1-17-19

3rd Grade News

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1-17-19

Math

Students continue to work on learning the multiplication facts, properties, and strategies. The class has learned the factors from zero through ten. Any extra help at home with the basic facts would be greatly appreciated. The chapter 4 math test will be next week (hopefully Wednesday). An extra practice sheet has been included in the take home folder. Students will also take a basic facts fluency test next Thursday. Please continue to practice the basic multiplication facts at home.

Reading/Language Arts

This week's humorous fiction story was "Judy Moody Saves the World." The comprehension skill focused on story structure such as setting, characters, and plot. Students learned about adjectives in grammar. The vocabulary strategy covered context clues. The class worked on words with -air, -ear, and -are in phonics. 

The results of the Unit 3 Benchmark Assessment have been included in the take home folder. There are improvements being made on these assessments.

Science

The third grade class continues to study animal life cycles.

Book Orders

A book order was sent home in last week's take home folder. All orders are due on Friday, January 18th.

School Supplies

Please check with your child on their school supplies. Some students are in need of more pencils. Students may also be in need of new glue or crayons. This would be a good time to replenish.

Dress Code

Just a reminder concerning dress code. If wearing leggings, the bottom of the dress, skirt, or top must extend to at least mid-thigh. This can be found on the everyday, all year long expectations of the dress code policy.

Foundation Auction

A note was sent home last week about the third, fourth, and fifth grade "Car" basket for the St. Malachy Foundation Auction on Saturday, March 2nd. Donations needs given by February 15th. Please contact Kathy Ralston, Heidi Rohrig, or Calista Purdum with any questions.

This week a note has been is being included in the take home folder about the 3rd grade silent auction item. Kathy Ralston, Michelle Wagner, and Tiffany Ossian are on this committee. They have a great idea for a personalized piece of pottery. Please send donations to school an envelope labeled for Kathy.

Important Dates

Friday, January 18th-Spirit Day ($1)

Saturday, January 19th-Trivia Night at Crestmoor Country Club

Friday, January 25th-Spirit Day ($1)

Sunday, January 27th-Friday, February 1st-Catholic Schools Week

Friday, February 8th-Spirit Day ($1)

1-10-19

3rd Grade News

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1-10-19

Science

Third grade continues to learn about animal life cycles in science. Students have identified the major steps in the life cycle of animals. Students are also learning about animals that go through a metamorphosis during their life cycle.

Math

Students continue their work with multiplication. Students have been introduced to a variety of properties (Commutative, Identity, Distributive, and Associative) to help in solving multiplication problems. Please practice multiplication fact fluency at home. There are many workbooks to purchase, flashcards, and online resources for extra practice.

Reading/Language Arts

Third grade read the humorous fiction story "The Extra Good Sunday" from Ramona Quimby-Age 8. The comprehension skill focused on understanding characters through traits, motivations, and feelings. The vocabulary strategy covered using a thesaurus. Students also continued working on r-controlled vowels. The grammar skill focused on verb tense (present, past, and future).

The lesson 15 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Third grade has been taking the Unit 3 Benchmark Assessment. The results will be sent home next week.

Reading Incentive Program

Eight students returned reading calendars for the month of December with six of those meeting the goal of 400 minutes total read. The total minutes read for December was 4,822. Congratulations to Charlie, Halle, Mark, Claire, Rowhyn, and Zoey for meeting the goal in December. The most minutes read during the month was Claire. January calendars were sent home in take home folders last week. The goal now increases to 500 minutes total. 

Book Order

A January book order has been included in the take home folder. Order can be submitted online at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs using the classroom code GRHFQ or returned to school with cash or check (payable to Scholastic). All orders are due by Friday, January 18th.

Foundation Auction

The annual St. Malachy Foundation Dinner and Auction is scheduled for Saturday, March 2. Classrooms are responsible for a basket for the live auction and a silent auction item. This year third, fourth, and fifth grade will have a "Car Basket' in the live auction. A note from homeroom parents explaining the basket has been included in the take home folder. All donations are greatly appreciated. There will be more information to come about the silent auction item.

Important Dates
Monday, January 14th-No School (Teacher Professional Development)
Thursday, January 17th-PTO Meeting
Friday, January 18th-Spirit Day ($1)
Saturday, January 19th-Trivia Night at Crestmoor
Friday, January 25th-Spirit Day ($1)
Sunday, January 27th-Friday, February 1st-Catholic Schools Week

12-20-18

Third Grade News

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12-20-18

Reading/Language Arts

In this week's informational text "Aero and Officer Mike-Patrol Partners" students learn about a police officer and his K-9 dog. The comprehension skill focused on author's purpose. Students also worked on the vocabulary skill of the prefixes im- and in-. In grammar students learned about pronoun-verb agreement. The class covered R-controlled vowel worked as a phonics skill.

The lesson 13 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Math

Students continue to work on multiplication. The class has worked on the factors of 0, 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6, and 10. Any additional help on practicing multiplication fact fluency at home would be greatly appreciated.

Science

Students have been learning about the life cycle of nonflowering plants. Students have compared the life cycles of flowering and nonflowering plants as well.

Friday, December 21st

On Friday, December 21st after 10:15 AM will be will having our Christmas party. Students can wear ugly sweaters to school. During the party will do the holiday sock exchange, have treats, and play games. Students can bring board and card games from home if they wish. Students need to bring a sack lunch (milk provided). Lunch will Advent Angels will be from 11:45-12:15 PM. In the past, some students have brought a small gift for their Advent Angel. This is not required by any means though. As a school we will sing Christmas carols in the gym from 12:15-12:45 PM. Parents are more than welcome to come. School will be dismissed at 1:10 PM for break.

