Great presentations today - games are always winners!! Here are my responses to the couple questions.
1) I would not consider a 'grading scale' to be motivational to most students. Those who are educationally focused might be motivated that way - but most of your middle school students aren't.
2) I'm trying to attach a list of websites for differentiation and motivation as requested. If it doesn't work on here, I'll send an email with it attached.
3) I do hold the groups to their time frames. However, I adjust when I interject.
4) Of course you can do games in your classroom, and yes, there will be a winner. In real life there are winners, and we are to be preparing them for real life. If you want to have a 'bigger'/'different' prize for the 'winner' and then something smaller for everyone who participated - that works, too.
What do you think about the 'winner" /"loser" thing in middle school? Let's discuss it.
See you next week.
Diann
