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For Once, It All Worked
Sep. 25th, 2017 06:41 pmWordPress entry with pictures.
Today, we stared our unit 1 benchmark test for ELA. As a grade level, we decided to do the test on the iPads and not photocopy the gazillion page test as a backup. I was nervous, because technology is notoriously unreliable and I was afraid something would go wrong.
It didn’t. It went so smoothly. The kids did… as expected (some did really well, most didn’t do as well), but it would have been the same on the paper tests. And it’s all graded already. All I had to do was get the sheet that told me which question was which standard and mark off if they got it correct or not. That took me about ten minutes. So, yay! Day one, off to a good start.
And, double yay, my meeting got cancelled this afternoon. We were supposed to have a PBIS meeting (which is our school behavior management system), but the principal went to a PBIS training and realized that she wasn’t organized enough to hold a meeting. It would just waste our time, and she didn’t want to do that. So, it was cancelled and I got to work on progress reports. I am now done with half of them.
In classroom decorating, I got the leaves up, but quickly found out I didn’t get enough. I need to run by the Dollar Store to get a few more garlands tomorrow. I think it looks cute.
So, fingers crossed that the rest of the week goes as smoothly as today went. Have a great week!
Today, we stared our unit 1 benchmark test for ELA. As a grade level, we decided to do the test on the iPads and not photocopy the gazillion page test as a backup. I was nervous, because technology is notoriously unreliable and I was afraid something would go wrong.
It didn’t. It went so smoothly. The kids did… as expected (some did really well, most didn’t do as well), but it would have been the same on the paper tests. And it’s all graded already. All I had to do was get the sheet that told me which question was which standard and mark off if they got it correct or not. That took me about ten minutes. So, yay! Day one, off to a good start.
And, double yay, my meeting got cancelled this afternoon. We were supposed to have a PBIS meeting (which is our school behavior management system), but the principal went to a PBIS training and realized that she wasn’t organized enough to hold a meeting. It would just waste our time, and she didn’t want to do that. So, it was cancelled and I got to work on progress reports. I am now done with half of them.
In classroom decorating, I got the leaves up, but quickly found out I didn’t get enough. I need to run by the Dollar Store to get a few more garlands tomorrow. I think it looks cute.
So, fingers crossed that the rest of the week goes as smoothly as today went. Have a great week!
