This weekend I took a look at my woods 2 students progress and matched it with the amount of work yet to be done and came to the conclusion that there is a more than enough to keep them busy through the end of the school year.

I asked the kids if they knew how many days were left and they pretty much have it all counted down.

With 23 days left, 3 days gone for finals, 2 days for clean up, we have less than four working weeks left.

Every Monday we fill out lab work logs with a weekly goal and daily benchmarks, then we evaluate our progress onFriday.

This week in an effort to help them visualize the task in front of them I told them to figure out what they have left to accomplish, and divide that into fourths. That 1/4 portion is what must be accomplished this week. I then asked them to break that quarter down into five pieces, and that is what they have to accomplish daily.

This exercise seemed to generate a little sense of urgency among them. We will see if it carries through the week.
Todd