Does anyone else have multiple grades and have some students who are being pulled for testing, while others aren't? What do you do to keep the non-testing students occupied?

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Movies, games, or "find something quiet to work on".

Maybe design an ongoing side project that compliments the standards, but doesn’t require much formality.

Like, we’re writing persuasive essays, but when kids are pulled, the remaining students can be coloring a picketing poster with pictures and tag lines.

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