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Aug. 4, 2006
Ouch!
So testing went somewhat like I thought it
would. Jarek whizzes right through it, William doesn't get
it. Seriously. I mean, I know that he sees the world in a
different perspective, but times like these it hits home to me how
differently he sees it. I really need to get that book on
visual-spatial learners because I don't know what to do with him half
the time. How do I get him to look at standardized tests in the
standard way?
He did really well on the objective parts of the test--word analysis
and vocabulary. But he bombed the comprehension part, which makes
no sense. I do comprehension questions with him all the
time. He comprehends! We have great discussions with our
read-alouds. But the answers were very objective. And they
were in picture form. He very seldom interprets a picture like I
do.
There are those "which picture comes first" problems in the DEL
series.....he never put them in the same order I would. But his
story behind why he did it always made sense. Like there was one
picture with 3 candles--one not yet lit, and 2 in various stages of
burning down. He picked the smallest one as the 1st one, then the
unlit one, then the slightly melted one. His reasoning...I had a
candle burning, but then it all melted, so I got a new one and lighted
it and it started to melt.
Anyway...I'm feeling a little overwhelmed about the whole thing right
now. I want to make sure that I don't try to force him into my
way of seeing things, but I do want him to be able to do well on
tests! For school this morning, we're going to go back over the
test so he can explain his thinking to me.
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