So at this point of the school year
we’re transitioning into EOC prep mode. The students are taking practice exams
every Friday until they actually take the test on the 15th of May.
The students absolutely hate taking the tests. They’ll just burn through it and
say they finished or not even take it at all and go on facebook instead. I’d go
over and try and motivate them to complete the practice test and some of them
would try and answer a few while I was around them but then they’d usually lose
interest in the test and get distracted. Even though the students are enjoying
taking these practice tests, we figured that the students can’t get enough
exposure to the types of questions that they’ll be facing when they take the
real test in May.
I
had to break up a fight today between 2 guys. It started out as just something
small but then started to escalate and that’s when I jumped in. This was the
first time that it’s happened when I was around but I think that the
disinterest in the test contributed to them getting off task and disagreeing
about something.
There
were periods throughout the day where the students actually stayed on task for
10-15 min at a time but they were few and far between. While the test
experience is great for the students, it is leading to some classroom
management issues that we are taking care of as they happen.
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