Hello out there! I'm alive! It has been over a month since my last post because I have been totally swamped at work with STAAR testing hooha. It is so stressful! Having to prepare 75 fifth graders, many of whom came to me with 1st or 2nd grade level math skills for the STAAR has been difficult. Of course I taught them the skills and we practiced all throughout the year, but this was the big show -- for them and for me! So... how did we do???
( Fake drumroll sound here please.....)
My students got the highest scores in the district! Whoop! You have no idea how proud of them I am! We have the "hardest" kids in our district (due to many factors) and they did it! Now, I wasn't totally thrilled with the passing percentage, but they have come soooooooooooo far! I have kids that I was told "definitely had a math learning disability" from previous teachers that passed! And so many that were only 1-2 questions away from passing. That's a total win in my book.
Well, it is late and tomorrow is a school day. I'll try to post again tomorrow with some of the strategies and products that I am using in small group intervention to get the kids that didn't quite get the scores they needed this first time around to pass their retake. They are working so hard! I believe they will do a great job! :)
Thanks for reading and wish us luck for retakes next week!
--Chelsea
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