Six Weeks and Counting

Well, I'm excited to be back in session!  I was seriously starting to get some cabin fever!  Of course I didn't get nearly what I wanted to get done over break done, but I did get a chance to read My Sister's Keeper!  AWESOME book!

As you all know, state assessments are around the corner.  We have begun to start practicing and learning how to take the assessments.  There are many topics students will need to know for their assessments.  I have uploaded the checklist we use as teachers to make sure we have covered everything we need to cover.  It is labeled as Third Grade Standards under the Third Grade Files section on my blog.  You may also simply click Third Grade Standards and be brought to the Google Docs page.  It would be very helpful if you spend some time with your child at home helping make sure they know these standards!  I will try to upload some examples of these topics as we cover them or recover them.  (Recover - means to cover again)  Sorry, at this time the third grade teachers and myself tend to talk in state assessment practice talk!  We take random words from our daily language and figure out what the word means by using the prefix/suffix clues.  *ahem*  Sorry, I think I lost you there, or I may have lost myself. :)  Stay tuned to the blog, as I truly do hope to get some examples uploaded!