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Goal Setting

We started last week with the students setting reading and math goals for the summer. Today we revisited the goal setting. I targeted their math goals. I ran a report from MobyMax that listed how many math problems the students completed last week and the percentage of problems that were correct. I challenged them to set a goal of how many problems they will complete this week. This goal was recorded on a spreadsheet next to the number problems they completed last week. The goal setting definitely created a focused atmosphere in the computer lab.
I reviewed the quiz data from Newsela as well. It indicated that although the students were interested in the articles and reviewing and reading many articles, they were struggling with the questions on the quizzes. I printed one of the articles at a lower Lexile level. The students worked with one of the assistants, Ms. Ayala in a small group on reading the article and answering the questions. The students enjoyed working in a small group and taking time to understand the information in the article.  What a benefit to have a small group instruction in a relaxed atmosphere of this summer program!
We even have a few middle school students joining us this summer.
Typing Club is a popular choice. It is great to see their keyboarding skills improve.

Mrs. Crowell working with students on building arrays to go with math word problems.



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  1. anagermarquezJune 30, 2014 at 9:59 PM

    It's great to see the students engaged in many different activities. Great job, Team McKinney!

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