I need to get back in the habit of doing this. It's semester end and well, it's nice to be in a new semester.
Since the flu season has hit our school pretty hard, instead of taking up homework, I've taken to looking at their paper to see they've done the work (wrong or right) and basing their grade off the work done. Then we go over answers in class and do a quick summary of what the point was. I am sure someone is slapping their forehead and thinking, "duh." Well sometimes it takes a newbie to figure things like this out. So far it works although it creates a need for quizzes more often. One of these days ill get things right.
Met with a fellow teacher/friend about a presentation we will be doing for a regional conference. It was nice to compare a few stories and share our teaching processes. My friend is AMAZING at taking our curriculum and turning it into a hands on experience for the students that amazes me every time she shows me something new shes created. We will be presenting on using foldables with our curriculum. Going beyond how to fold but how and when to use, resources. I'm nervous but excited to see how it goes. If anything, it's good experience.
More later on what I'm doing with classes. New semester puts us closer to the tests. Focus will be even more on testing and well, if the semester finals are any indication, my kids aren't even close to being ready, despite all I've taught them. All right. Enough for now.
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