As I was watching the Olympics, I was torn between watching Phelps and May-Walsh. Phelps won a medal for each swim race he was in. May-Walsh had to play many different teams to advance in beach volleyball; no medals were awarded until the final match. Do we help our students to have short wins (the mini-goals within each standard) or do we wait until the end of the year for the long win? Do we structure our mini-goal assessments so that students can see how much they have learned (advanced)? Do our students feel like champions after each mini-goal? Do we celebrate their short wins? Do we have the students keep a list of all of their short wins so that they can see their progress on their learning journey? Let’s have our students win many Gold medals for their excellent standards-based learning!
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