10/31/24

 Burg's Buzz
10/31/24
nburg@crestonstmaachy.org

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thank you to all third grade parents for attending conferences. I enjoyed discussing your child's academic and behavioral progress. Thank you to the parents who donated books to the classroom.

October Reading Calendar

October reading calendars are due back to school on Monday, November 4th. Please make sure to total the number of minutes read and and add a parent's signature. November calendars were sent home with parents at conferences.

Dress Code

Upon returning back to school on Monday, November 4th, shorts will no longer be allowed at school. This is stated in the school's dress code policy.

Kindness Week

The third grade class will celebrate Kindness Week from November 11th-15th. Please look for a note coming home next week about the fun dress up days and activities.

Important Dates

Friday, November 1st-NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 8th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, November 11th-Friday, November 14th-Kindness Week

Wednesday, November 20th-Advent Night

10/24/24

Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

10/24/24 

Reading/Language Arts

The students are reading The US Constitution by  Norman Pearl. In this informational text, students read about what the U. S. The Constitution is about, who wrote the US Constitution, when it went into effect, and about the specific parts included. The comprehension skills covered the central idea, text structure, and text and graphic features. Students focused on the present, past, and future tense of verbs as the grammar skill. The vocabulary skill worked on the suffixes of -y and less. The decoding skill covered three letter blends. Examples include spl-, str-, scr-, squ-, and spr-.

The class won't resume back in the reading textbook until after returning back to school after conferences. Students will do some Halloween reading and writing.

Science

The third grade class has been learning about patterns of motion. Examples include up and down, back and forth, circular, and zigzag.

Math

Topic 4 in math will focus on division. Strategies to solve division problems will include using fact families, arrays, and repeated subtraction.

Ala Carte at Lunch

A decision has been made in grades third, fourth, and fifth about ala carte at lunch. It has been decided that students can buy ala carte  for themselves, they can buy for one friend, or their entire class. Students can no longer bring in money to buy for a random group of other students. We know the students are trying to be generous, but some kids are being left out. It has been creating some issues.

  

Conferences

Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled for after school on Monday, October 28th-Wednesday, October 30th, and in the morning on Thursday, October 31st. I look forward to talking about your child's progress in school.

Halloween Party

St. Malachy School will celebrate Halloween on Wednesday, October 30th. During the afternoon the middle school will have activities planned for the elementary students. The parade will take place beginning at 2:30 PM. Students will need to bring their costumes to school to change into. Parents may take their child after the parade.

Dress Code

According to the dress code, students will not be allowed to wear shorts at school as of November 4th. This remain in effect until the month of March.

Important Dates

Monday, October 28th-Thursday, October 31st-Conferences

Wednesday, October 30th-Halloween Parade 

Thursday, October 31st-No School

Friday, November 1st-No School

Friday, November 8th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, November 11th-Friday, November 15th-Kindness Week

10/17/24

 Burg's Buzz

10/17/24

nburg@crestonstmalchy.org

Math

The class continues to work on multiplication with the factors between zero and ten. Students also learned about The Associative Property of Multiplication. An example of this is 

(3 x 2) x 5=3 x (2 x 5). I have also started doing 2 minute timed tests for each of the factors. Students must pass the factor of 2 to move on the the factor of 3 and so on.

Reading/Language Arts

Since there was no school on Monday, Tuesday during language arts was spent finishing our letter writing unit. Students wrote a letter to their future self. 

The class started the lessons for week 7 on Wednesday, so there will be no testing on Friday of this week. We are starting Module 3 which focuses on information about important US documents and symbols.

The results for the assessments for Module 2 have been included in the take home folder.

Science

The third grade class learned about Isaac Newton's Three Laws of Motion.

FAST Testing

The results of the math FAST Testing have been included in the take home folder.

