Lordy, I sure hope not! But... Will brought home two common reading assessments on Friday. One that was taken, I am not sure when, and the other was taken in November.
On his first one he received a 13 out of 14. Fabulous! Wonderful!
On the second he received an 8 out of 14. Not so great.
According to the letter that accompanied this assessment an 8 is a RED and means intervention needed. A YELLOW would have indicated he needs to be watched and a GREEN, which is what his first one was, indicates he is right on target.
In addition to the common reading assessments he brought home what looks like another reading comprehension test of some sort. On this one he received a 9 out of 14, a 64%, an F. Hmpf.
So, of course, I emailed Mrs. C and finally heard back from her last night. She said she was surprised by his score. She said that based on his first score we can see that he is capable of the work, he just needs to slow down. Which I think is probably true. Looking over that assessment I can see that he clearly did not go back into his reading to look for the answers. He guessed and he guessed incorrectly.
So, she said she wants to look over the most recent in class comprehension test. I don't know if this is the same one he got the F on or if there is a different one that he just took. She is going to review that and then give me her thoughts on it all.
Man is this just like last year or what? He does wonderfully 1st quarter and then begins to slide. Is he lazy? Is the work too hard? Does he have a problem? All questions I was asking myself at this exact time last year!!!
Stay tuned.
