1-28-21

  Burg's Buzz

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1-28-21

Math

The class is ready to take the chapter 4 math test covering multiplication facts. There will be a test on Monday, February 1st.

Science

Students are ready to the Unit 5 test over Organisms in an Environment. There will be a test next week (hopefully Tuesday) over this unit.

Reading/Language Arts

Please check the take home folder for the results of the lesson 15 weekly assessment.

This week was spent taking the Unit 3 Benchmark test. Please check next week's take home folder.

St. Malachy Gala and Auction

Donations are still be accepted for the third grade auction items. Second/third grade will be doing a  "Shop Local" basket. The third grade will be putting together a cookbook for the silent auction item. A recipe card was sent home in last week's take home folder. Please have your child complete it and return to school.

Reading Incentive Program

January calendars are due back to school by Wednesday, February 3rd. A February calendar has been included in the take home folder. The goal for February is 500 minutes total.

Catholic Schools Week

Sunday, January 31st-Mass at Holy Spirit Church

Monday, February 1st-Bring a Sack Lunch with a Drink

Spirit Week Dress: Google Meet Day (dress up from the waist up, waist and below dress down)

Tuesday, February 2nd-Photo Scavenger Hunt

Spirit Week Dress Up: State Day

Wednesday, February 3rd-Mass and Making valentine cards

Spirit Week Dress Up: Mass Attire

Thursday, February 4th-Snowman Building (weather pending)

Spirit Week Dress Up: Tie Dye

Friday, February 5th-Virtual Grandparents Parade

Spirit Week Dress Up: Camo

Important Dates

Sunday, January 31st-Friday, January 5th-Catholic Schools Week  

Friday, February 12th-Spirit Day $1

Friday, February 12th-Valentine's Day Party

Wednesday, February 24th-3rd Grade Leads the Mass

1-21-21

Burg's Buzz

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1-21-21

Science

Students have been learning about how environments can change and how plants and animals adapt to the changes.

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading "The Extra-Good Sunday" by Beverly Cleary. This selection comes from Ramona Quimby-Age 8.  In this story, Ramona and Beezus complain about supper, so Mr. Quimby has the girls in charge of the next night's dinner. The girls cause all sorts of havoc in the kitchen, but are able to pull of a meal their family will eat and enjoy. The comprehension skill focused on understanding characters and formal and informal language. Students worked on verb tenses (present, past, and future) as the grammar skill. The vocabulary skill introduced students to the thesaurus. Students continued to work on r-controlled vowels as the phonics skill.

In the take home folder are the results of the lesson 14 weekly assessment. These are yours to keep. The class will work though lesson 15 from Tuesday through Monday of next week. The Unit 3 Benchmark assessment will be taken next week as well.

Math

The third grade class has been taught all of the multiplication facts from zero through ten. Students should be able to understand the process of multiplication and be able to recall the facts from memory. Please spending time practicing the basic facts at home. There will be a test next week over chapter 4.

St. Malachy Gala and Auction

The St. Malachy Foundation will holds its annual gala and auction on Saturday, February 27th. Due to COVID, the event will be held online this year. Classrooms are responsible for a basket for the live auction and a personalized class item for the silent auction. This year second and third grade will be collaborating on a "Shop Local" Basket. All of the items in the basket will be purchased from local business owners. Parent help is needed to make this basic a success. Please send all donations to school by February 12th. There is a note in the take home folder from Jenny Studer and Beth Knutstrom, third grade homeroom parents about the basket.

For the silent auction item, the class is putting together a cookbook of the students' favorite recipes. In the take home folder is a recipe card for your child to fill out with his/her favorite recipe. Please return this back to school as soon as possible. There is a note in the take home folder from Jenny and Beth explaining the silent auction item.

