With the end of the semester rapidly approaching I don't know why I never took into consideration the fact that my "Keys to Math" students (the TAKS remediation students) would need to take a "midterm" for me and have something put in the gradebook. The class is a local elective and for some of them won't count one way or another but now I'm pressed to come up with a "midterm" for these students to do.
I know what you're thinking. "Duh Sarah!!! Come on! It's not like you can just have a party and actually expect the kids to show up for their grade." As far as the details of this are concerned I just texted my AP and hopefully I will hear back from him soon.
Here's my issue:
These kids don't do well on tests. And the focus of the class was to have them all work on their individual weak objectives, reflect on their progress, work in small groups, and take ownership of their own learning. This happened for almost all of the students and I'm super thrilled. BUT I can't give them a traditional or they will revolt. Plus, the students were working on their own personal weak objectives so if I did come up with a so called test it would need to be tailored to the individual student.
So here's the deal:
I'm in need of ideas, activities (preferably computer/internet based) that aren't super crazy difficult but something that kid would enjoy the fun math challenge of and I could come up with a grade of. And everyone needs to be able to succeed at it.
Anything and everything would be greatly appreciated! I hope everyone's having a great week so far.
How about just something explanatory? Like..write a problem you couldn't have solved at the beginning of year, explain what you know now you didn't know before, solve it. Personalized and would give insight into what they've learned. Or have them teach something to another student and base the grade off the report given by teachee.
ReplyDeleteThe individualized ones are hard if you haven't been building up to it specifically.