This week is my state’s standardized testing week. David Horsey (in a March 5, 2004, cartoon) and I feel quite similar when it comes to standardized testing, especially as indicator of school and student success. Here is his great cartoon:
Archive for March 9th, 2008
Updates
Posted by drpezz on March 9, 2008
I thought I’d post some updates on the goings on I’ve discussed previously.
When my class created bulletin boards about the 1920s for The Great Gatsby, things did not go exactly as planned. Being literal-minded students, almost everyone basically created the exact same research piece–exactly as I had written up the assignment. A couple kids worked outside the box, and I used their research findings as examples for new bulletin boards about the 1930s for The Grapes of Wrath. Each student has a political research item and one from popular culture; plus, the students are split into three groups and each is responsible for a bulletin board in the room. Take two! I hope to have some pictures to share. Read the rest of this entry »
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