WHINE and cheese hour by Viki Gleissner https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk Feel free to make a new "Post" here to state any frustrations that you are having, any successes that you have had lately, areas that you would like help in, and anything that you would like to see change for the rest of the year. en-us 2017-02-22 20:16:37 UTC 2017-02-27 19:34:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Math- test taking skills vikigab89 https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155593847 I am struggling with students performing on the test as well as they do within small groups. I feel like they just check out if it is a test, although I am working really hard to have them writing and proving their work in their math journals, it just doesn't transfer to the test. I have literally had them complete the same exact style math question in their journals and then with our math group, but then when the test came around- just guessing and not going through the work.]]> 2017-02-22 20:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155593847 Lately I feel overwhelmed by all the testing going on. It is hard to manage behavior when students schedule keeps changing. I also feel like students can do much better when taking a paper test than when taking a test on the computer. I feel frustrated that they do not take the computer test seriously... but I can understand when there are so many glitches. https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155595048 2017-02-22 20:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155595048 Technology vikigab89 https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155595385 I love some of the awesome technology applications that I see the upper grades doing, but I'm nervous about how to go about implementing it in my classroom without having to spend so much time teaching the kids just how to use the app. I also get nervous about one more thing to keep track of or create.]]> 2017-02-22 20:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155595385 I feel that my students have been doing a much better job of talking with a partner now that I have implemented sentence frames for EVERYTHING we do! I am glad to see them having more scholarly conversation. https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155595509 2017-02-22 20:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155595509 2 steps forward 3 steps back https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155715504 Coming in midyear is never easy but I have to admit everytime I feel like I'm making progress I find something else I'm "supposed to be doing". Yet, things are given last minute, or aren't taken care of on a timely manner. I feel like I shouldn't press ppl because I'm new but now it's just getting frustrating. They want data but I don't have my own access, something else I'm still not in the system. ]]> 2017-02-23 12:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vikigab89/g70juclhgnwk/wish/155715504