Testing Week

This week was testing week for Georgia. She took the CAT, the standardized California Acheivement Test Form E Level 11. (first grade level)


Monday she completed Test One: Vocabulary and Test Two: Comprehension.


Tuesday she did Test Three: Language Expression, and Test Four: Mathematics Computation.


Wednesday she completed the final test, Test Five: Mathematics Concepts and Applications.


We will receive the results in two to four weeks.


Tuesday was also Georgia's last gymnastics class for the Winter II session. She passed the Rollers class, and will be in the Swingers class next time she signs up for a class.

We are going to take a break from the YMCA classes because she is involved in softball and soccer this spring. Afterwards, she will continue with gymnastics and swimming lessons. Olivia may be ready for a class, as well.

On Wednesday, Olivia had her class at the nature center called "The Songs of Birds". We started out learning about different types of birds and their songs. Each child was handed a toy bird that made its unique song, and we tried to match the sounds to the songs of the birds from the presentation. We also sang a song about birds with hand gestures to match the actions of the song.

Next, we learned why birds sing...to find a mate. We played a game with baby birds, and adult birds. Four hula hoops on the floor acted as four nests. Four kids volunteered to be a baby bird and sat inside the nests. The other kids used their hands as beaks and picked up some dried tricolored spiral pasta on the floor that represented worms, and brought them to the babies. After a bit, Olivia volunteered to be a baby bird, and the babies in the nests were switched for other children.

After the game, we made and decorated a pair of binoculars using cut paper towel rolls and string. Then we went on a bird hunt, spying birds with our binoculars. This was originally going to be an outside activity, but it was raining. We used pictures of birds placed around the room as our subjects for our bird hunt.

The class ended with a story about birds.

Georgia, Olivia, and I explored the nature center before returning home.

While Olivia had her class, Georgia started reading a new book; Henry and Beezus.