The number one thing I end up telling parents is that there student is rushing through their work and making silly mistakes whether it's punctuation, spelling, following directions or just not showing me their best work. I decided to create a 5K Reading Challenge with our slogan being "Rush and Be Crushed". A power point was created to pump them up which I can share if anyone wants it. Basically, they have 5 weeks and 5 weekly assignments that they will complete in all. Each week they need to complete their assignment (for me it is their skill work which is part of their Daily 6). They have to use a checklist which they staple to their work to make sure they have followed all directions. After each week, depending on the quality of their work, they get to another lap. They have different 'hurdles' each week, such as this week they have to do their 5K challenge assignment in cursive. They also get one 'relay race' where they can choose to complete one of the assignments with a partner. If a student gets behind the first week, they can catch up doing an extra credit (level 4) opportunity. I took a picture of the race track I use so they can monitor their progress. Instead of names, they created their own race number which is used to show where they are on the track. This is the first time I've tried this but so far my students work is getting much better and I'm seeing a lot less of those silly mistakes!
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