We are in our final countdown for the year...today marks 4 1/2 days left with kiddos for the year. We started exam week today with ELA exams, Social Studies exams tomorrow, Math on Monday, and then finally Science exams on Tuesday. The year is rapidly winding down, field trips have been planned, kids are CRAZY and teachers are TIRED! These last few weeks post-TCAP (state standardized testing) have been a whirlwind of craziness and cramming in information for exams! Part of me thinks that TCAP should be moved back a few more weeks and after TCAPs we are done for the school year...I mean, the whole point of TCAP is a comprehensive exam to show what the kids have learned over the course of the entire year, so why put teachers through (and students too I guess) an extra 2 or 3 weeks where the kids have given up and life becomes oh so difficult! Even my "good" kids are struggling with staying on task and getting their work completed. How do you end out the school year? How do your kids act? What do you do (if anything) academically post-standardized testing?
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