Flashbacks and Randoms from Testing Week

Yippee!! Testing week is over! I couldn't have asked my kiddos to work any harder this week. I'm so proud of them. I'm linking up with Teaching Madness and Doodle Bugs to look back over the week.

 

1. Polygons, Polygons---We reviewed for the math test with a variety of different activities. The children worked in small groups to identify polygons I gave them made from chart paper. They also had to measure the perimeter of each, identify the number of sides and angles, and identify the types of angles. Each group reported their information to the class.

2. Polygon Patrol-We followed up the polygon activity with a cute reader's theater called the Polygon Patrol by Educational Theatre Scripts. They performed the reader's theater for the other third grade classes.

3. Name Graphs- To review fractions and decimals the children wrote each letter of their first or last names in a square of graph paper. They wrote a fraction and decimal for the shaded squares of each letter.

4.  I had the children create an acrostic using the word  TEST. They worked together and came up with phrases for each letter like, "take your time", 'think carefully", "stay focused", "eat a good breakfast",  "take a deep breath". Our school's student council bought the kids pencils that said "Rock the OAA", so keeping with that theme, the kids created themselves as rock-stars. I saw this idea at Fun in 4B.  I displayed their rock-stars with their acrostics. They had a blast with this!

5. I'll end with a quote.

Have a wonderful weekend everybody!