May 2-6

The 4th graders began their exam review first by listening to the  
teacher's explanation of each term on the review sheet they had  
received the week before.

With the terms and concepts clarified, it was time to study them in a  
more active (and fun) way. Following an example written by the  
teacher, students wrote 10 multiple choice questions using 10 words  
from the review sheet. Answer choice "A" was to be the correct answer;  
answer choice "B," something ridiculous. For example:

The Covenant was

A. An agreement between Jews and God to worship only God in exchange  
for a homeland, according to the Jewish people.
B. An agreement between Justin Bieber and his hairstylist to cut his  
bangs shorter

Students came up with very clever "ridiculous answers" while most  
importantly using the activity to confirm and clarify their knowledge  
of the material.

At the end of the week, the teacher did a final, serious review,  
jumping around the room randomly going through the review sheet. If  
the person called on did not know, a subsequent person was called on  
until the correct answer was provided.