Dress Code 

Students will not be allowed to wear shorts to school beginning November 4th.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

The week of parent/teacher conferences is from Monday, October 28th-Thursday, October 31st. Conferences are after school on the 28th, 29th, and 30th. There is no school on the 31st with conferences in the morning. There is also no school on Friday, November 1st.

Important Dates

Friday, October 18th-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, October 30th-Halloween Parade

Thursday, October 31st-NO SCHOOL 

Friday, November 1st-NO SCHOOL

 

10/10/24

 Burg's Buzz
nburg@crestonstmalachy.org
10/10/24

Science

The next unit that the third grade class will be learning about is motion.

Math

This week students have covered the factors of 3, 4, 6,7, and 8. We have now covered all of the factors from zero through ten in class. I am noticing students who are improving on their multiplication fact fluency. I love seeing this! Again, practicing at home and school makes a big difference.

Reading/Language Arts

The focus text this week is the fantasy story Dear Dragon by Josh Funk. In this story, George and Blaise are pen pals. They write letters back and forth telling each other about their pets, birthdays, and sports. There is one thing the two friends don't know about each other. Students learn what happens when they meet fact to face. The comprehension skills covered visualizing, understanding characters, a review of the elements of poetry, and point of view. Students learned about action verbs and the verb of 'be" as the grammar skill. The decoding skill focused on long and short vowel sounds. The suffixes of -y and -ly as the vocabulary skill.

FAST Testing

The results of the reading FAST Testing have been included in the take home folder. If you have any questions, please reach out to me.

Noisy Change Collection

During the month of November (11th-15th), the third grade class will be celebrating Kindness Week. Each year I have done this, the class has made a donation to a local charity. This year our class will be donating to two different organizations in Creston. We will be donating mitten/gloves to DaVita Dialysis Center for their patients to use during their treatments. Also, we will be donating coloring books, crayons, Legos, card games, and other items to Greater Regional Cancer and Infusion Center for their pediatric patients (ages 5-15). During the third grade Mass, there will be a "Noisy Change" collection. All funds will go towards this cause. The class will be delivering all of the items later in November.

In addition to participating in the monetary donations with the noisy change, third grade students will have the opportunity to bring in items to donate during the Kindness Week in November (11th-15th). More information will be sent home at a later date.

Mass Parts

The 3rd grade class will lead the liturgy on Wednesday, October 16th. Your child's part has been included in the take home folder. We will practice speaking parts at school, but please have your child practice their part at home as well.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for after school on October 28th, 29th, and 30th, as well as from 8-11 AM on the 31st. Please sign up for a time slot on JMC. I look forward discussing your child's progress with you.  

Important Dates

Monday, October 14th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher PD)

Wednesday, October 16th-3rd Grade Leads Mass 9:15 AM

Friday, October 18th-Spirit Day $1

10/3/24

Burg's Buzz
10/3/24
nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Math

Topic 3 will focus on the factors of 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 in multiplication. Again, please continue to practice the multiplication facts at home to improve fluency.

Science

The third grade will have a science test over Forces on Monday, 

October  7th. A study guide will be completed on Thursday. Due to the early out on Friday, there will be no science class.

Reading/Language Arts

There were two selections to read in this lesson. First, the students read and analyzed a variety of poetry. Discussed with the class the elements of poetry such as rhyming words, rhythm, and imagery. The other selection read was a memoir entitled The Upside Down Boy by Juan Felipe Herrera. The comprehension skills covered figurative language and text/graphic features. Students also worked on singular and plural nouns as the grammar skills. The decoding skill covered the long i sound. The vocabulary skill focused on the prefix of dis-. 

The class has started another writing projects. Students are writing a letter to their future selves about their future plans.

Important Dates

Friday, October 4th-Creston Panther gear Spirit Day $1

Friday, October 4th-3 Hour Early Out (Homecoming)

Monday, October 14th-NO SCHOOL (Teacher Professional Development)

Wednesday, October 16th-3rd Grade Leads the Mass

Friday, October 18th-Spirit Day $1