FINALLY!!!!!

Wow, finally, we are getting somewhere.

I have not posted in months. Not sure why. I guess Will was kind of getting by. Still very inconsistent, though. I've had talks with his teachers and whatnot, but he was getting by. Sort of the story of his last two years of school, really.

Well, this week is changing everything and I couldn't be more excited! Will had a science test last week, on weather. We studied and studied for it. He knew his information. He enjoyed learning this stuff. Cumulus clouds. Cumulonimbus clouds. Barometers. Cold fronts. He took the test on Wednesday and brought it home on Friday.

He got an F.

Not possible I said. I looked through the questions he missed. No way should he have missed them. NO WAY!!!!! He knew all those answers. I made him go over it with me, completely against his will. He did not want to look at it, he didn't care that he got an F, he told me grades don't matter anyway, etc... But, I made him. He knew the right answers. He knew them. We read the questions together. In almost every single case he missed a part of the question and therefore gave the wrong answer. I was sooooo frustrated!

So, I sent an email to Mrs. C, his teacher. I expressed my frustration with this test and his test taking in general. It always seems that he can do the assignments and homework and projects just fine, but when it comes to be tested, on any subject, he fails miserably. Whether it is math, science, reading, social studies. He has trouble taking the tests.

Mrs. C emailed me back and I just wasn't satisfied with it. So I responded to her email and she ended up calling me. We had a great conversation about Will and all of this. We have actually had two phone conversations now and FINALLY... they are going to do some testing. I at last feel a little validated. Momma's instinct! Now, the testing could still show nothing is going on, but I just have a feeling it will.

No more falling through the cracks for Will. No more just getting by. Maybe we will get some answers. Even if the answers are that there is not a problem and he just needs some good study skills developed or whatever. At least we will have ruled some things out!

Hallelujah!!! I am so, so happy!

Here we go again?

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.