Throw Back Thursday- Scantron Practice

Linking up with Angela at The Teacher's Desk 6 because I have just been busy and haven't written a new blog post. 

original post: 4/11/2014

Happy Friday! 

First of all, you did you know today is #LoveMySchoolDay? We received an email from our Superintendent today informing us of that. She encouraged us to shout out about our school and be proud of who we are! 

So here's my shout out! 

We are the ELGIN WILDCATS!!!! 

I truly am proud of my school. It's my third year here and it has been the hardest thing I have ever done. Middle School is tough. 

But, I am proud to be a teacher here and I am proud of my students here! 

This is our community and WE ROCK!!! 

Today I am including a FREEBIE for those of you who still take scantron test. 

We still have students that make errors on their scantrons by leaving bubbles blank, using pen or marker (this only happened when I was absent!), and then making mistakes on griddables because they won't pay attention to the place value. 

These are examples of real mistakes my students made. 

It drives me insane when they write WHOLE numbers behind the decimals!!! 

This is a place value issue!!! 

How do you forget to color in FOUR questions!!! 

This student made a 67 because of this. His grade would have been a 93 if he had just colored in the answers he had in his test booklet! 

This is common. Students forget to color in one answer choice. 

This student would have had a 100 on his test. 

This is what happens when you don't follow directions and use a pen instead of a pencil, you can't erase your mistakes!!!

If you can't tell, this student used PURPLE marker on his test. I had a sub that day, this would never have happened if I had been in class. But, that student KNEW better!!!! 

So, before our state test, we dedicated an entire day to error analysis of scantrons and griddables. 

This is how my two other sixth grade teachers did this activity. They placed them in the hallway and students worked together to solve. 

Students had to recognize that they can not wrinkle or fold their scantrons. These type will not be graded! 

The students have actually had a lot of fun with it. I keep hearing, "Who would forget this? or "Who does this?" I am just laughing, because they are ALL guilty at some point! 

Hopefully,  this will help with them pay a little closer attention when they take their test. 

I know some of you have gone digital and don't have this problem, but I hope those of you who still use scantrons, can use this over the next several weeks. 

It's the newest FREEBIE in my store. 

ENJOY! 

Throw Back Thursday

I started work today! I am sure it's going super well. I am sure I am happy to see all my "old friends" and meeting the new ones. I am sure I am twiddling my thumbs in a meeting and anxiously awaiting to be released to "work in my room". 

Thanks to being able to schedule a blog post.... I can share this post from last year with you. I hope it makes you smile. At the time, I could have cried, but now, it's comical. 

Originally posted August 13, 2013

Time to link up with Holly at Fourth Grade Flipper. 

I had such high hopes for this project. Then, when I saw that Monday Made It was going to once a month, I was thrilled to share this on Tuesday's Tried It. 

Now though, I am honestly embarrassed. I had dreams of you all loving this so much and pinning it and wanting to do one for your classroom. 

Well, it is a disaster and it would be voted for the site where real people do the projects and FAIL! 

I have this old refrigerator in my classroom. It's useful, but BORING. 

I had the bright idea of modge podgeing it in some super cute polka dot paper. 

I love the paper! 

But this is awful! So, now I am faced with the fact that I HAVE to fix it. I cannot just throw this in a corner and forget about it. 

I will be doing that today. I hope plan B works. I'm going to try duct tape. Wish me luck!

Back to present day: August 14, 2014 

Wanna see how it came out and read about the twist? Click here. 

Throw Back Thursday- What I bought

It's Thursday, time for Throwback Thursday with Angela at The Teacher's Desk 6

Before I share a throwback. I want to share what I bought THIS year. 

Honestly, it wasn't much. I have spent a lot on school supplies and at CAMT in July, so my budget was smaller, much smaller. 

I bought the cutest clip art ever! I am already making stuff with it! 

by the awesome Melonheadz

by For the Love of Teaching Math 

by Maneuvering in the Middle 

So, I am doing this is throwback a little differently than normal. I don't have a post from last year about the products I bought during the BTS13 sale. I am not sure why, because when I looked back at what I bought, I had LOTS to share. 

Maybe that's why. Maybe I was busy gathering my stuff! 

These are my Throwback Purchases from BTS13 

Mental Math- 120 cards- Great for Mental Math  by Rachel Lynette

Multiple Exit Slips by Mandy Neal 

By To The Square Inch 

by To The Square Inch 

by 4mula Fun 

by The Extra Energetic Educator 

by Math in the Middle 

by Tyra1024

by Math Dojo 

by Sister Teachers 

by To the Square Inch 

by The Brown Bag Teacher 

I bought 12 awesome things. Honestly, I didn't use them all. Bad buyer! But, I am glad I did this post because it reminded me I have them! I did use 9 out of the 12 items though! I actually think that is great odds! 

Thanks for making this far, I know it was a lot to see. 

Hope you join the link! 

Throwback Thursday July 31st

So, you knew it was coming and it will be here soon. 

Monday and Tuesday actually!!! 

A back to school sale on TpT!

YAHOO!!!

I have been working hard this week on some new and improved things and some BUNDLES!!! 

I''ll be sharing those tomorrow and of course, they will be on sale!!!! 

For now, here's my Throw back Thursday posts with Angela at The Teacher's Desk 6. 

I chose to share my classroom pics from last year. I am actually still trying to decide what I am doing this year. I still have a few weeks to decide. I am not sure I will have a theme or not. For now, these old pics will hopefully motivate me. 

Originally posted August 25, 2013 

Finally getting to share my classroom pictures. There are many, just warning! 

This is what I walked into a few weeks ago. 

Behavior Management Plan 

Brain Dump revamped. I have blogged about this here. 

Student created Math posters found here. 

Got these from Brown Bag Teacher. 

Changed word wall to "vocabulary" wall. The heading are the main categories. I am thrilled to add the cards I bought from Math Mojo, they are Uh-MA-ZING!! 

1st Prep Agenda board. The orange arrow says, Homework board idea from Fourth Grade Flipper"

2nd Prep Agenda Board

Great management tool! Students fill out, not me. 

Love this and it works! I have blogged about this here. 

Test Taking Strategies. 

"I don't know" is not an option in our classroom!

Mathematician posters from Miss Math Dork!

I actually have a few more I need to take, but will have to post another day. As much as I want to head to school, we have baseball today! 

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