I wanted to add that I now use take 5 and working on implementing some team building exercises to go bell to bell. I am also working on learning names to avoid taking roll...I do have a seating chart, but I am tweaking it a bit to move certain talkers from each other.
Having my tables in a row, having order and a plan and having my desk in the back of the room has enabled me to keep discipline to a minimum!
I look forward to being able to prepare a better rubric and developing test strategies to be able to get a handle on what students have learned.
Great Start Traci. It seems as if this summer is making life just a little easier.
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