Right now everyone is in test prep mode! The buzz in the teacher's lounge, around the cafeteria table, in the hallways and on social media is all about testing, testing, testing. But wait...don't hit the panic button yet! If you have had good teaching practices in place all year long, then test prep will be easy. It will be the time when you watch you students put things into practice that they have learned all year and can apply due to your good teaching. Of course, we cannot be naive. There are always those gaps that need to be filled, and those little bumps in the road that need fixed, but overall, test prep should be a time when teachers feel good about what they have accomplished with their students throughout the year, if they have had those good teaching practices in place.
Now might be the time for us as teachers to really take a hard look at how we are teaching and make sure that our teaching practices, that begin on day one, have the final goal in mind. It all boils down to good teaching! Stop teaching to the test and just practice good teaching! Good teaching will give you better results than teaching to the test, or panic driven test prep, and your students will thank you. Become passionate about your teaching, and let your students catch the passion, and it will be a year to remember as they have fun learning, you have fun teaching, and you are amazed at what they have learned!
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