So, for my meeting, I have:
WJ-III results
Report cards from pre-2, all saying she was working above grade level, and Montessori report cards actually give you the aread in which she was practicing and proficiant...so her Kinder card says that she is practicing easy multiplication...
I have some writing samples of when she was in Kinder and workind with the first graders for writing workshop,
I have a drawing or two from when she was 4 complete with wheelchairs and a person, and a background...very advanced drawing.
I have her math practice book from FIRST grade which inculded division (5697/4) and multiplication (3014x3) addition and subtraction (6541-2216) She used manipulatives to get the answers, which proves she understands the concepts - not the other way around like I feer they will tell me.
I have a worksheet of equivalant fraction, from 1st or 2nd grade. These were only given this year to the students who were ahead.
I also have a worksheep from first grade with word problems...
"Sherri went to Disney World. She had 6 favorite "
rides. She went on eash of those rides 5 times. How many times did she ride in all?
The report cards have paragraphs...
second grade: "Vanessa is bright, inquisitive, friendly, and self-motivated. She is interested in all that is available to her, including math. Tihs year, I see a difference in her enjoyment of math work. She has a definite preference for working abstractly rather than using the manipulative materials. She now has a very solid foundation in the four operations from learning with the materials , and she is truly ready to set them aside to a large extent."
First grade:
"V. continues to be a very interested and self-motivated learner. She is extrememtly capable and excels in all areas of study. I still see that she has a preference for language arts and art. However, V seems to be eager to learn about everything that she can.
I have seen much growth for V. in math. She is able to solve problems in all four operations using manipulative materials. We have recently bgun to apply these skills to solving problems with fractions. Addition in becoming more atuomatic for her and she already shows evidence of working toward abstraction. She enjoys learning new math concepts, grasps them easily and is able to apply them to new work.
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...v. is extremelty conscientious. She applies herself to her work but continues to be able to balance work with connecting with friends.
V. writes with ease. She excels at spelling, and is presently working in the third grade book in our spelling series. She applies correct spelling to her writing. We will be focusing more on rules of capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure this spring. I think V. will enjoy this work. She continues to make progress in grammar as well. It has been fun introducing V. to new books, and to see her appreciating high quality literature, and sharing this interest with peers, in addition to her many personal reading choices."
She attended Public school for 3 months in the fall of 2nd grade
"V's oral reading fluency rose from 146 to 170 words per minute, which is phenomenal. Her already excellent writing also improved and her spelling is great. She also understands what she reads.
V. excels in every area of math that we explore. Specifically she did well with place value, problem solving, addition and subtraction straegies, patterns and expressing mathemtacial ideas in writing.
V. is an exemplary student in all ways, including work ethic, attention behavior and initiative."
So...we move...Now, this was her first full year at public school..
AND...for her second term in thrid grade she got this comment.
TERM 1 of thrid grade:
During Guided Reading, V is always eager to share her insights and observations during small group discussions and makes high level, real world connections to the material she is reading. We are working with V to compose written responses that are succinct, including information from the text to support her responses. Writing seems to be a real interest to V and her writer's workshop pieces are progressing nicely. She is writing non fiction and fiction pieces with a focus and a clear beginning, middle and end. She will continue to work on adding elaboration and detail to her pieces as well as focusing on applying her spelling and punctuation skills to her written work.
"V is currently reading text that is considered to be above grade level. Although she demonstrates her strong comprehension and critical thinking orally, her written repsonses continue to develop. V will work to add supporting details and include explicit information from the text to support her answers. Vanessa continues to progress in the area of writing. Her writes stories with a clear beginning, middle and end and is including elaboration and detail in her writing. She will continue to work to expand upon the key events in her story. V excels on weekly spelling tests and editing tasks, although is not always applying these skills to her written work. V will continue to work on self editing as we expose her to higher level editing skills during writing conferences"
SOOOOO
The report cards in third grade don't seem as great as before...any Ideas about that? Also, I was wondering if the comments from the previous report cards help with my case of skipping 4th grade math, or will I be wasting my time presenting them to the principal...
My meeting is tomorrow and I am trying to get organized! NOT an easy thing for me to do! AT ALL!
Any advice would be very welcome.
You are all sooooo nice here!
