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Teaching seniors in June

by 4th year teacher

Jul 31, 2011

Does anyone have good advice on teaching seniors that will have a state assessment in June? I did and will be teaching a class again of seniors who are require to take the New York State Regents Exam in June. This is a month after many of their and their friends’ classes have taken the AP Exams and the elective classes are just completing projects, etc. Many of my students told me that after Memorial Day, my class was the only one they were doing “real” work in. Also, most of them have been accepted into their colleges already. Any tips or tricks to keep them behaved and motivated? Thanks!

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whatever that is On 7/31/11, 4th year teacher wrote:

If yours was the only class they were doing 'real work' in that suggests they were in fact working - however much they may not have wanted to be. Why is your class the only one required to take the Regents exam in June??

And what is the consequence to them of not doing well on the Regents exam?...See MoreOn 7/31/11, 4th year teacher wrote:

If yours was the only class they were doing 'real work' in that suggests they were in fact working - however much they may not have wanted to be. Why is your class the only one required to take the Regents exam in June??

And what is the consequence to them of not doing well on the Regents exam? That would be your only motivator unless you can build such a strong relationship with them that they will 'do it for the Gipper' - old expression which means do it out of loyalty to you because you ask it.

If these are college bound students who have been accepted into college, won't they do fairly well on the Regents anyway?? Is it necessary to drill them to the last minute? If it is, tell them that. But if they are into college and likely to pass the Regents without further study, it's clear to me that New York State can't really care all that much about the Regents or how well they do on it or the State would have timed the test differently.

I teach very good students who do very well in school and I do minimal test preparation - could they do better if I drilled them? I'm not sure because they are so resistant to the humdrum nature of test preparation. If your students need do better on the test just to make the school look its best, then tell them that and hope that your school has endeared itself to them sufficiently well that they want to do well for the sake of their school.

> Does anyone have good advice on teaching seniors that will > have a state assessment in June? I did and will be teaching > a class again of seniors who are require to take the New > York State Regents Exam in June. This is a month after > many of their and their friends’ classes have taken the AP > Exams and the elective classes are just completing > projects, etc. Many of my students told me that after > Memorial Day, my class was the only one they were > doing “real” work in. Also, most of them have been > accepted into their colleges already. Any tips or tricks > to keep them behaved and motivated? Thanks!

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