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| How can we be mad...? (Read 291 times) |
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 1:32 PM |
| Quote from Bonkin on 5/15/2008 at 1:28 PM: You bringing all your rugrats to the Monkey?
the twins and the biggest rugrat of them all dh  |
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 1:34 PM |
Quote from rockenmamof5 on 5/15/2008 at 1:32 PM:the twins and the biggest rugrat of them all dh
Cool! I'm bringing mine too. |
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 1:44 PM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 5/15/2008 at 1:41 PM:We'll be running in '08, also planning to volunteer at '09. 
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Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 1:46 PM |
| Quote from Bonkin on 5/15/2008 at 1:34 PM: Cool! I'm bringing mine too.
I think we're making a family trip of the Monkey weekend. That ought to be a "fun" 12 hours on the road. I may leave a couple of the kids in TN to spare their lives. |
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 1:47 PM
modified: 5/15/2008 at 1:50 PM |
Quote from zoom-zoom on 5/15/2008 at 12:05 PM:10pm last night Dane is found in his room with the light on, reading...  If we get angry with him we're a couple of hypocrites, as did and I were known to pull the same stunt as kids.  This morning he says "I LOVE reading!"
We have that book!
I agree, you can't be upset with him for reading, and it wasn't all that late. |
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 2:00 PM |
Do you guys up there do Accelerated Reader? We have had it at our school for a while but really pushed it this year. My 1st grader was reading all the time, we were so proud of him. He just finished school yesterday for the year and we have a meeting Monday with his 2nd Grade Teacher to get some summer reading books.
BTW, I have to brag....
Headmasters List all A's
Report Card
Bible - 100 Avg
Math - 99 Avg
Reading - 100 Avg
English/Spelling - 95 Avg
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2008 GOALS
GET BELOW 175
RUN 6:00 MILE
RUN BELOW 25:30 5K
RUN BELOW 55:00 10K
RUN A MARATHON (DEC. 6TH - MEMPHIS - ST JUDE)
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 2:42 PM |
Dane's in a Montessori school, so there's no limit put on where he can go in any subject (no grades, either...they do a pass/fail system which in the elementary grades seems a good way of doing things). It's nice, since kids don't feel like they have any specific place that they *should* be in their learning. Kids who excel or struggle aren't put on display comparative to the rest of the class, since they're all doing more guided independent study.
They also combine grade levels (1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8-), so it's actually relatively easy for kids to skip grades and not feel ostracized. Apparently at least one 2nd grader in Dane's room moved into the 3/4 class earlier in the year. There's a lot of potential for kids to fluidly move into a grade level based more upon ability than birthdate--this would have been excellent for a kid like my brother, who was second youngest in his class, but graduated second (would have had a 4.0 were it not for a couple of Bs in PE because he's not naturally athletic and the teacher was a hardass).
We keep buying Dane books to challenge him, though a couple of times we've bought books that we thought would be a bit difficult and he's whizzed on through. He's almost progressing faster than we can keep him challenged. The Capt. Underpants books are actually a bit too easy, but he loves them because they are so stinkin' funny. It's kind of like an adult woman picking up a Harlequin romance novel for shits-n-giggles, rather than any sort of intellectual challenge. |
Kirsten
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.: 2008 Goals :.
• Get down to 123#s and STAY there!
• Run 1500 miles
• Make it to 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 5:07 PM |
| Quote from BenBuck6 on 5/15/2008 at 2:00 PM: Do you guys up there do Accelerated Reader? We have had it at our school for a while but really pushed it this year. My 1st grader was reading all the time, we were so proud of him. He just finished school yesterday for the year and we have a meeting Monday with his 2nd Grade Teacher to get some summer reading books.
BTW, I have to brag....
Headmasters List all A's
Report Card
Bible - 100 Avg
Math - 99 Avg
Reading - 100 Avg
English/Spelling - 95 Avg
AWESOME grades your son is getting! Congrats!!!
Frankie has "book buddy" from the 5th grade who comes down to read with him. He's tested up to 3rd grade spring level and that's where they stopped (they are only trained to test for so far). The teacher has been really good about differentating and making sure to get appropriate material for him to read. He starts the gifted program next year .
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Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 5:11 PM |
| I've actually thought of putting Frankie into something like a Montesorri, but so far he's getting really lucky with having teachers that will differentiate students by his strengths etc. Also the district is one of the best in PA. |
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
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posted: 5/15/2008 at 5:25 PM |
| Quote from rockenmamof5 on 5/15/2008 at 5:11 PM: I've actually thought of putting Frankie into something like a Montesorri, but so far he's getting really lucky with having teachers that will differentiate students by his strengths etc. Also the district is one of the best in PA.
A good teacher in a good school can make ALL the difference. If our schools in our local community were better we'd probably never have switched him to the Montessori school, but our first experience with our district was not positive. Now that we've seen how perfect a fit Montessori teaching methods are for Dane we're hooked. I just want to be out of this area by the time he's in HS, since I'm not eager to put him in school up here--especially since he'd not know anyone. At least keeping him down in the area near did's work will almost guarantee that some of his classmates for 1-8th grades will be with him in HS, too. |
Kirsten
• Ladies Locker Room •
.: 2008 Goals :.
• Get down to 123#s and STAY there!
• Run 1500 miles
• Make it to 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k |
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But then again there is Monkey 08 