Report Cards

The kids both got their report cards on April 10th. This is the report card for the third quarter.

ETHAN
Ethan does not get letter grades yet. Not until 3rd grade. His report card shows each area the kids are graded on with check marks for 'consistently demonstrating', 'developing', and 'needs development.' This quarter he has 31 marks under consistently demonstrating, 4 under developing, and 3 under needs improvement. He is, as usual, marked at 'above' for his reading level (meaning above grade level). The note writen by his teacher for this quarter says, "Ethan is still doing very well in reading and math! However, his writing is still very sloppy and he needs to add more when he writes." So my little guy is working on his writing skills.

He also took his quarterly assessments in reading and math. He scored 95.7% in reading placing him in the percentile of students that show an overall understanding of skills assessed (90%-100%). He scored 78.3% in math placing him in the percentile of students that show a developing understanding of skills assessed (70%-89%).

ASHLYN
Ashlyn, being in 4th grade, does get letter grades on her report card. This quarter she earned 7 A's and 2 B's. Yes! My baby girl is on the A/B Honor Roll AGAIN! We are so proud of her. 3 of those A's she brought up from B's on her last report card. So she has been working very hard. She too, is as usual, marked at 'above' in her reading level. She is also in a 5th grade math class! There is a note on her report card that says, "Great Progress!", and is signed by the principal.

Ashlyn just took the MSA exams. April 2 & 3 were for reading and April 8 & 9 were for math. We won't know the results until later, but she says she feels like she did well. Which I'm sure she did. On the 10th the kids who took the MSA's (3rd-5th grades) were allowed to wear pajamas and slippers and bring board games to play for the day as a treat for doing so well during the 4 days of testing. Ashlyn had a lot of fun that day!

Working as a Sub

Well, I've completed five sub jobs at the school. I have worked with Kindergartners, 1st graders, and very briefly 5th graders.

It's a lot of fun and I really enjoy the kids. I especially like the flexibility. I don't have to work everyday and I can even work a half day and still be paid for a full day (as long as I work more then 3 hours and 25 minutes I get paid for a full day). And each time I work, more often then not, it is with a different class which it keeps it all very interesting.

I am only working at this one school, but that is enough for me right now! I have some more jobs coming up for this month and even have 2 booked for next month already.