Ds7 had his first fourth grade math test, and he was the only student in the class who got a perfect score. HOORAY!
Now for the one step back part...
Apparently after she gave the tests back and reviewed them, she let the kids play math card games on the carpet. Ds7 loves to play games but he gets a tad too enthusiastic. He ended up getting one verbal warning for being too loud and then getting written up for it and "moved to yellow." Our school has a red/yellow/green and occasional blue rating system for all grades. Each day that a kid meets all expectations, he is green, after one verbal warning, he gets a yellow, after that he gets a red and a phone call home (the yellow is a note that comes home). Ds was so sad. In second grade, you have the chance to earn a blue (exceptional) on Friday after getting greens all week, but he has been absent the last two Fridays due to illness and a wedding. Of course, he got the yellow the last period of Thursday (you can work your way back up in a day).
It was pretty funny, though, once he got past the tears. I asked him what he was doing exactly and he volunteered that he was hitting himself on the head with his partner's flip flop. And no, he's not autistic or anything, he's just a goofoff, apparently, maybe trying to impress the 4th graders. I made him write a letter of apology and said, "what do you think you need to do... think about it!" He took me very literally and the letter both apologizes and goes into possible solutions... "How can I make it up to you? Maybe I can clean your class? Could I run errands for you?" Dh was cracking up. He suggested that cold, hard cash would be the only appropriate compensation for dealing with 25 young children!
Oh well, I guess that this is part of that asynchronous development that we talk about with gifted kids.
Theresa
