Math

• Students brought home their telling time/elapsed time pre/post tests in their Friday Folders. If your child is interested in retaking the assessment, please click here. Study guides were attached to any student's assessment that scored below proficient (80%). Feel free to use this resource as you see fit!
• If you child took the fractions retake, that went home in their Friday Folder as well.
• Our current topic in math is measurement. Students will be learning about using milliliters, liters, grams, and kilograms. The test for this math topic will be Friday, April 27th.

ELA

• During the last trimester, we will be focusing in on opinion writing. We are making sure to support our opinion with strong reasons and examples. In class we have written together on the topic of dogs vs. cats. Students had the opportunity to write on the topic: Should 3rd graders have cell phones? Ask your child what their opinion is!
• We have also been learning about poetry in class, which has been perfect for April - poetry month! Students have been enjoying Shel Silverstein poems and we are reading aloud "Love That Dog".

Odds and Ends

• CAASPP/SBAC Testing Third grade is the first year your Explorer will be taking the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) test. Your third grader will be participating in the SBAC this year, which is a part of the CAASPP test. CAASPP testing will be held the weeks of May 7th – 18th. Here is a letter with more information and resources that you can check out. You can find online practice tests here.
• International Festival: The festival has been postponed until Saturday, April 28th from 3-7pm. This date change will also change a few other events tied to the International Festival:
  • ​Advanced ticket sales will move to the week of April 23rd.
  • Spirit Day “Cultural Day” will moved to Friday, April 27th. Send your students to school in cultural attire on Friday, April 27th.
  • The book fair will starts April 27th and runs through May 4th.
  • It’s not too late to help out with the International Festival. You can volunteer for the event, contribute to raffle baskets, donate equipment, bake or purchase desserts, or even host a cultural booth. Email wcs.ifc.chair@gmail.com to sign up.
• Spirit Store Closes Monday, April 9: Don’t forget to stock up on the new items in The Spirit Store now, to have items before the next school year starts! Click HERE to check out the Spirit Store website. The store closes on Monday, April 9th at noon.
• OPTIONAL Spring Picture Day on Friday, April 13: Spring picture day will be optional this year. All students will have free dress on Friday, April 13th. Only students who have prepaid AND filled out this form will be sent to the photographer to have their picture taken. Picture packets will go home this week. If you would like to have your student’s spring picture taken by Lifetouch, please fill out this form AND prepay online or send payment in the packet.

Important Dates

• Monday, April 9: Spirit Store closes
• Friday, April 13: Optional Spring Picture Day -- Free Dress for All
• April 16-20: Spring Break (No School)
• April 27-May 4: Scholastic Book Fair
• Friday, May 4: Progress Reports Go Home