SBAC testing is very serious, and yet, I couldn’t help but laugh at the cacophony of upper respiratory noises emitted during our first day of testing – a mix of allergies and a feverish upper respiratory thing that has had kids out for a week, was sweeping my classroom. So many kids had to get up for tissues during the test period that I decided to put a box on every table for the next class.
As I knelt to pull out the last tissue boxes from the cupboard, I uttered a small gasp. The last boxes, in a Target multipack, were perfect for test season.
Although all the teaching posters were covered, I decided these were completely appropriate.
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Serendipity! Hope everyone survives testing season.
Tissues and pencils – the two most important things to have extras of during testing.
Nothing makes the sniffles and sneezes of cold/allergy season more obvious than in a very quiet environment, like testing. It always felt to me like the students were trying to be as loud as possible with their sniffling, which definitely isn’t true, but it just seemed so loud!
I’m truly appreciating this post! I am at the moment sitting next to the Kleenex box while proctoring the SBA to a small group of students who are all sniffling!
WOW! That is truly serendipitous! You’ve reminded me to make sure I have enough tissue next week when out testing begins. ugh
We should get together and create a line of tissue boxes with test prep sayings…..NOT! This post is filled with such great humor! It is always good to find fun during the serious moments.
Glad to see you taking things seriously, but not *too* seriously! Thanks for sharing this moment.
So true! I love the idea of how they didn’t teach us the value of tissues in teacher college. YES! LOVE that you displayed these during the test!!!
Perfect tissues for the testing!