Important Dates

Friday, December 21st-2 Hour Early Dismissal

Friday, December 21st-PTO Movie Night

St. Malachy School will be closed from Monday, December 24th-Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Classes resume on Thursday, January 3rd.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all St. Malachy families!

Be Y.O.U. Presentation

Be Y.O.U. Presentation

Senior high school student Caroline McAlexander did a great job of presenting her program Be Y(Youthful), O (Observant), U (Unique) to the third graders.

Upcoming Week

Schedule for the week of December 17th-21st

Monday, December 17th-Wear Red

Tuesday, December 18th-Wear Green

Wednesday, December 19th-Mass Clothes

Thursday, December 20th-Christmas Socks and Jewelry

Friday, December 21st-Ugly Sweaters

On Friday, December 21st after 10:15 AM will be will having our Christmas party. During the party will do the holiday sock exchange, have treats, and play games. Students can bring board and card games from home if they wish. Students need to bring a sack lunch (milk provided). Lunch will Advent Angels will be from 11:45-12:15 PM. In the past, some students have brought a small gift for their Advent Angel. This is not required by any means though. As a school we will sing Christmas carols in the gym from 12:15-12:45 PM. Parents are more than welcome to come. School will be dismissed at 1:10 PM for break.

12-13-18

3rd Grade News

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12-13-18

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade read "Yonder Mountain-A Cherokee Legend" in which the chief of the tribe has to pick a new leader. Three young Native American men are given a task to see which one possesses the skills to be the next leader of the tribe. The comprehension skill covered comparing and contrasting. The vocabulary strategy focused on homophones and homographs. The students worked on contractions in phonics. For the grammar skill, the class worked on subject-verb agreement.

The lesson 12 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder. We will be in the reading series next week.

Science

The third grade class is learning about life cycles. Students have studied about plant life cycles. Students have learned about flowering and nonflowering plants. Pollination has also been discussed.

Math

The next chapter in math will focus on multiplication facts and strategies. We will start with the factors of 2 and 4, then 5 and 10.

Secret Holiday Sock Exchange

Third grade will have a holiday sock exchange during our class party on Friday, December 21st. If you would like your child to participate, please bring in a new pair of wrapped Christmas themed child-sized socks suitable for a boy or girl. Socks should cost $5 or less. We will play a fun game to exchange the holiday themed socks during our class party. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me.

Food Pantry Donations

Donations are wanted for our local food pantry. Third, fourth, and fifth grade students are asked to bring toilet paper. Donations can be brought to school through December 14th.

Important Dates

Friday, December 21st-Spirit Day ($1)
Friday, December 21st-2 Hour Early Dismissal
Friday, December 21st-Movie Night (6:30 PM)
Thursday, January 3rd-Classes Resume

Christmas vacation runs from Monday, December 24th-Wednesday, January 2, 2019. School resumes on Thursday, January 3, 2019. 

12-6-18

3rd Grade News

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12-6-18

Math

Third graders continue to learn about multiplication. Students have built arrays to model multiplication number sentences. Students are also applying the Commutative Property (4x3=12, so 3x4=12) as a strategy to solve multiplication problems.

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading Tops and Bottoms. In this trickster tale, a clever Hare tricks a lazy bear. The hare plants the crops to "share" with the bear. The hare always ends up with the good parts, and the bear not so good parts. Bear learns a valuable lesson about working hard to reap the rewards you are wanting. The comprehension skill covered theme. The vocabulary strategy focused on idioms. The phonics skills covered homophones and words that end in -le and -er. Students used quotation marks in grammar.

The results of the Unit 2 Benchmark test and the lesson 11 weekly assessment have been included in the take home folder.

Science

The next unit third grade will cover is life cycles. Lessons will first focus on plant life cycles.

Reading Incentive Program

Eleven students met the reading goal for the month of November. Congratulations to Anthony, Charlie, Halle, Mark, Whisper, Savannah, Claire, Rohwyn, Will, Logan, and Zoey for meeting the goal of 400 minutes for the month. The total read for November was 6,180 minutes. Zoey read the most minutes in November with 1,010. December calendars have been sent home to keep track of minutes. The goal continues to be 400 minutes total.

Mass

The third grade class will lead the liturgy on Wednesday, December 12th. Parts have been included in the take home folder. Please practice speaking parts at home, so students can read their part fluently.

Secret Holiday Sock Exchange

Third grade will have a holiday sock exchange during our class party on Friday, December 21st. If you would like your child to participate, please bring in a new pair of wrapped Christmas themed child-sized socks suitable for a boy or girl. Socks should cost $5 or less. We will play a fun game to exchange the holiday themed socks during our class party. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me.

Food Pantry Donations

Donations are wanted for our local food pantry. Third, fourth, and fifth grade students are asked to bring toilet paper. Donations can be brought to school through December 14th.

Important Dates

Friday, December 7th-Spirit Day ($1)
Wednesday, December 12th-3rd Grade Leads Mass (9:15 AM)
Friday, December 19th-Spirit Day ($1)
Friday, December 19th-2 Hour Early Dismissal
Friday, December 19th-Movie Night (6:30 PM)

Christmas vacation runs from Monday, December 24th-Wednesday, January 2, 2019. School resumes on Thursday, January 3, 2019.