After weeks and weeks of dilgent preparation and practice--as well as some extremely
hard work on the part of the students themselves--and then several more weeks of
individual testing itself, all of the third graders have finally
finished up with the required MCA assessments. And with the final results tallied and recorded, there is absolutely no question that in addtion to continuing to be a close and careful readers, all of those test-taking skills and strategies were certainly put to good use!
Some of those classroom skills and strategies discussed and
practiced over that past couple of months included the following tips and/or
recommendations:
*This is neither a race nor a competition. Take your time
and read the passage closely and carefully as a good reader would.
*After reading the entire passage once, go back and reread
it again, just as carefully and closely as you did the first time. If
necessary, reread it again, until you are sure you understand what the text is
about.
*When it comes to answering posed questions on the test,
first eliminate all possible answers that do not apply to the given question.
*Go back and find the specific portion of the text that
refers to the posed question and find the actual answer to that question as it
appears in the text itself.
In recognition for a job well done, students are spending a few well-earned hours away from the classroom tomorrow, April 28th, to have some fun with friends and fellow classmates during a trip to New Ulm's Vogel Arena Pool. Following that, we're off to enjoy a school-packed bag lunch at Herman Heights Park.
Congratulations to all! Way to show your Sleepy Eye Pride
Third Graders!
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