Good Faith Effort Celebration

Students before they were aware of the reason for coming
down to the gym after specials this morning.

Students as I announced the fun we were about to have with balloons
because they all showed good faith effort during our Unit 2 Reading tests.

Our kindergarten and first grade students have been showing good faith effort when taking tests. We have talked about good faith effort this fall and how we should always try our best.  Examples of good faith effort are:

1.  Answering all questions. 

2.  Pacing yourself.  Taking your time and reading questions carefully.

3.  Staying determined even when questions are difficult.

4.  Remaining quiet during testing time.

5.  Staying focused during testing time and not distracting others.

Students are well aware of what it takes to show a good faith effort.  Our kindergarten and first graders have a wonderful foundation of test-taking strategies that will help them for years to come. 

Check out our Good Faith Effort Celebration where we got to run around the gym and have a balloon party.  What fun! Students had a blast laughing and hitting their balloons up in the air.  It was good exercise, too.  We will have several celebrations throughout the year to celebrate good faith effort on assessments.  Each one will be different, but each will be fun!