Shhhh!

We are beginning our testing this week. Praying for peace, focus, and clarity.  Not sure how much blogging or facebooking I will get to this week.

See you after school is out!!

 

Year End

We've finished testing today!  Woo Hoo!  Let the summer fun begin.  Lunch was nothing special; here's what it looked like.

 A certain rising 7th grader wanted Cherios!

 A certain almost 4th grader didn't want a full yogurt and

shared with a very willing dog!

Quick photo, with packaged up tests, before heading to

post office.  Boys were happy to see those leave the house!

Happy Summer!

Day 3 of 5

We are partially through day 3 of year end testing.  Oldest has five more sections and youngest has seven sections.  Yes, that seems strange that a third grader would have more than a 6th grader, however Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) has two extra sections at that level.  Thing One has already gone through it, now it is Thing Two's turn.

What I like about the tests this year, is that they are "corrected" and scores provided more quickly.  I believe I'll receive an email in two weeks instead of the 6 - 8 weeks in prior years.  Had I realized this last summer, I'm not sure I would have planned to end this early in May.  Will keep this info in mind as I schedule out next year!  80)

Anyhoot, I'm scrambling to pull together a fun thing for the boys before Friday!  If you've read prior posts, this one may ring a bell.  It is an activity list of a hundred fun things to do over the summer.  I've already printed this out, as well as a lined sheet of paper to write out what they did over the summer (this will be the last sheet of their book!)  I plan to create a few sheets for a quick and easy book report type thing, have some pages that they can water color on, pages to scrapbook if they want, pages to draw and sketch (nature study or short story).  I'll probably pull together a reading list of books I've found I'd like to go through.  Maybe a list of movies!  Really, options are limitless for this.

Will be interesting to see what the final product will be like!

The End Must Be Near!

It has to be near. It must be near!! Please let it be near!!!! What is IT? The end of the school year. And it has to be near because I just ordered our year-end tests for both boys. We've been using the Iowa's Test of Basic Skills (think I got that right) for the last few years and plan to do the same this year. Their prices are about the same as some of the other well known tests, I like how detailed the test results are, I'm able to test at home, which is a good thing for our boys to not have it rushed, and it's nice to be able to compare one year to the next.

So we're wrapping up 4th grade and 1st grade in the coming weeks, reviewing for a week, testing for a week (and mail out), and the next day vacation begins. So looking forward to a few weeks off before we begin our summer school session for both boys.

Where are the clapping and hopping smilely faces when you need them???



P.S. And in true Home School fashion, I am creating a wish list of things on Rainbow Resources and am dreaming of what next year might be like.

Year End Testing

We got the boys tests in today!! Both kids did well this year. Thing One improved from last year, so what we're working on is doing the trick. Yeah!!!!

Test Scores are in

We got Simon's scores in, toward the end of last week. He did an awesome job on his year end test. He was right on target, for most subjects, did exceptional in the areas that we knew were his favorites, and needs a little extra help in only a couple areas that he's always struggled in. This will help us with filling in some gaps over the summer.

All I can say is, "Way to go Kiddo!! :)"