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said she was sending home more school work. "We started sending home packets when we saw snow coming up,” she said. "There is a big emphasis on reading, because that is one thing they can keep doing.” She said she was also sending home worksheets. From the results she said she can see if it something she needs to provide more practice on or if it is something she does not need to teach, because the children remember the work from an earlier grade. •
She said the schedule has been particularly difficult for children who have keyboarding on Wednesday. She said she has made the computer classroom available at recess time, for those students to come in and practice.
Students will be taking standardized tests starting next week, and some teachers are concerned their students won’t do as well this year as in a more normal year. “I’m not going to take the test scores personally,” Mrs. Wolfe said.
Seventh grade social studies teacher Gene Walker said he has assigned more reading to be done at home. He said he expects to “cover the most important concepts, but not in as much detail.” He said he had sent home “snow sheets” with reading assignments whether or not there was school. He said some of the students resented having to do school work on snow days, “but others were happy to have something to do.”
At the high school, Jeanne Grymes teaches Advanced Placement American History. This is the first year for the course, and she is concerned that she won’t be able to cover all the content before AP tests are given in early May.
One thing she had decided to do is leave the study of the second hovel assigned to the class for after the test. She said she might start asking the students to come to school for extra sessions to prepare for the test. She said the students in the class have “coped well” with the pressure of the class.
In her world history classes she said, “It’s tough to discern what to cover and what not to cover. I’ll do a lot of skimming and not as much in depth, so they have exposure to the material.”
Government teacher Dennis Wingfield agreed saying he usually has all the students give oral reports on current events. He said this year, only one third of the class gives oral reports and the rest hand in written
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