Standardized Testing Week

We have testing for the next 4 days. Since I teach an "even" grade level test, I do not have to give the Otis Lennon IQ test which means I have less tests to give. The SAT has 8 sections for second grade, so we do 2 sections per day for 4 days.

This year, I decided to do something different. Normally I allow students to chew gum or have hard candy, but I wanted to do something else. We did stretches before the first test and while we had a restroom break, we did jumping jacks, push ups, hops, windmills and splits before we started test #2.

Honestly, I saw a difference in focusing! This eliminated extra energy and they were calm as cucumbers while taking the reading vocabulary test! I will be doing this all week.

Pinterest

Pinterest is such an awesome tool for everyone....especially teachers! It is an online, virtual bulletin board in which you "pin" ideas onto various boards you have. The more you are on, the more boards you will definitely build! I have gotten a wealth of lesson plans, crafts and personal ideas from Pinterest.

If you are already on Pinterest, feel free to follow me (Jennifer Schmidt).

Have fun pinning!!

Blog Neglect

I have seriously neglected this blog! Wow! I am going to revamp it and add month by month resources I have found.

This week is Spring Break and I am mostly spending time with my children and relaxing.

We are gearing up for standardized testing in 2 weeks so the first week back will be reviewing all the material we have studied in Math and Language Arts so that all students will be able to rock the test!