Testing, Testing

We started the California Standards Testing today with the Practice Test. This short test introduces students to the format of the test – particularly the fact that in fourth grade they have to put their answers on a separate answer sheet. In third grade, they only wrote their answers in the book.

There were typically frustrating moments here. The directions told the students to fold back the last page of the testing booklet along the perforated line and detach it. That would have worked splendidly had they actually perforated the last page. Oh well, it could be worse. One year the directions instructed the students to put their answer sheets inside their test booklets and pass them up separately. If you figure that one out, you achieve enlightenment.

On a bit more fun note, we had Jump Rope for Heart. Continuing our tradition of room 19 generosity, one of our students raised 260 dollars for the American Heart Association! Congratulations, Yehudit!

Homework:  Very light during testing week. Students had the last half hour to get started on this, so many will have almost nothing. (1) Do “Classify Triangles,” Math pages 538-539. (2) Do “Classify Quadrilaterals,” Math pages 540-543.