Parent-Teacher Conference

I had a conference with Payton's 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Nalitt today. Of course, she started off telling me what a JOY he has been to have this year! Then we went onto academics. She showed me two reports:



This report is from a Diebels test. They were given this test at the beginning of the school year and again in January. The test showed:
In fluency the benchmark for August was 52 and 72 for January. Payton's scores were 106 (Aug) and 168 (Jan).
In accuracy the benchmark for August was 90 and 96 for January. Payton scored 100 on both.
In Retell (recounting details of a story) the benchmark for August was 16 and 29 for January. Payton scored 29 (Aug) and 101 (Jan)! WOW!!!!!!
His reading level (A-Z) was R in August and is now V. This means he is above a 4th grade reading level.



The next scores also show that he is WELL above benchmark. The benchmark composite benchmark score for 2nd grade is 190 and Payton scored a 490!

I mean, we knew he was smart but I wasn't aware I was living with a GENIUS!
Mrs. Nalitt said if he scored above a 93% on the Iowa State test in March she was going to refer him to the gifted program. She said the second grade gifted program was extremely hard to get into and she suggested we start working on multiplication & division at home to prepare. She had no doubt he would make it in with reading/writing but said he still needed a little work in math because it is 4th grade work. Well, SCORE....he lives with a 4-8 grade math teacher. We've got this in the bag!!!!
We are so, so proud of our Payton. He's not only smart, but he loves God, which is most important. It's so nice to hear people outside your home tell you what a joy your son is. Maybe we are doing ok as parents after all!