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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had CT leader meeting today. General consensus is we are all throwing out the last units of our curriculum this year since we can't get to it with 2 weeks less in each class.  Those of us teaching underclassmen will cover the material after the AP tests.  Those of us with seniors...they just won't get it.  Some of us talked about sending home packets with the info, but we can't require them to read extra or do anything above and beyond since we can only do 30 minutes per night of homework.  Admin shot down the packet idea right away, saying we teach it or don't but we can't expect kids to teach it to themselves (which I agree with, but...we are running out of options.)  Heaven help us if there is snow this year.
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So instead of shortening or taking out some of the fluff elsewhere in the year, just throw out an entire unit?! That’s the best you all could come up with?![/quote]

There is literally no fluff to take out at this point.  Between half days, religious days, snow days, testing days, and the AP test being the first week of May I have no fluff in my curriculum any more.  The projects are gone, the presentations are gone, anything time consuming is cut.  We started content on the first day and haven't slowed down.  There are several class periods where I'm teaching multiple days of material in a single period to try to minimize the loss.

At some point I can cover less than everything well, or everything rushed poorly.  I think the first option is the better choice.[/quote]

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