CVSD    

Third Grade
WASL Info

    You can have a tremendous impact on your child's success, not only on the WASL, but as a life-long learner by what you do with your child on a weekly basis.  

WASL Tips:

Reading

  • Set aside time daily for reading.
  • Read a variety of genres: poetry, nonfiction, directions, newspaper.
  • Have your child summarize what has been read, including the main idea and three details.
  • Ask questions that check comprehension. 

Math

  • Master basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts through regular practice.
  • Pose real-life problems that involve math and have your child explain the steps needed to arrive at the answer.
  • Invlove your child in real-life experiences that require linear, weight and volume measures, elapsed time, and counting and making change with money. 

Writing

  • Have your child elaborate in detail about their experiences.
  • Give your child opportunities to write lists, letters, poems, how-to's, thank you notes, riddles, stories.
  • Be an audience for your child's writing, let them share with you!
  • Help your child learn his/her spelling words.
  • Have a dictionary available.

WASL Practice Tests

  
 

Help your child be successful on the WASL!

Third Graders will be taking the Washington State Assessment of Student Learning in the areas of reading and math in April 2008.  These assessments test the skills your child has accumulated throughout their home and school experience.