Stop The Presses

Will asked to study. Not only did Will ask to study, Will asked his teacher, Mr. P, if he could bring home all of his math worksheets to better prepare for Tuesday's test. I asked Will a couple of different times, in a couple of sneaky ways, "Did Mr. P tell all the kids to take these papers home to help with studying?" And each and every time he assured me that he asked Mr. P if HE could bring them home.

Again, whose child IS this?

Now, I do not know how he did on this test. He says he did well, but we have not received it back, yet. I anticipate we will get it tomorrow.

I have not posted yet about Will's interim report. I suppose that is a good thing, in that in the past I have always posted here about Will's troubles and his poor grades.

I found the interim report quite amusing. You see, this is Mrs. C and Mr. P's first year teaching together. And, the impression I get is that they did not know they were going to be teaching together until a week or two (at the most) before the start of school. They clearly have different teaching styles and I can't honestly say that I like one over the other. I see definite pluses to each of them.

Anyway, the interim report was prefaced by a note that said this first report would be a narrative rather than actual grades, because it is still so early in the year and the kids are really just learning about what is expected of them. This note was signed by both teachers, but clearly written by Mrs. Craig.

So she had a nice narrative written about Will:
"Will does a nice job in Language ARts. He grasps the mechanics of writing, using correct punctuation and capitalization. His work doesn't provide great detail, but he gets his point across. He sometimes doesn't follow all directions. Will's reading fluency is right at grade level. In science, he understands our safety rules and tools."

Mr. Price said this:
"Math- 99% A
Social Studies- 90% B
He is off to a good start in the afternoon! Keep working hard!"

Not exactly a narrative! It doesn't bother me, but I do find it funny that his didn't even approach a narrative!

So, I am thrilled that Will is suddenly caring about his work, doing well, WANTING to do well, and enjoying himself, too. Hallelujah! Now we just need to keep it up! This is only 1st quarter!