I had one student withdraw over the break. The other 15 were here with bells on. I changed the way we did math. Rather than have the students on the carpet. They are staying at their desks. The reason was I had some cool ideas and kept running into – but that is going to be hard/impossible to do on the carpet. With the students at their desks, they can work together and have a surface for their manipulatives and to write/solve problems.
I think this will keep them more engaged in the activities. Also I can walk around an see what they are doing. They enjoy writing on their desks with dry erase markers.
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I love writing on the desks too but I worry that they are not going to use test taking strategies when they take their tests. I try to write both with dry erase and paper to keep everyone happy!