Eradicating Attention Activity

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It is hard to pick one instance that was more frustrating than another. My initial response would be the attention activities. I pick this one first because when I completed the activity I was confident in myself that I had done well. Only then the correct answers were given and I was completely wrong. I really like this activity because it is definitely a reality check. My second pick for the most frustrating activity would be the math ones. I completely under stand what kids go through because I was one of them. The part that frustrated me the most is the long drawn out instruction. When I am in the class room I will try to keep my instructions short and to the point.
One piece that I did enjoy was the reading memory activity. When I was

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