Spring Break and continuing where you left off

Spring Break is almost here (for me at least) and I was wondering if anyone out there has any tried and true methods for helping students remember what they were learning after they've had a week off. What things make the kids remember so you don't have to waste too much time that first Monday back?

Tags: Break, Spring, retention

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Permalink Reply by Arthur Weiss on March 30, 2012 at 7:03am

I think kids appreciate it when you give them a little review time after a break so I actually build this time into my pacing for the class when I look at a semester. Try not to look at it as a waste of time... more of an investment for the rest of the week:) Cheers.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Karsten on April 1, 2012 at 7:47pm

Indeed. I should have said "What things allow you to make the best use of those first minutes back after a week off?"

I think one thing that will help tomorrow is a basic reminder of how I want the classroom to work and then getting right to working on something that isn't overwhelming.