Conferences couldn’t of come at a more perfect time. I think the short week came at a perfect time. For the students, they didn’t have to get up and come to school the day after Halloween. This eliminated students who were overly tired from the night before, or the students who would still be buzzing from all of the sugar they consumed the night before. For me, this gave a nice break. There has not been one day off all year. On Wednesday I will not be in school, my CT and I are going to the conference in East Lansing. Other than that, there are only three weeks until Thanksgiving and then the end comes is in sight. Don’t get me wrong, I love the school and what is going on, but I love love love Christmas.
I thought I would get much more work accomplished on my days off, but obviously this didn’t work out as planned. At conferences we had many parents (which is great) and I didn’t get the tests from Wednesday corrected. I had to take these home over the weekend and they have taken a large chunk of my free time. The students did not score as well as I had hope, and I wonder if it has to do with the fact that neither my CT or I were in the classroom when the test was given. I would have liked to be there to give the students the time to ask last minute questions, but a sub was in the room. My CT and I were looking at programs that tracked what students do well on tests and what questions are missed. The programs were in use at Thorapple Kellogg and Hudsonville. This was interesting and I am not sure if the school will be purchasing either of the programs. I do believe they would be beneficial because with the new trimester system all students are supposed to be assessed with the same tests. I would be nice for each teacher to see what objectives are being hit and where they are lacking. It also will help show what type of teaching style the particular students are responding to. I think I would like to know if I needed to lecture on a topic for the students to get the point, or if a hands on activity stressed points more sufficiently. But, as I said, I am not sure if the school will be purchasing this system.
Other than that, I am fired up for Monday because it is the first official day of Girls Basketball season!!! I am excited to see the students, well freshman anyway, in another arena besides the classroom. It will be a learning year, being the first season of girls in the winter. I think it will be interesting to see the attendance at boys vs. girls games. My school is in the middle because the girls have always had a good crowd due to more success. We will have to watch and see!
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