things to think about

ponder:

• what to say when students feel discouraged about a test
• how to encourage students to be consistent in doing their work and asking questions when they think they can get help one time for 30 minutes when they haven't been getting their questions answered for weeks and then suddenly be doing better....
• what to say when students say during class "i hate this"

good things:

• a student said "her world was falling apart" when i didn't have a quiz at the beginning of class like i normally do.
• allowing students to create their own example problems and situations when it's appropriate--this has brought much joy to my physics class
• i should more often have "competitions" as review before tests. it's been hard to convince myself there is time for this when on a block schedule, but when i did it with a few students after school, they had *fun* and felt more confident in their skills.