Haven’t done this in a while – I started out slow but began to pick up. Hopefully I can knock out lots more because I have so many of them to do.
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
3rd Grade is a Success!!
Alaina brought home her end-of-year test scores today, probably because her teacher is leaving on maternity leave soon.
I teared up when I read her report. She has done fabulously in 3rd grade and has worked so hard. She began the year just at expectations for her grade in reading & math and just shot above towards the end of the year. Overall, the Lexile for 3rd grade is 626 and she scored at 820. She reads for pleasure all the time now, and the comments of "Alaina, PUT THE BOOK DOWN! It is time for dinner!" or "PUT THE BOOK DOWN! It is time for bed!" and "Give me that book, it is not time to read now!" bring me back to my childhood.
I am hopeful that school in the years to come will be enjoyable for her and she will continue to excel. We have worked so hard to get her to this point and I wasn't ever sure this day would come. I was worried about her reading skills after 1st grade so she was tutored that summer, and we still didn't see a huge benefit in 2nd grade.
With Alaina's ADD, she has to work extra hard to pay attention and retain information. Her treatments have continued to improve and she can now complete homework at home, even without my constant monitoring and nagging. I spoke to her teacher about my concerns about her taking ITBS tests for the first time this year. We agreed that we would treat 3rd grade as an "experiment"; if her marks did not seem to reflect her proven knowledge on a subject, I would meet with the school counselor and we would write up a 504 for Alaina. (IEP is Individualized Education Program where a child needs different materials from the rest of his class; a 504 is for a child that needs special accommodations with the same matieral presented to the rest of the class, such as taking timed tests in a quiet setting with fewer distractions than the classroom.) However, it didn't seem to be necessary, since some of her scores were in the 9th grade level.
A few times I've received emails during the day from her teacher commenting that she seems extra distracted or requires many reminders to stay on task. This is to be expected and won't ever disappear completely. But I am so happy that she is finally "getting it"!!
I teared up when I read her report. She has done fabulously in 3rd grade and has worked so hard. She began the year just at expectations for her grade in reading & math and just shot above towards the end of the year. Overall, the Lexile for 3rd grade is 626 and she scored at 820. She reads for pleasure all the time now, and the comments of "Alaina, PUT THE BOOK DOWN! It is time for dinner!" or "PUT THE BOOK DOWN! It is time for bed!" and "Give me that book, it is not time to read now!" bring me back to my childhood.
I am hopeful that school in the years to come will be enjoyable for her and she will continue to excel. We have worked so hard to get her to this point and I wasn't ever sure this day would come. I was worried about her reading skills after 1st grade so she was tutored that summer, and we still didn't see a huge benefit in 2nd grade.
With Alaina's ADD, she has to work extra hard to pay attention and retain information. Her treatments have continued to improve and she can now complete homework at home, even without my constant monitoring and nagging. I spoke to her teacher about my concerns about her taking ITBS tests for the first time this year. We agreed that we would treat 3rd grade as an "experiment"; if her marks did not seem to reflect her proven knowledge on a subject, I would meet with the school counselor and we would write up a 504 for Alaina. (IEP is Individualized Education Program where a child needs different materials from the rest of his class; a 504 is for a child that needs special accommodations with the same matieral presented to the rest of the class, such as taking timed tests in a quiet setting with fewer distractions than the classroom.) However, it didn't seem to be necessary, since some of her scores were in the 9th grade level.
A few times I've received emails during the day from her teacher commenting that she seems extra distracted or requires many reminders to stay on task. This is to be expected and won't ever disappear completely. But I am so happy that she is finally "getting it"!!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
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