It’s that time of year again! You know, the wonderful season filled with Tootsie Pops and Road Runner! Have I mentioned how much I love middle school? When I asked them what came to mind when they heard the word “meap” suckers and looney toons were among the top answers. Number two pencils were a close second!
Word associations aside, there doesn’t seem to be the same sense of anxiety amongst middle schoolers about the annual state assessment. For that, I’m grateful. Sure, I know that some students might feel the stress without showing it as publicly and I’m well aware that some students really don’t have any emotional response about the test. While there is much debate about “teaching to the test” and there are strict guidelines about when you can and can’t use released items during classroom instructions, I personally find it to be somewhat of a moot point. As in the past, our first unit of study this year was looking at the MEAP test as a separate genre. This curriculum, has been helpful in making the test format transparent to students which may be one reason there isn’t the same sense of stress. Whatever the reason, I like to think that by setting our unit goals and meeting our learning targets throughout the school year, our students are adequately prepared to demonstrate their knowledge.
With flu season and the back-to-school germs taking hold, it’s sometimes necessary for students to stay home. That’s great. It’s helpful to keep students home when they’re feeling poorly rather than passing the bug around the building. However, it is important and helpful for students to be present on MEAP testing days so they aren’t missing class on a make-up day. The testing schedule can be found here.
I’m so not excited for meap!
I don’t like meap at all, either
UGHH! i hate meap. it’s so boring.!
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I hatee meap! But wee do gett suckkerss(:
Yah I liked the suckers too! I can’t wait till were done meap testing 😀
MEAP is BORING the only good part is we get suckers and mints!!
I like the meap because i’m with my freinds 🙂
I don’t really care for Meap but it seems to make the day go by quicker.
i think meap is boring to
i hate meap >:(
me to…but u still get suckers 😀 but mine never last long
I like the road runner.
I hate MEAP too just because it is so boring but oh well the sooner we start the sooner it’s over!:)
flabbergasted!