Posted by drpezz on April 16, 2008
I turned the movie evening with my students into a hot dog feed. While they watched the movie (Minority Report because of reading Julius Caesar), I barbecued hot dogs and provided chips and pop. It was great!
The best part was watching the kids figure out why I showed them this Tom Cruise action flick. Suddenly eyes would open wide, and they’d mouth the words “I get it” or “I see why” and then they’d grin and go back to watching the screen. By the end of the film all twenty kids figured it out.
That is learning! Food doesn’t hurt either.
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Posted by drpezz on April 16, 2008
It’s state testing day number 6 today! Woo-hoo!
I’m amazed how much time it takes to give our state test, the WASL. Just reading the scripted introduction
and providing the instructions can take ten minutes. Then, the exam itself takes 2-3 hours per test. Yikes! Those poor kids.
On the bright side, I love proctoring the WASL. It’s 12 hours this week to grade thesis papers and projects, which I assigned last week so I could score them all this week. Worked like a charm. I’m busy. Kids are busy. I’m happy. Kids are…quiet.
I hope your testing days go as well.
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