In my county, 3rd graders used to have to take SOLs (end of year standardized tests) in science and social studies, however, they have done away with those tests and replaced them with "performance tasks". The performance tasks are basically interactive projects that require students to apply/demonstrate knowledge from a specific content unit. We did… Continue reading Ecosystems & Food Chains
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The Week Before Thanksgiving
Whew. What a week this has been! Last week we had a Grade Prep day on Tuesday and then Friday off for Veteran's day, so I had a really hard time coming back for a full 5 day week, but somehow we made it. Next week we only have two days of school! Woohoo!Anyways, I… Continue reading The Week Before Thanksgiving
Pumpkins
Tomorrow we are going on our first field trip of the year to a pumpkin patch with First Grade! For the past few weeks we have been studying plant life cycles and what living things need to grow. Today, we took what we learned from that unit and applied it to our new unit on pumpkins.We… Continue reading Pumpkins
Teaching To The Test-Taker 