Day 129: Hexter 6 Pretest & review proportions

Students completed a pretest over the learning targets for hexter 6 & then completed problems around the room reviewing proportions.

Sometimes their mistakes on the pretest are rather unexpected, but it provides me direction in my lesson planning.

Day 80: New Semester

Today I tried to move at a slower pace to give students more think time and to allow time for welcoming everyone back. We set up our binders, completed a warm up & a pretest over the next 6 weeks content. Most students don’t really try on the pretests but I think it does act as a valuable resource as the semester continues & many students use it as a study guide for future quizzes. I also think it is valuable for students to see and track their growth. I need to figure out how to communicate the value of these tests better to students so that they really put forth their best effort.

Also, a student got this for Christmas, weird:

Day 27: ..and We’re Back!

Today we completed a pretest, since it’s the first day of a new hexter. Also, I gave everyone really cool bathroom passes that I got
From vistaprint ( with a coupon, of course!)