As of Friday, my class has completed two of their six CRT exams. They are done with the language arts portion. So, for the next four weeks math and science will be our main focus. I wish that I could make kids understand that one day they will look back at their years in school and wish that they had tried harder. I know that I certainly did! But the truth is that you can't make them care, even if you really want to.
For the last few weeks, I have been sending home review homework. This basically consists of our block tests and a science fill in the blank page. All the students have to do for the science part is read a selection and fill in the missing words. They don't even have to remember anything. They just have to read. After two weeks of grading these, I am become worried about our CRTs. So much guessing is happening. It is very frustrating. I hate that we still have four more weeks of testing. I don't know if they, or myself, will make it through to the end of the year. Six weeks left!
