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Wow ! This is great news. She is picking up some pretty difficult concepts through school instruction only.
Not much art in arttoday. They walked around and looked at all things up for the art show. No silly talk except for one "Comment" when looking at the pictures. Not sure exactly what was said. To end the period they had a game in the gym- The ski patrol- snowball game which Kat loves. She is really running faster than ever to retrieve- and then joy on her face is worth a million dollars ! She is truly having fun.
In reading with Mrs. R. they are reading aloud a dinosaur story. I have noticed that her volume is still up ( to loud) and then too soft. Even though she is more fluent and can read more difficult words, She is still not maintaining an even volume.
On to language where they are learning about adjectives. Kat is definitely catching on to this concept. After the lesson, she did her language seatwork for the day in which she had to select the adjective from each sentence. (The noun was underlined.) She did them all on her own without prompting. She is really learning from her school lessons.
To end the morning, She took a language test to see how well she could remember info that has been taught over the last month. This covered present- past time forms of verbs, etc... She is doing quite well on it as I watch her but I have noticed the key to success is hearing the correct form as reads it aloud to herself. you know, as I look at this and remember how her language was a few years ago- I am thrilled with her progress.
At recess, Kat's spotted the school store on her way out the door. She hasn't bought anything there in awhile but she saw some markers, picked them up and headed out the door. I grabbed her and said- okay Kat, If you want the markers, you have to buy them. made her go through the whole process of asking for the money, counting it asking the lady for the markers and paying for them- a good experience.
Outside, she set the markers down far away from where she was playing. I was sure she'd forget to pick them up when the bell rang. She went straight for them when she heared the bell. In so many ways, She is more aware, more alert.
Just got her test back in language, She got an eighty nine, B+ ! take a good look at what she had to do- It is her homework folder. Not as good a result in social studies testing but looking at the test, I am not surprised. There is alot of language (complex) both in the questions and the answers.
To finish the day, reading from the science book pages 248-252, about levers. Mrs. D said the test will probably by the end of next week. Hope you have a good day at the Middle School tomorrow. Anxious to hear what you find out.
MN
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