SBAC and Jog-a-thon

Esprit Third Grade spent two mornings this week taking SBAC tests.  Everyone worked very hard to complete some very difficult Math and Literacy tasks.  Next week we will have two more mornings of SBAC testing.  One will be Math and one will be Literacy.  Any students who miss school during the tests will be given time to make them up.

What a terrific day it was for the Jog-a-thon...blue skies and warm weather!  We have some very strong runners in third grade! We ran a 1/2 mile loop for 45 minutes.  Be sure to ask your child how many laps he or she ran! We spent our day running, eating our lunch outdoors and playing and dancing to music! There was giant jenga, water ballons, face painting, side chalk, and more to keep us occupied.  This afternoon we had our final "Mix-It-Up" with our partner class.  Miss Deb's class made origami with their Middle School friends.  Miss Niles' class joined Mr. Brunvand's middle schoolers to play a game of Capture Flag.  What a fantastic day of fun!

Although Friday was all fun, we did do a bit of work this week (outside of SBAC testing!).  In math, we continued to work on multiplying one digit numbers by two digit numbers.  We solved many multiplication story problems and shared our various strategies: repeated addition, drawing a model, or using an array. In our social studies unit, we continued to learn more about economics.  This week we learned about producers and consumers and supply and demand.  Can your child explain either of these concepts to you?

Have a great weekend!  Only 14 days of school left!