Rock the PSSAs!

This is our final week to prepare for the PSSAs! We get to wear some fun clothes this week to symbolize certain aspects of our test taking strategies!

Wednesday March 9^th – 50/50 Day!

Wear your camouflage or green to eliminate those wrong answers. When we eliminate two choices, we have a 50/50 chance of being correct!

Thursday March 10^th –Darken Your Bubble Day!

Wear your black or any dark color to remind yourself to darken your bubble completely!

Friday March 11^th –Thinking Cap and

Wear your hat to remind yourself to use your “thinking cap!”

Students will be taking the PSSA’s beginning Monday, March 14^th. Please have your children get plenty of sleep and rest particularly during our test days. A healthy breakfast is also important for them to do and feel their best! The children are truly ready and we believe they will do well!

Here are some pictures of our FUN and EXCITING PSSA JEOPARDY Game that we will play this week to prepare!

PSSAs in 2 weeks!

Can you believe the PSSAs are almost here? We have two weeks until the PSSAs, and I am confident that the students are prepared! I attached picture of the students working extremely hard in their Learning Centers! Our centers were focused on Multiple-Meaning Words, Affixes, Synonyms and Antonyms, Fact and Opinion, Main Idea, Table of Contents, and Main Idea Cards. Please be sure to review the PSSA WORDS TO KNOW that are found on the pink worksheet sent home last week. We will be playing a big JEOPARDY Game with these words!


Important Reminder:
Parent Teacher Conferences are this Friday, so the students do not have school!

Our Valentine's Day Fun!

I just wanted to post some pictures from our Valentine's Day Party! Enjoy!

Report Cards and Valentine's Day!

We have some exciting things to look forward to this week! Report cards will be sent out on Friday. Please be sure to review the report card with your child, sign the envelope, and return it to school as soon as possible. Also, our Valentine's Day party is on Monday! Please be sure to make and decorate a Box or Bag with your child. Please send it into school by Friday. Please remember that candy is not permitted to be sent in for the party.

Over the past few weeks, I have taken some great action shots of the students working on some hands on activities. Enjoy!

Cause and Effect activity! The students had to match up the cause with the correct effect!

 

I wanted to find a fun creative way to practice our pronouns! I call this new game "Spit Ball Grammar" The students use wet cotton balls to hit the pronoun that fits in each sentence correctly!

End of the Grading Period!

This Friday marks the end of the 2nd nine week grading period! Report cards will be sent home at the end of next week! Everyone has worked so hard to maintain or raise their grade! Slowly, these third graders are becoming more prepared for fourth grade! Keep up the wonderful work you do with your child each night!

PSSA Preparation!

The PSSAs are about a month and a half away now! I am very confident that the students are more than prepared for these tests! Over the next few weeks, there may be some more tests, more writing assignments, and more Learning Center work! If you have any questions regarding the PSSAs, please feel free to contact me with any questions!

I also wanted to say what a WONDERFUL job each and every student did on writing the pen pal letters for this week! I hope you got to read the first letter that your child received from their pen pal, and hope you got to read what your child wrote back! I am very proud of how responsible and serious these students are treating these letters!

Graphic Aid!

I hope everyone is enjoying their day off! I wanted to post some pictures from last week because the students worked so hard on a graphic aid activity. The students circulated 25 cards around the room, and each card had 4 questions on it. So the students completed a total of 100 difficult questions!! I attached the pictures below!

This week is a four day week, but all of our tests will still be on Friday! Please be sure to study with your child on Thursday night. We are now just about two months away from the PSSAs. I can assure you that each and every student will be more than prepared for these tests. The PSSAs are the week of March 14th. I believe there will be a letter with information on the testing sent home late February-early March. Please feel free to contact me with any questions in the mean time!