The two-week crunch is on! You know the one I'm talking about...the wake up one beautiful, or slightly rainy in this case, summer morning and you realize students will be walking into your classroom in T-minus 14 days...TWO WEEKS!
Yep, that is today. I have officially two weeks of summer until my tenth year as a middle school teacher begins...and oh what I year I have planned!
The two week crunch time is nothing new after 12 years of teaching, but this year is slightly different. My plan to gamify my class will officially beginning today when I send out 167 "secret" envelopes to 167 incoming 6th graders. I am excited and TERRIFIED all at the same time!
I know the kids will be intrigued by the postcards, I've done my research and shared it with several kids and have gotten a good response. However, the postcard will invite my students to find a secret website link on the postcard to a survey and I am so worried that none of them will try to find it. You can say that this is my first side quest in my game and since my game will be based a lot on students completing these quests on their own for no grade, then this postcard will be an indication of how my students will respond to this new idea...again, I am so nervous. You know I'm going to be waiting at my computer for that first survey to come through...let's hope it comes fast!
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| Stack of cadet postcards that will go out to 160+ incoming 6th graders...EEK! |
Even though I am super anxious for these babies to go out today, I am also so proud of what I have accomplished this summer. I am in no way ready for those 167 young minds to walk through my doorway on August 7th, but I am getting there. I put a lot of work into my planning at the beginning of summer with building my game website, which is not complete, and creating a plan for my game, which is also not complete...but oh well! This is me jumping in with both feet. Hopefully I don't drown 😂
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