12/19/24

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

12/19/24

Math

The class took the topic 7 test that covered analyzed and interpreting graphs. The class also took a school wide survey. Students came up with the question, gathered the data, and then analyzed the information by creating graphs.

Science

The class continues to discuss plant and animal traits and adaptations. The students have learned about the effects of environmental changes such as volcanoes, earthquakes, fire, and floods on living things.

Reading/Language Arts

This week The Gingerbread Man was read aloud. Students came up with adjectives to describe the Gingerbread Man. Also, the students worked on the comprehension skill of retelling. Then different versions of the story were read aloud such as The Gingerbread Girl and The Gingerbread Baby.  Students compared and contrasted settings, characters, problems, and solutions about each of the stories. The class will be having a scavenger hunt after reading The Gingerbread is Loose at School.

Class Christmas Party

Friday, December 20th will be a day filled with fun. Students will need to bring a sack lunch with a drink (no pop). Students will be eating with their Advent Angels. One of the traditions that has developed is Advent Angels exchanging gifts with each other. This is a very nice gesture, but please know it is not required. If your child is bringing a gift, please limit it to around $5, and something small that the child can easily carry home. After lunch, there will be singing of Christmas carols in the gym. Students will return back to their classrooms for class parties.

Reading Incentive Program

I have included a January reading calendar in your child's take home folder for next month. Please note that the goal for January, February, and March increases to 500 minutes.

Please return the December calendar back to school on Monday, January 6th when classes resume.

Important Dates

Thursday, December 19th

Friday, December 20th-Holiday Sweater Day/Sack Lunch Needed

Monday, December 23rd-Friday, January 3rd-NO SCHOOL

Monday, January 6th-Classes Resume at STM

Friday, January 10th-Spirit Day

12/12/24

 Burg's Buzz
12/12/24
nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Math

To apply the skills that have been learned in our data and graphing unit, the third grade class will be conducting a school wide survey. The students will be collecting data, creating graphs, and then analyzing the information. 

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class read the play "Gigi and the Wishing Ring." This play was adapted from an Italian fairy tale. The reader follows Gigi as he leaves home for an adventure and making a fortune. Along his journey, he encounters an elderly woman who gives him the special wishing ring. With this ring, Gigi encounters many different situations. The comprehension skill focused on retelling, elements of dram a, and theme. The suffixes or -er and -or were discussed as the vocabulary skill. Students worked on making plural nouns. The decoding skill focused on the vowel diphthongs of -ow and -ou.

This will be the last story and lessons that will be covered before Christmas break. Next week the plan is to do Christmas activities.

Science

The third grade class continues to learn about organisms'adaptations.

Important Dates

Friday, December 13th-Grinch Day (Wear Green)

Monday, December 16th-Snowman Day (Wear White)

Monday, December 16th-Reconciliation

Tuesday, December 17th-Smooth as Velvet/Mad for Plaid   (Wear Velvet or Plaid)

Wednesday, December 18th-Holiday Glow (mass attire)

Thursday, December 19th-Mele Kalkimaka (Wear a Hawaiian Shirt)

Friday, December 20th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, December 20th-Holiday Sweater Day

Friday, December 20th-Sack Lunch/Caroling/Class Party

Christmas Vacation

There is no school from Monday, December 23rd-Friday, January 3rd. School will resume on Monday, January 6th.

12/5/24

 Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

12/5/24

Reading/Language Arts

This week the class started on Module 4. In this module, students will listen to, read, and view a variety of texts and media that will give information about the features of dramas. Students will read plays about a tall tale, a classic tale, and a myth as well as watch an informational video.

This week the class is reading a play entitled The Saga of Pecos Bill by Anthony Fredericks. In this tall tale, students learn about the life of Pecos Bill. The comprehension skills focused on visualizing, the elements of drama, literary elements, and figurative language. The vocabulary skill covered the prefixes of in- and im-. Students also worked on the consonant digraphs as the decoding skill. The grammar skill introduced students to pronouns. Students learned about subject pronouns, object pronouns, and antecedents.

The module 3 assessment results have been included in the take home folder. 

Science

The class has been learning about plant and animal adaptations.

Math

The next topic that the third grade class will cover is analyzing and interpreting graphs. Students have worked with bar graphs and picture graphs.

Those students who have not mastered the multiplication facts need to continue to practice at home to achieve mastery.

Reading Incentive Program

For the month of November, nine third grade students met the reading goal. Those students include Grayson, Hallea, Claire, Locklyn, Asher, Grisham, Addy, Maddox, and Natalie. The total minutes read during the month of November was 9,499 in all. Maddox and Natalie each read over two thousand minutes.

 

Nursing Home Gifts

Once again this year, students and staff at St. Malachy School are collecting items for the residents in care facilities in Creston and Afton. All items need to be at school by Friday, December 13th. Some ideas to buy include socks, candy, books, a deck of cards, snacks, and personal care items such as lip balm, body wash, hair brush/comb, and nail polish. There are also two noisy change collections planned to purchase bigger items to donate.

Twelve Days of Christmas

Starting on Thursday, December 5th, St. Malachy School will have Christmas dress days. For this week, Thursday is "Holiday Hat" day, and Friday is "You're a Gift" day. On this day, students can wear a bow or ribbon. The other dress up days include Candy Cane Day, Cozy Christmas Socks, Winter Wonderland, Grind Day, Snowman Day, Smooth as Velvet/Mad for Plaid, Mele Kalkimaka, and Holiday Sweater Day.

Important Dates

Friday, December 6th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, December 9th-Mrs. Burg Absent from School

Wednesday, December 11th-Noisy Change Collection