Three weeks in a row of 3-day a week testing, with PARCC lasting seven days and MCAS Science taking up two more, makes for a whole lot of assessment! We are working on our original class play these three weeks when we are not testing, and it has been a good release and change of pace to tackle an artistic project.

Look for a link to our expanded Grade 5 Continent/Country websites on Weebly, coming soon! They will be featuring Papua New Guinea, Italy, Brazil, Nepal, and Algeria, covering countries in 5 of the Earth’s 7 continents!

Follow the link to Ken Robinson’s thought provoking TED Talk on education:

TED Talk on Testing and No Child Left Behind