Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: SPED, IEP, and RTI 85% of my class is either SPED, IEP, or on Tier 3 in the RTI process.I am so overwhelmed with the new Georgia Milestone coming up. I teach third grade, and we have constructive response questions this year. I get excited when they write a complete sentence. We are working hard to use evidence from the text and get their stamina up for reading, but the students become so overwhelmed and shut down. Does anyone have any advice for me? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I'm assuming your Milestones are structured similar to mine, where the written portion only counts for a small percentage of the student's score. So that should reduce a bit of your stress. To help the students build stamina and motivation for the constructed responses, try daily practice where you increase their time/questions by 1 each day. You could make a chart to plot their growth and build them up for the big day. You could also build in rewards/incentives they achieve along the way to maintain engagement.