The state testing is over, whew. October is so busy and it is hard to be creative on the fly. I thought you would love to see the bulletin board created by my intern and myself. I can take very little credit but we whipped it up on the board for the first days of the testing. If our students do their best and they do, we have a reward for hard work. Our students look forward to our NECAP festival every fall right before Thanksgiving. We take the afternoon off and turn our school into a festival with free options for all to attend. Teachers offer events, games and of course, food. I am so lucky to do the CUPCAKE WALK. More on that later. Right now check out the bulletin board. And yes that is a fire alarm. I love the cell phone idea and the suggestions on how to de-stress the test are here.
Here is the list of ideas of cell phone calls that show up as texts:
- Tune into the test.
- Do you have to guess? Eliminate the wrong answers first and then choose from the answers that are left.
- A positive attitude will help you do your best
- Don't panic when you don't know the question. Take a deep breath and read it again.
- Don't spend too much time on one question. If you get stuck come back to it later.
- Do your best.
- Read every question.
- Get a good night of sleep before the test.
- Eat a healthy breakfast.
- Answer all of the questions. Don’t leave any blanks.
Another idea for this space...I saved all the plastic rulers (which are hard to see) that were being recycled and had an idea for my next bulletin board.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE....... supporting our Habits of Mind and Citizenship school theme. So I found some willing people and pets to say what they measure. Then with my trusty Ipad, I have some pictures to print on the color printer. At the bottom of the picture ask the person what they would measure and how is in the speech bubble.
So far we have:
Motivation
Respect
Attendance and tardies
LOVE
