11/7/24

 Burg's Buzz 
11/7/24
nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

Reading/Language Arts

The students are reading The Flag Maker by Susan Campbell Nivola. In this narrative nonfiction selection, students learn the story of the flag that came to be known as The Star Spangled Banner, told from the perspective of the flag maker's daughter. The comprehension skills focused on retelling, text structure, and content area words. Students also worked on the suffixes of -er and -est as the vocabulary skill. The grammar skill covered using commas in nouns and verbs in a series and their use in addresses. The decoding skill worked on words with /j/, /k/, and /kw/ sounds.

Math

The class is working on the concept of division. Students have learned different strategies for solving problems. The class learned about using arrays, using repeated subtraction, and using fact families. The class covered the divisors 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Please continue to practice the multiplication and division facts at home.

Science

The class will have a test over motion on Friday, November 8th.

Kindness Week

The 3rd grade class will be celebrating Kindness Week from Monday, November 11th-Friday, November 13th. This is one of my favorite weeks of the school year. A note giving all of the details and a permission slip have been included in the take home folder. The week includes dress up days and passing along kindness to others.

On Thursday, November 14th, the third grade class will be walking uptown to Adam's Street Espresso and Big Acai Bowl to welcome and greet their customers.  We will be leaving STM around 9:00 AM and returning back to school around 10:30 AM. Upon leaving uptown, the class will walk to Chris Lane's Real Estate Agency to drop some cards the students made promoting the great things Creston has to offer, so that he can hand them out to potential home buyers. 

I could use a couple of parents to walk with the class. If you are available, please let me know.

Reading Incentive Programs

Eleven students turned in calendars for the month of October totaling 8,137 minutes. Nine students met the reading goal. Those students include Natalie, Ellee, Mosley, Locklyn, Hallea, Grisham, Claire, Asher, and Maddox. Natalie and Maddox both read almost two thousand minutes, so both were awarded for their efforts.

Important Dates

Friday, November 8th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, November 11th-"Kind" in the USA (wear red, white, and blue)

Tuesday, November 12th-Round Up Your Kindness (wear western/cowboy)

Wednesday, November 13th-World Kindness Day (wear a cardigan sweater like Mister Rogers)

Thursday, November 14th-We Don't Hide from Kindness (camo)

Friday, November 15th-"Kind" of a Big Deal (dress like a famous person)

Wednesday, November 13th-PTO Meeting

Wednesday, November 20th-Advent Activity Night

Friday, November 22nd-Spirit Day $1