Spring Break for our district has arrived and left
as fast it showed up. It was the first day back and nobody wanted to be
here, but we managed the day. Before we left Spring Break I decided to
prepare for the dreadful Monday when we returned. When the students left for
spring break, I looked around my room and decided that the room arrangement
needed to improve for better management. In another words I did a little spring
cleaning to give it a new vibe in my class. I took down some of my old posters
and put new ones that deal with my next unit that I am going to teach and cool
posters I had found when shopping. I even found some movie posters that have
some historical facts to brighten the room and show how watching some movies
can help you in history. I change the seating arrangement for the
students to try something new and test it out.
The Monday after the students return from any break can be considered another
first day of school for many. Well I took advantage of it and I decided to play
jeopardy with the students to review on what they had learned so far. I first divided
the class into two teams from a list I had made before. I decide which team
starts by using a coin toss. It’s like
regular Jeopardy except If Team One misses the question, Team Two gets to
answer the question and get the points if they answer correctly. This to me
encouraged both sides to pay attention while the other team is answering
questions and not get distracted or bored, and consequently get in trouble. I
have learned if you don't keep their attention, problems will follow and the
review idea would have been wasted. For
Daily Double questions, I decided groups must decide how much to wager and lose
that amount from their total if the question is missed. The other team cannot
answer the Daily Double question if missed by the other team. Just like regular
jeopardy the one with the most points win.
It
was a success in all my classes because everyone remembered what they had
learned or learned what they need to know. It was a great review and the
students loved it a lot. Now that we survived spring break now its time to get back to the road of STARR.
The whole purpose of today was to review what they knew and focus on what they
need to know for the STARR test, but who says we couldn’t have fun doing it.
In regards Mr. Vega
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