The Week in Review

It was a very busy week of NeSA testing for Room 302. My students were great troopers and did their very best to meet the personal goals they set for taking the test. It was rough to sit for that long of a period (sometimes more than an hour), but they succeeded and it is all over for this school year.

We would like to thank Mr. Zavala for the special incentives and treats each day during the testing. The cards were motivating and the treats were delectable!
On Tuesday students received a Smarties poem with a roll of Smarties candies to enjoy.
Wednesday brought us a card that said BURST open the TEST! We enjoyed some Starburst candies.
Thursday was a card stating we were SMART COOKIES and we each enjoyed 2 cookies.
Friday's note told us to BLOW the top off the test and we each received a Blow Pop sucker.
Mr. Zavala helped make taking the NeSA tests fun!

With all of the testing we took a break from Language Arts this week, but we still worked on writing. The class wrote personal narratives on a favorite third grade memory. I cannot wait to read them. We have been working very hard on adding details and organizing our writing. I heard a lot of discussion about wanting to include many details and students helped each other do so during the editing and revising session.

We finished up Topic 18 (Multiplying greater numbers) this week. I am so impressed with the attitude and effort shown during this topic. My students are MATH ROCK STARS! The class is also improving their scores on the multiplication time tests! We want to get more names on the school Math Wall of Fame.

The weather was perfect for our science lessons. It really helped us study the water cycle. We watched some Study Jams, Brain Pops, and videos that also furthered our knowledge. Students created diagrams of the water cycle and learned water cycle movements to cement the process in their long-term memories!