The Olympics Test Review
Oh the state test... We all have opinions about them but nonetheless our students take these assessments and it is our job to make sure they are prepared. I decided that we would spend the week before the test reviewing vocabulary and the types of questions they would see on the assessment. But to be honest, that sounds boring so I spent Spring Break wracking my brain for a way to make this review fun. I wanted something that was low prep but would yield high results from my students and make them want to come to school. And that my friends is when I came up with the 2021 Purple Team Olympics. In short, students would work together to read a passage or 2 everyday and answer some questions. Following, they would compete in an olympic sport and win medals. This was a perfect activity because it took half of our class each day and we continued our normal independent reading time and read aloud during class as well, a must for me. Day 1: Students chose their teammates, picked a country,