1/23/25

 Burg's Buzz
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1/23/25

Science

The next topic that the class is covering is weather. The students have discussed the different types of weather

Math

The third grade class will be testing over the topic of fractions on Friday, January 24th.

Reading/Language Arts

In third grade this week, the class is reading the realistic fiction story Running Rivals by Jake Maddox. The story is a rivalry between two runners who both end up getting advice from each other. The comprehension skills covered monitoring and clarifying, literary elements, and author's purpose. Students also worked on homophones as the decoding skill. The grammar skill focused on pronoun/verb agreement. The vocabulary skill covered the Greek root bio- and the Latin root vid.

The class has completed learning all of the lowercase cursive letters.

Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools Week starts on Sunday, January 26th with mass at Holy Spirit Church beginning at 9 AM. On Monday, January 27th, the students will need to bring a sack lunch (milk provided). The dress up day is St. Malachy gear. The dress up day for Tuesday, January 28th is Polar Paradise. Students need to dress in winter gear such as stocking hats, scarves, boots, etc. Another idea would be wearing white or something with a snowman on it.  Students will be getting together with their Advent Angels to make snowmen. On Wednesday, January 29th, students will meet with their Advent Angels to make thank you cards to retired priests and nuns. The dress up for this day is Disney. On Thursday, January 30th, the students will be going on a field trip to Feldhackers Fun Center to go bowling. The bus will leave STM at 8:45 AM and return back to school by 11:00 AM. Students are asked to wear grippy socks. The dress up day is Decades. The students are asked to pick a decade and wear the clothes associated with it (examples include 50s-poodle skirts or white t-shirt, cuffed jeans and a leather jacket or 80s-neon colors, leg warmers, windbreaker jackets). Friday, January 31st, is the Grandparents/Special Guest Mass. Students will need to be picked up at the school beginning at 1:00 PM by their mass guest. Mass begins at 1:30 PM. Students can then leave with their mass once mass has ended. If your child needs to ride the bus or trolley, please notify the school. The dress up day is Dress to Impress (mass attire).

In the take home folder, there is a form to fill out about who will be attending the mass with your child. Please make sure the form gets filled out and returned back to school.

Important Dates

Friday, January 24th-Spirit Day $1

Monday, January 27th-Students need a sack lunch

Friday, February 14th-Valentine's Day Party in the PM