Pretests!

Greetings,

Today the kids took a pretest on Oceans, Seas, and Continents.  This is a PRETEST, and although it will be corrected, and the score will be recorded, this is not an assignment that will be put in the grade book.  I explained to the kids that a pretest is basically for my information, providing a starting point for instruction.  It seemed to help lower the anxiety level!

There will be a pretest on Tuesday and Wednesday, too.  Sixth Grade Social Studies has three SMART Goals, one per trimester, so I want the "starting point" information as soon as possible.

We also started working in the atlas today.  We didn't get far, but that is okay.  It will continue to move along in the atlas for the next few day.

Thanks,
Cathy