Week 28: ELA testing

The English Language Arts Assessment will take place next week starting on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This will be the first time most of our third graders are taking a standardized test. For our students, this is just an opportunity to use the skills and knowledge they have acquired over their school years and across subjects. The test is untimed but most kids will take roughly an hour to complete the sessions.

To prepare your child on that day, please make sure your child has had a good night's rest. A nutritious breakfast should also be eaten. Of course, this is like any other day and we are treating it as such. Students will not be assigned homework during the week but we suggest that your child keep up his/ her independent reading habits.

In class, we have talked about how this test is does not require anything that they have not practiced before and most kids have been taking it all in stride. Many children have enjoyed the high interest reading passages from previous years tests. We have talked about how the expectation is not to get a certain grade but to do our best on this exam with focused reading and writing.

Here's what else is happening next week:

• We will have our Dance Enrichment on Monday. If you have not already done so,check out a small sample of the dancing we have worked on by watching the video on our class play list. 
• Our unit on China will come to a close. Next destination, Africa!

Have a wonderful weekend!