Third Grade

Just one more day to go due to having to make up for a snow day, but basically school is over. Elizabeth is nervous about fourth grade, just as she was going into third grade. She does not recognize her abilities and how well she performs. She came home Wednesday with a medal for the number of AR points she had accumulated over the year, a certificate for outstanding attendance, and 2 certificates for excellence in reading -- one from the State Superintendent and one from the School District. The truth is she has done outstanding in ALL her classes and had straight A's in all classes all year -- actually A+'s if they graded that way! I think back to where she started from and it still amazes me how quickly and easily she has gotten to this point. If only she could see it too! She told me that they did her ELL testing a few weeks ago and I look forward to getting those results early next school year. Even though she is not receiving ELL tutoring, she is still considered to be in the ELL program and is retested yearly to monitor her progress. The last time she was tested it still showed she lagged behind in full comprehension of English but that she was progressing. This is consistent with her day to day functioning in language. Her accent is gone and to listen to her you would never guess she has not spoken English since "birth", but once you talk to her for a while you can notice the lag in comprehension, especially when the concept is new to her.
I am anxious to see how she does in fourth grade as it is such a transition year and the year that each of the other kids showed the most difficulty with. Moore Schools are also very progressive and start the kids transitioning to different teachers for different subjects in 4th grade which adds to the challenges.
School starts back August 13th -- earlier and earlier every year!