The seventh grade was doing a lab on heat conduction today. I had a data table on the board and asked them to come up with the experimental question that would be the basis for creation of a data table like the one on the board. Four out of four teams came up with the spot-on, 100% correct question. They had gone the other way (question to data table) several times before, but never from data table to question.
What a wonderful feeling when something seems to have gotten through!!!
On the other side of the coin the principal informed me yesterday afternoon that he was sorry for the misunderstanding, but the 4 sixth graders whom I had been instructed to tutor every lunch period this week because they failed the bimester exam were not going to have to retake the exam. I felt a little sorry for the 6th graders, so I asked if they could take it anyway if they wanted. I was told they could retake, but it had to be this morning, so report cards could go out today. They all voluntarily came in and took the exam retake. Unfortunately none of them improved their score. To the good, I lost a little weight this week not having a lunch period.
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