The BIG TEST
This has been a busy week for me because Baby Bear has been studying the Constitution... or should I say, WE have been studying the Constitution. * VBS * (Mother Bear and Cucoo even helped out last week one night when Baby Bear stayed over for a couple of hours after school).
Baby Bear has brought home a packet full of reading material on the Constitution and questions to answers after you read, a packet for each week. He got one last week that he had to finish by the end of that week, and another this week that had to be finished today. He also had a book of the Constitution. He had his first test over last week's packet yesterday and was one of the top ones out of the whole class that passed the test!! There were only 4 that passed the test out of the whole class. I have to say I am very proud of him. Of course I have to brag when my Baby Bear does so well in school. This made Papa Bear and I very HAPPY AND PROUD parents.
It really surprised us that he passed the test because of the little time he had to study. (Which is a long story). You see, the teacher handed out a study guide the day before with questions that would be on the test. She gave them the answers to the questions on the study guide in class. But...... Baby Bear had jammed his finger the day before playing on the neighbor's trampoline, and it was swollen so big that I had to write for him that night and then when he went to school the next day he could hardly write. It was hurting him and swollen so he went to the nurse's station. While he was out of class at the nurse's station getting treatment for his finger, the teacher gave out the answers on the study guide so he missed the answers. (Papa Bear wonders why someone didn't take the answers down for him while he was out of class). But anyway, he could have brought home the packet that he had finished the week before to answer the questions, but he left it at school. So..... We were on the computer trying to find the answers and then franickly called his friend and got the answers from him.... panicking all the while because he had to study after he got the answers. Whew! (wiping the sweat off our brows!) we pulled it off! HE PASSED.
Anyway everything worked out. Except Baby Bear said that whoever didn't pass the test had to stay in at recess until next Tuesday and take the test again and if they pass they can go to recess, if not, they have to stay in again until Thursday and take the test again. And it goes on and on until everyone passes. Baby Bear is upset because he is the only boy out of the 4 that passed and he said it is BORING at recess. He said his friends had better pass this Tuesday. *VBS*
I didn't realize how much I had forgotten from being out of school. (I didn't like Social Studies that much anyway though). I guess as the old saying goes if you don't use it you lose it. So, I learned a lot about the Constitution this past week, but with my memory, I couldn't tell you if I will remember it next week. *VBS* It worries me because THERE PROBABLY WILL BE A TEST OVER THE SECOND PACKET THAT HE JUST FINISHED THIS WEEK!!!!!! LOL... Mama Bear
Baby Bear has brought home a packet full of reading material on the Constitution and questions to answers after you read, a packet for each week. He got one last week that he had to finish by the end of that week, and another this week that had to be finished today. He also had a book of the Constitution. He had his first test over last week's packet yesterday and was one of the top ones out of the whole class that passed the test!! There were only 4 that passed the test out of the whole class. I have to say I am very proud of him. Of course I have to brag when my Baby Bear does so well in school. This made Papa Bear and I very HAPPY AND PROUD parents.
It really surprised us that he passed the test because of the little time he had to study. (Which is a long story). You see, the teacher handed out a study guide the day before with questions that would be on the test. She gave them the answers to the questions on the study guide in class. But...... Baby Bear had jammed his finger the day before playing on the neighbor's trampoline, and it was swollen so big that I had to write for him that night and then when he went to school the next day he could hardly write. It was hurting him and swollen so he went to the nurse's station. While he was out of class at the nurse's station getting treatment for his finger, the teacher gave out the answers on the study guide so he missed the answers. (Papa Bear wonders why someone didn't take the answers down for him while he was out of class). But anyway, he could have brought home the packet that he had finished the week before to answer the questions, but he left it at school. So..... We were on the computer trying to find the answers and then franickly called his friend and got the answers from him.... panicking all the while because he had to study after he got the answers. Whew! (wiping the sweat off our brows!) we pulled it off! HE PASSED.
Anyway everything worked out. Except Baby Bear said that whoever didn't pass the test had to stay in at recess until next Tuesday and take the test again and if they pass they can go to recess, if not, they have to stay in again until Thursday and take the test again. And it goes on and on until everyone passes. Baby Bear is upset because he is the only boy out of the 4 that passed and he said it is BORING at recess. He said his friends had better pass this Tuesday. *VBS*
I didn't realize how much I had forgotten from being out of school. (I didn't like Social Studies that much anyway though). I guess as the old saying goes if you don't use it you lose it. So, I learned a lot about the Constitution this past week, but with my memory, I couldn't tell you if I will remember it next week. *VBS* It worries me because THERE PROBABLY WILL BE A TEST OVER THE SECOND PACKET THAT HE JUST FINISHED THIS WEEK!!!!!! LOL... Mama Bear
posted by The Four Bears in the Woods at 10:23 AM
5 Comments:
About taking tests: I have found that it is more important to actually understand the implications of the material than just memorize the answers to pass the test.
What good does all this knowledge do if students forget it as soon as the test is passed and they get to go on to recess and the next test.
It would be interesting to revisit this material at the end of the school year to see if any of the students retained any of this information. Then the teachers would know if they actually taught the material or just forced the kids to memorize. Just a thought.
First of all Grandma & Grandpa Bear are very proud that Baby Bear passed his test...HOORAY!
That doesn't seem quite fair that the kids lose their recess if they don't pass the test...but I guess that's the only leverage that the teacher has.
I sounds like there were lots of obstacles in studying for this test. I can remember one that you didn't mention and that was that the little 200 page book on the Constitution got lost at my house for a couple of days. Baby Bear was in a panic until we found it under one of the cushions.
I wasn't aware that he had hurt his finger...poor Baby Bear.
I don't think that Cucoo was much help...he was more of a distraction and wanted Baby Bear to help him rehearse his lines for the Pirates of the Carrotbean. Cucoo did learn what all the circles on the U.S.map were for anyway and he does remember the 3 branches of government.
Thanks Mama Bear for sharing this wonderful news about Baby Bear...and maybe he can help some of his friends study for the test...so they can come out with him for recess.
Did you add something to this post? I don't remember the last sentence being all capitals...maybe I just missed it the first time around.
Congratulations to Baby Bear!! A job well done, and it sounds HARD.
We do forget so much of that stuff when we don't use it often. High Fives from Finn for a job well done...both of you!!!
Thanks Motherkitty, Abandoned in Pasadena (MOM), and Finn. Thanks to you all for the comments and well wishes. I told Baby Bear and he was thrilled you congradulated him. He said that was sure nice of you guys to comment. Baby Bear worked hard on this all week and he really appreciated all the nice comments.
Mom, yes I did add something to it. You must have been commenting when I was editing this post. Just wanted to clean it up some and add a little humor to the end of it.
Thanks to all for the nice comments.
Mama Bear
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