Catholic Schools Week

Sunday, January 31st-Mass at Holy Spirit Church

Monday, February 1st-Bring a Sack Lunch with a Drink

Spirit Week Dress: Google Meet Day (dress up from the waist up, waist and below dress down)

Tuesday, February 2nd-Photo Scavenger Hunt

Spirit Week Dress Up: State Day

Wednesday, February 3rd-Mass and Making valentine cards

Spirit Week Dress Up: Mass Attire

Thursday, February 4th-Snowman Building (weather pending)

Spirit Week Dress Up: Tie Dye

Friday, February 5th-Virtual Grandparents Parade

Spirit Week Dress Up: Camo

Important Dates

Thursday, January 21st-Virtual PTO Meeting

Friday, January 22nd-Spirit Day $1

Wednesday, January 27th-Attend Mass with & 6th Grade

Sunday, January 31st-Friday, January 5th-Catholic Schools Week  

Friday, February 12th-Spirit Day $1

 

Auction Basket Letter

Greetings, The largest fundraiser of the year for St. Malachy School is right around the corner! The annual St. Malachy Gala and Auction is scheduled for Saturday, February 27th. While the event will look a little different this year due to COVID, the auction committee is working relentlessly to put together an event that will continue to support our amazing school. Each year the classrooms collaborate to put together a large basket filled with items that will be auctioned during the event. This year the third-grade classroom will partner with the second-grade classroom to create a collaborative masterpiece. For the “room parents” to successfully pull of an extravagant basket, we need your help! Please send your cash donation or local gift certificate to the school by February 12th. If you would prefer to donate an item, we are going to continue our theme from last year, supporting those who support us. Our basket will be filled with items purchased LOCALLY and LOCAL gift certificates. Now more than ever our small businesses and the local business owners need our support! If you have any questions or would prefer to utilize Venmo or PayPal, please do not hesitate to email any of us at jacquiemerritt@hotmail.com, jenny_studer@cargill.com or bethk@gvta.com. Warm regards, Jacquie Merritt, Jenny Studer, and Beth Knutstrom

1-14-21

 Burg's Buzz

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1-14-21

Welcome back to the second half of the school year! I hope everyone had a good break and is ready for more fun and learning in third grade.

Math

Third grade students continue to work on solving multiplication problems. Students have been introduced to the Distributive Property and Associative Property. Please continue to practice the basic facts at home.

Science

The third grade class about continues to learn animal and plant adaptations. 

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade read aloud the nonfiction selection "Aero and Officer Mike-Police Partners" by  Joan Plummer Russell.  In this story, the reader learns about  Aero, a police dog who works with Officer Mike.  Students learn about the training Aero goes through, the special police car that Officer Mike drives, and the visits in the community. The comprehension skill covered author's purpose. The vocabulary skill focused on the prefix of im- and in-. Students worked on pronoun verb agreement as the grammar skill. The phonics skill covered words with -or, -ore, and -or.

Seeking Donations for Newspaper Insert and Radio Commercials

Our 8th-grade class is writing articles for a large insert in the Creston News Advertiser and our 6th-grade class is preparing 15-second commercials to be broadcast 5 times each on KSIB radio. The insert will be distributed and the ads broadcast during Catholic Schools Week. The cost for the insert and ads will be approximately $1700. We need your help to fund these great pieces about our school.  If you are interested in helping, please click the link here: https://hsse.churchcenter.com/giving/to/school-marketing

 If you plan to help please let Mrs. Lane know by January 19th so we can place your name on our donor list. Thank you! slane@crestonstmalachy.org

Important Dates

Thursday, January 21st-PTO Meeting

Friday, January 22nd-Spirit Day ($1)

Wednesday, January 27th-Attend Mass

Sunday, January 31st-Friday, February 5th-Catholic Schools Week

12-17-20

Burg's Buzz

nburg@crestonstmalachy.org

12-17-20

Math

The third grade class is learning about the multiplication factors of 2, 4, 5, and 10. In class, we discuss strategies for each factor. We also watch fun, educational videos for each factor. Please continue to practice the facts at home.

XtraMath and Dreambox are great resources to use over break.  Directions to access both at home have been included in the take home folder.

