to survive in their environments next week.

St. Malachy Foundation Gala

The St. Malachy Foundation committee have decided to bring back the class baskets to the auction.  The theme of this year's Gala is "We Are God...We Are Community." This year the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grader classes are combining to put together "I Rather Be Reading" basket. The plan is to focus on the new bookstore in town. Items that could be included are bookmarks, reading light, blanket, candle, snacks, a gift card, etc. Our grade band is seeking donations to purchase items for the basket. Donations are due to school by Friday, February 23rd. There is a note in the take home folder pertaining to this.

Also, please remember monetary donations are also needed to help with the silent auction as well. A note from Casie Klejch was sent home last week about monetary donations for this.

Special Guest Mass

Catholic Schools Week will end with mass on Friday, February 2nd. School will be dismissed at 1:00 PM. All students will be picked up in the car line. Mass begins at 1:30 PM. Students will not return back to school. Students with parts have spots reserved for them up towards the front of the church.

Valentine's Day Party

St. Malachy School will hold Valentine's Day parties on Friday, February 9th. Students decorated bags in art class on Wednesday, and will finish next week. Please do not have students bring their valentines until at least Thursday of next week.

Important Dates

Friday, February 2nd-Black Tie Dress Up Day

Friday, February 2nd-Special Guest Mass at 1:30 PM

Monday, February 5th-Mrs. Burg Absent

Friday, February 7th-Lenten Retreat 6-7 PM

Friday, February 9th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, February 9th-Valentine's Day Party

Friday, February 19th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)

Friday, February 23rd-Spirit Day $1

Friday, February 23rd-Last Day of the 2nd Trimester