Faculty meeting 1/7/25 by Sierra Russell

Rows of students instead of grouping.

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rows

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Minimize distractions on walls

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Calming music so that students aren't paying attention to all of the small noises they hear around the room.

explain how this shows how much they have grown

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Timers, reminders

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lighting and mood

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chairs facing the walls, so students are not focused on eachother.

Coloring, puzzles, reading

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Give students a goal. When they are finished with their test (if available) write their actual score down so they see what they did.

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Folders between students. Students separated spread throughout room

Testing Environment

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separate seats so students have space, turn lights off and use natural light from windows

Mice, extra chargers

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making it relaxing and comfortable

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Talk to the students about focusing on GROWTH, not competing against others, only competing with yourself to do better than last time

Playing 'low-fi' music in the background helps

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Explain that testing is looked at for High School placement

jklabisch — 2025-01-07 20:50:16 UTC

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Dot-to-dot, math puzzles, crosswords, word-search, reading

Setting up a timer that allows students to see how many questions should be completed after x amount of minutes.

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stress-free timer

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Writing the end time on the board. Giving warnings at 30 minutes, 15 minutes, 5 minutes, and 1 minute.

Talk about how the information will be used and who will be looking at it.

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Visual timers

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Fun activities to prep for tests, such as "game shows," where teams compete to answer test study questions

kinetic sand, coloring, reading

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discuss how many questions they have and how many they should be done with by preset amounts of time.

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Word searches, books, coloring materials

Timer, Noise expectations, Provide supplies

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I give mints, snacks and allow quiet fidgets

jklabisch — 2025-01-07 20:51:09 UTC

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I use a timer and make sure the students know how far they should be as the timer goes off and then repeat for the second half.

explain the why and what we look at

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Offer a reward for the class when a certain percentage of them reach the intended goal number

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coloring, word searchers, just plain drawing

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Begin with small timed tasks, to build time management

Mints would be helpful

jklabisch — 2025-01-07 20:52:01 UTC

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General announcements to whole group, & individual Hapara messages sent to students with suggestions if test is on computer

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chargers

Set expectations / Goals, Show how it impacts real life

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Read a book!

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Headphones

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picture finds, have students copy the same shape you draw on paper and then they create their own unique drawing from that shape

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Word searches, crossword puzzles can be created for free on Puzzlemaker.com

Short meditation

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Puzzles, kinetic sand, word search. The kids favorite-sleep

jklabisch — 2025-01-07 20:52:54 UTC

Have timer, Discuss number of questions and time allowed, announce half way point.

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mints, water, or snacks can help

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Minimize distracting noises.

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Mints!

Share the importance of testing for high school

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Make sure expectations are clear before testing

jklabisch — 2025-01-07 20:53:40 UTC

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give timing reminders (10 min, 5 min, 2 min) and discuss how 'long' or 'short' these time increments feeling while completing the work

Timers

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rows

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Crosswords, Coloring pages, dot-to-dots, puzzles

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Discussion questions

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Start with a question that gets students to critically think about the topic for the day.

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Reading after Testing to discourage chromebook use/talking

Mints

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mints, mice, chargers.

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Reading, reflection on test taking- what do they need to work on etc.

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future

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Getting parents to see the importance of it and express that to their children.

I set timer for a quick brain break and stretch so they can get up and move around.

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have the students realize that even growing a small amount is a great goal

headphones

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reminders

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Tangram puzzles

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Formative Assessment Games

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mice, headphones/earbuds

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mints, snacks

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Write down time so they can see as they are working how much time they have left.

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Video Prepared for each student to watch independently, covering a specific topic.

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Crosswords, coloring pages, grammar games, etc.

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none

puzzles, coloring, nap

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Natural lighting (windows)

ear buds/headphones

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Noise meter

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