Today we gave the chapter 14 test to periods 4 & 5, so it was a pretty easy day. We spent some time reviewing the essay questions and clarifying vocabulary terms before the test, so these students got the luxury of more in-class review time than I ever experienced as a student. Most of them did pretty well on the test, which makes me feel good about our lessons. However, it is evident that the students in 5th period who do more talking and less paying attention generally get lower grades. This seems like it should be common sense, but to see it actually happen in the classroom where Carrie and I are teaching is eye opening. We will probably be making a seating chart for period 5 to further reduce some of the talking problems and see if we can get everyone to focus more on learning than on socializing.
Tomorrow - Part 2 of the chapter 14 test!
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