Hello darlings! Checkout my blog post at All About 3rd Grade! I’ve provided five excellent (tried and true) resources for practicing ONLINE for state testing! You don’t want to miss this!
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Reading and Writing as a Researcher
In third grade, we complete a unit based on Lucy Calkins Readings as Researchers. We adapted the unit to fit our needs and to make it more engaging with a room transformation. In this unit, students work in research clubs. This means they get in groups with students who are interested in the same research topic. Students must read as…
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Preparing for State Testing… when you’d rather jump off a cliff…
Hello darlings! Yes, I’m pretty dramatic, I know. LOL!I think all teachers would agree that state testing is awful. It doesn’t measure what our students really know and it puts undue strain on our students. But… there is nothing we can do about it, so I guess it’s just “suck it up buttercup.” That’s what I tell myself anyway. And…
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Don’t Be a Word Victim: Using Context Clues Effectively
Hello darlings! In third grade my kiddos already know word attack strategies such as chunking and stretching out the word. Chunky Monkey and Stretchy Snake come to mind among others. But I tell my kiddos that now that they are in third grade, we aren’t just learning to read, we are READING TO LEARN! Of course I have kiddos reading…
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Persuasive Writing Game
Hello darlings! We are currently working on Persuasive writing. In third grade, our kiddos are expected to write an introduction with a thesis statement, 3 detailed reason paragraphs, and a conclusion. When we start off, I always model an entire Persuasive piece and we work together as a class. This year my kiddos wanted to persuade the principal to allow…
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