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