Logan’s school work has been keeping us on our toes lately.  A few weeks back, we were worried if Logan was falling behind based on what we saw from his classwork and the brief observation I had in class.  I emailed the teacher to consider a meeting to discuss how we should help him at home.  The teacher kindly responded that Logan is actually doing well and is trying hard in class.  She said we can wait til November for the regular scheduled conference to discuss further.  Then last Monday we found out that Logan did not earn much points for AR tests (reading tests) in class and he might miss out on the “meeting goals” celebration soon.  Stuart and I were surprised to hear about this as we had not been told about “points”.  When I picked up Logan from school, the teacher spent some time explaining it to me while Logan and Connor hung out in the classroom.  These tests were voluntary but the teacher has been reminding the students to take them.  While Logan’s overall reading level was good, for some reasons he had not been taking the tests therefore not earning much points.  The teacher encouraged Logan to catch up by reading books at home and doing the tests at school the next day.  Since then, Logan has been motivated reading at least one book each night and then taking the tests.  He is catching up on his points.  We also encouraged Logan to stay on top of his projects this month rather than waiting until the last week.  He had already recited his poem to the class last week, and over the weekend, he finished the art and craft part of his book report.  This was a “Can Character” book report.  Logan read the picture book a couple of times and came up with the 10 clues of the main character.  Then Logan, with my guidance, decorated the can to look like the character.  Logan was very proud of his work. 

    On the other hand, Connor’s homework has been quite light.  Instead of daily ones, he has a monthly homework.  However everyday Connor spends a few minutes doing a part of it.  In addition, Connor will be the Star of the Week soon, and he has been working on his poster which he just completed over the weekend too.  Connor was also pleased with his work.