Reading/Language Arts

This week the third grade class read Yonder Mountain-A Cherokee Legend" by Robert Bushyhead. Chief Sky no longer lead the tribe. He is looking for a replacement. He tests three young men to see who will be the next chief.  The comprehension skill focused on compare and contrast. The grammar skill covered subject-verb agreement. Students also worked on contractions as the phonics skills. The vocabulary skill stressed homophones and homographs.

The lesson 12 weekly assessment results have been included in take folder.

Science

Students are learning about plant and animal adaptations. 

Christmas Party

St. Malachy School will celebrate Christmas on Tuesday, December 22nd. There will be some holiday activities in the room during the morning. Students will need a sack lunch and drink for lunch. From 11:45-12:15, students will lunch in the classroom. From 12:15-12:45, the school will sing Christmas carols. During the afternoon, third grade will have the sock exchange and enjoy a tasty treat.

Important Dates

Thursday, December 16th-Wear Red

Friday, December 17th-Wear Green

Monday, December 21st-Wear Holiday Spirit Wear

Tuesday, December 22nd-Wear Ugly Sweaters

Wednesday, December 23rd-Tuesday, January 5th-NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, January 6th-Classes Resume

Friday, January 8th-Spirit Day $1

12-10-20

 Burg's Buzz

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12-10-20

Math

The third grade class will have a test over Chapter 3-Understanding Multiplication on Friday, December 12th. 

Reading/Language Arts

This week third grade is reading the trickster tale "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens. In this story, Hare tricks Bear when becoming business partners growing crops. Bear is left each time with the leftovers from the crop. Bear eventually learns his lesson and plants and harvests his own land. The comprehension skill covered theme. Students also worked on idioms at the vocabulary skill.  The grammar skill worked on quotations. Homophones was covered as the phonics skill.

The lesson 11 weekly assessment results have been included in the take home folder.

Science

The third grade students have started a unit on life science studying plants and animals. The class has discussed how the environment might effect traits of the organisms.

Music Program

Filming for the music program will take place on Tuesday, December 15th. The students need to wear their mass clothes on this day. Filming will take place at St. Malachy School.

3rd Grade Mass

Third grade will lead them mass on Wednesday, December 16th. Those students that didn't have a part in the first mass will have a part in this mass. Speaking parts have been included in the the take home folder. Please practice speaking parts at home. Weekly masses can be viewed online each week.

Secret Sock Exchange

During the class Christmas party on Tuesday, December 22nd, the third grade class will have having a secret sock exchange. Each third grade student can bring in a new pair of wrapped child sized holiday themed socks suitable for a boy or girl. Socks should cost $5 or less. We will play a fun game to exchange the Christmas themed socks. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me.

Important Dates

Wednesday, December 16th-3rd Grade Mass

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

Tuesday, December 22nd-Class Christmas Party

Wednesday, December 23rd-Tuesday, January 5th-Christmas Break

Wednesday, January 6th-Classes Resume

12-4-20

 3rd Grade News

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12-3-20

Science

The next unit in science will cover what living things. Students will learn about their needs, adaptations, and how they survive.

Math

Students continue to work on learning the process of multiplication. Students are learning about making arrays.

Reading/Language Arts

Third grade students read the informational text "Technology Wins the Game" by Mark Andrews. Students learned how sports have changed due to technology changes in equipment, surfaces, shoes,and clothing. The comprehension skill covered sequencing. Students also worked on the -oi and -oy sound as the phonics skill. The vocabulary focused on suffixes( -less, -ful, and -ous). Students also worked on plural nouns as the grammar skill.

The results of the lesson 10 weekly assessment and Unit 2 Benchmark test have been included in take home folder.

Mass

Mass will be celebrated next week on Tuesday, December 9th with the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Students will need to dress in mass attire. There will be no mass then on Wednesday, December 10th.

Important Dates

Friday, December 4th-Spirit Day ($1)

Tuesday, December 9th-Mass (Feast of Immaculate Conception)

Wednesday, December 16th-3rd Grade Lead the Mass

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

Tuesday, December 22nd-Class Christmas Party