Get SEATed

State testing is over for my groups of students.  No more worries and it’s all downhill from here, right?

Nope.  The challenge now becomes what to do with the last few weeks of school.  The last few weeks have consisted of reviews and prep work to take the tests.  The kids are tired, so I have to make sure that the material we cover prepares them for next year and is engaging enough to keep their attention. 

The attention part is hard enough as it is, but with each passing day, the students are focusing more and more on “The Countdown.”  How many out there have already started marking off days on the calendar?  I imagine quite a few calendars have fallen prey to the big red numbers that dwindle down to 0. 

In my physical science class, we’ll be doing some group projects, various experiments, etc.  I might even get them to work on one more big project to summarize what they learned throughout the year.  We’ll even have our egg drop contest to see which group can build the best container.  We did that last year and the students enjoyed that quite a bit. 

What will you be doing to battle the end of the year blues?

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