Parent/Teacher conference
Keithen can off the bus this afternoon all excited to tell me something. He forgot to tell me that he took another STAR reading assessment test on the computer Wednesday. He tested at a 6.2 level - 6th grade, 2nd month. I guess all those Lemony Snicket books he's been reading have been pushing his reading level up! He was a 5.4 just about 6 weeks ago!
Our parent/teacher conference for the spring semester was this afternoon. We met with the speech teacher, Keithen's teacher Mrs. Hall and then we went over to another building to check out his EXCEL test scores.
The speech teacher said that his hearing test was fine and his vocabulary was amazing, above average. But his articulation score was really low. He got a 44 and they want to see them between 90 to 110. After Spring Break is over he will start going to speech classes twice a week for 20 minutes each. The main sounds they will be working on are th, sh and r. (Although she may wait a while on the "th" sounds so his front teeth can come in first!)
Most of the time if a child has trouble saying "R" sounds they will substitute a "W" instead, saying "Wed" instead of "Red" for example. Keithen makes a unique substitution though. He uses a "J" sound in place of his "R's" which may be part of what makes it hard to understand him.
Mrs. Hall gave him a glowing report, as usual. He got all 200 site words that he was tested on. He hasn't missed a spelling word all semester. His reading levels are off the charts. His writing has improved a lot this semester. (I think our new approach to homework has helped.) The one thing he needs to work on is the math timed tests they are doing. They get 90 seconds to answer 40 problems. Each child is on a different test. While she passes out the tests, they get to do practice problems on the top of the page. He knows all the answers and usually completes the practice problems. He just can't get all 40 questions answered in the timed test. We've suggested that he just do the practice problems in his head from now on so that maybe he'll be able to write faster during the actual test. (He often complains of his hand getting tired if he has a lot of writing to do at home...I figure 80 math problems could be wearing his hand out!)
His test scores from the EXCEL testing were off the charts. The lady who explained the tests to us kept asking if we had any questions as Matt and I looked at his scores. All we could do was look at each other and giggle. They were so high compared to the average of the kids who took the test that it was crazy. He scored nearly double the average on the reading test and his non-verbal IQ score was amazing as well. His math and writing sample scores were above average too. The top 80 first graders in our district took this test. He is apparently somewhere in the top 20-25 kids since he has already been invited to join the EXCEL program for 2nd grade. After Spring Break they'll be inviting about 20-25 more kids into the accelerated class.
He is officially so smart that it's scarey!
Our parent/teacher conference for the spring semester was this afternoon. We met with the speech teacher, Keithen's teacher Mrs. Hall and then we went over to another building to check out his EXCEL test scores.
The speech teacher said that his hearing test was fine and his vocabulary was amazing, above average. But his articulation score was really low. He got a 44 and they want to see them between 90 to 110. After Spring Break is over he will start going to speech classes twice a week for 20 minutes each. The main sounds they will be working on are th, sh and r. (Although she may wait a while on the "th" sounds so his front teeth can come in first!)
Most of the time if a child has trouble saying "R" sounds they will substitute a "W" instead, saying "Wed" instead of "Red" for example. Keithen makes a unique substitution though. He uses a "J" sound in place of his "R's" which may be part of what makes it hard to understand him.
Mrs. Hall gave him a glowing report, as usual. He got all 200 site words that he was tested on. He hasn't missed a spelling word all semester. His reading levels are off the charts. His writing has improved a lot this semester. (I think our new approach to homework has helped.) The one thing he needs to work on is the math timed tests they are doing. They get 90 seconds to answer 40 problems. Each child is on a different test. While she passes out the tests, they get to do practice problems on the top of the page. He knows all the answers and usually completes the practice problems. He just can't get all 40 questions answered in the timed test. We've suggested that he just do the practice problems in his head from now on so that maybe he'll be able to write faster during the actual test. (He often complains of his hand getting tired if he has a lot of writing to do at home...I figure 80 math problems could be wearing his hand out!)
His test scores from the EXCEL testing were off the charts. The lady who explained the tests to us kept asking if we had any questions as Matt and I looked at his scores. All we could do was look at each other and giggle. They were so high compared to the average of the kids who took the test that it was crazy. He scored nearly double the average on the reading test and his non-verbal IQ score was amazing as well. His math and writing sample scores were above average too. The top 80 first graders in our district took this test. He is apparently somewhere in the top 20-25 kids since he has already been invited to join the EXCEL program for 2nd grade. After Spring Break they'll be inviting about 20-25 more kids into the accelerated class.
He is officially so smart that it's scarey!
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