WBT Freebies & Christmas Craze!

Happy Wednesday!

I hope you're having a fantastic holiday week! 

This morning I treated myself to my (first) cup of coffee and caught up on blog reading. WOW - teachers are absolutely amazing! It's so inspiring to read how teachers are providing such wonderful holiday memories for their students!

I'm watching from the sidelines this year...because I'm still testing.

I'm not sure why our NWEA MAP testing window was moved to December this year, normally we have our students take it in January. Hopefully we will move it back for next school year.

So holidays are not really happening much this year in my world, although I do have green & red "Brain Food" (M&Ms) for a couple of students who need a bit of a boost to focus on their test. 

The wonderful news is that my students are really rocking the test! I'm so proud of their progress...not just in the area of content, but test-taking abilities! These little guys are definitely "showing what they know" and there have many happy parent phone calls sharing the good news!

I wanted to share a little spin on how I've been preparing my friends for NWEA. I already printed out the math and reading cards (over 400 altogether!) and have them assembled on book rings by RIT band:

For extra practice, I've also been printed out the half-page cards as activity pages for my students to paste into notebooks and complete:

These cards not only used for a quick check for understanding, but also provide the opportunity to reinforce our test-taking strategies...read each question two times, read through all the choices, check your work :)

Both sets of cards (math & reading) are the same size/format as these MEGA freebie collections:

WBT Reading Power Pix

WBT Math Power Pix

If you already purchased the NWEA sets (thank you!), please be sure to print out the WBT freebies...altogether there's almost 600 coordinated cards! These cards literally cover everything my firsties need to know by June!

Next, I'm looking at new formats...INB, journals, "morning work" pages, etc. Please let me know if you have a request, thanks!

I am managing to fit in the tiniest bit of holiday fun in between tests. I plan on writing more on Friday to share :) 

Have a wonderful Wednesday!