My week

As an educator, I try to take each day one at a time. I feel successful and accomplished like that! Last Thursday my students took their first math unit test. I like giving a test like this on a Thursday so that I can grade them, review with them, and have them get it signed over the weekend. I wasn't surprised to see the results of the test. The scores ranged drastically from a 4% to a 98%. I was trying to figure out how I can motivate the students to get higher grades. I wrote down all the grades and I haven't done so yet but I will get the average math score of the entire class. I was thinking a lot about the motivation when it clicked! I shared with my students that I was going to create a line graph of the average grades for each month. We discussed what line graphs are, what average means and what we would like to see happen to the graph (line constantly moving upward= higher grades). The kids loved this idea and are excited to begin the next unit in math. It's amazing what a small idea can do for students.

Vocabulary Words:
1. educator
2. successful
3. accomplished
4. motivate
5. excited
6. discussed

Cloze Exercise:

1. We __________ her grades in school and thought she should study more.
2. To be _________ means to feel a type of great emotion.
3. The teacher decided to _________ her students by creating a line graph.
4. Donal Trump is a __________ man. He has many businesses and takes pride in what he does.
5. My brother felt __________ when he graduated High School.
6. A teacher is also an ___________.

I chose to write in the past tense because the events that occured already happened. One can assume that things have already happened just by reading my blog. Choose 6 past tense verbs and change them to present tense verbs.

grammar

Hi all! I finally figured this out! Better late than never. Here are my 6 vocabulary words:
1. verbs- things someone can do
2. tense- when something is done
3. comprehension- understanding a concept
4. multiword verbs- is more than one verb and more than one particles.
5. formality- the context in which something is said
6. avoid- not doing something

Directions: Read each sentence below. Use the 6 vocabulary words above to fill in the blanks below.

1. She wanted to ________ the boy because they did not like each other.

2. Running is called a _______ in grammar.

3. Lanna's ___________ was low because she did not understand the story.

4. The _________ in which she said that was inappropriate!

5. What is the past _____ of "to do?"

6. The teacher explained that __________ ________ is more than one verb with more than one particle.

I have been having a great week so far. My students are great and are eager to learn. We had professional development in Math today and I found it to be helpful considering there is a lot to choose from the teacher's manual. I hope everyone is well. See you in class.

The sentence "I have been having a great week so far" can be somewhat confusing. The words have and having together may confuse an ELL. I would teach them that to have is something that I possess and the word having means that so far my week has been going well.

Excerise: Read the above paragraph and rewrite a sentence that you think needs revision.

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