Review

Grade 10s have a test tomorrow. We spent the first half of the period reviewing some trigonometry problems at the walls. It’s so great to see their interaction and helpfulness. We’ve made big growth in our team work since the start of term

I keep mentioning that my goal for the end of the term is for them to not need me, because they can do it themselves, or they have developed connections in the classroom and can work as a team to figure things out.

Some students are going above and beyond and when asked questions, will not give direct answers, but will ask good prompting questions, to encourage their peers to keep thinking.

It’s lovely for them to recognize the importance of arriving at the answer on one’s own, and not stealing moments of discovery away from their peers.

I’m witnessing students checking their work for reasonableness, inspecting their work for their common mistakes, and reaching out to others to confirm what they are doing.

The second half of the class students were working on their package of review problems. Doing work that is a bit more independent, because tomorrow’s test will be their big independent moment.

I’m very proud of this group! Looking forward to a good test day tomorrow.