So, testing begins on Monday at our school. The Administration is all geared up. Pencils are being sharpened. Teachers are either a frenzied whirlwind of comma-usage review, or are are completely spent. Oh yeah, and the kids might be more than a little stressed.
This is a cute picture book I always wind up reading to some poor kid (there’s been a few teachers too) during testing season. Testing Ms. Malarkey tells the story of a regular old school and regular old kids, who go a little nuts as they approach testing. Kids have to eat only brain-friendly fish in the cafe, parents give out worksheets with bedtime stores, Teachers cut in front of the Nurse’s line, and a Principal becomes more than adamant about No 2 pencils. This is one story one we can all laugh over together.
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Oh, so awesome! Since my school year is over on Wednesday (yay!), my track is all done, thank goodness. I am always fascinated by what a brain-suck testing is for teachers, too. Something about the atmosphere or all those stressed-out/bored kids sucking all the energy. Now that I’m off-track, I’ll be on the other side: helping to sort/alphabetize/etc. all the booklets and answer documents for the other two tracks. Fun.
Anyhoo,, I’m glad that you’re getting to contribute to a more mellow testing atmosphere! Do you get taken over, or is your liberry a safe haven in the madness?
p.s. You need to have an option to notify posters of other replies, for those of us on RSS feeds, k?