Week 8

As action research continued, I got a little screwed up in my activities this week. I missed school because of illness on Monday, and had second grade planning day all day Wednesday, meaning the only day i got to do activities with my students was on Tuesday. This week, I thought was a tougher week with the words as we were working with contractions. I figured that a lot of my students would struggle with this test, and it seemed like they weren't too excited about spelling this week. Though, the week got screwed up, I thought it might be a good test for my research to see how the students did with only limited help from me. We did have a few absent students who have not completed the test as of yet, but so far 13 students have scored a 100. This amazed me, and kind of has me twisted. Do my students even need my help? Is my action research going to prove to be pointless and a waste of time? I'm not sure of any of this yet, but i believe I will be able to tell in a few weeks. Or maybe I should start paying closer attention to the students who are having the most gain in scores. That IS what my action research is about, trying to see if my activities help the students learn. So, looking at those numbers, as of now, there were only 2 students that scored less than a 70. That makes me feel a little better.

As a little note to put at the end of this post I just want to say that its amazing the things a couple teachers can get accomplished without having students for a day. We had planning all day Wednesday, and I'm pretty sure that the second grade teachers are fully prepared with their plans up to Christmas. All it takes is one day of hard work and determination and you can get a lot accomplished!