Now it's just time to sit back and relax for the remainder of the year....
Ya right! I'm looking forward to the rest of the year and really trying some methods to keep these 8th graders motivated until the final day. I am looking forward to helping the algebra students prep for their high school final exam, and am looking forward to helping the geometry kids continue on their excelled path in the math curriculum. There isn't a day, an hour, a minute, or a second to take off until that final bell rings on the last day of school. And I love it.
The toughest part is to keep the pre-algebra kids motivated. After CSAP they see little reason to keep learning and have already checked out for the last third of the year (and that only includes the kids who were giving 100% effort for the first part of the year). Granted, they still have NWEA at the end of the year as well as a final, but those can only go so far. My main tool for motivation and engagement with these kids....using the IPOD touches.
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