To wrap up our state assessments, I showed the movie "Madegascar".
Just as the characters of the movie go on an adventure, my 8th graders embarked on their own math adventure the first day they entered my classroom in August.
Students were to use a top hat diagram to gather supporting details on which character they most identified with,
And then using the CCS Literacy Standards for Technical Subjects, students wrote a comparison.
To help with writing concepts, I used these resources.
Transition words
Transitions
How to Write with Transitions
Conclusion Statements
How to Write a Conclusion
The rubric...
Moving forward is a good thing. If you don't move, you become stagnant. If you become stagnant, you smell. (I'm going with a creek bed analogy here...stay with me). "It Is What It Is" helps us to keep our sanity as we try new things, but at the same time we should never settle for "what it is". We should constantly reflect and learn to move our teaching and our student's learning to higher levels so the classroom doesn't turn stale.



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