Yesterday, while I was pulling out photo albums for Chicky (she’s designing her senior ad for the yearbook), I came across her academic portfolio. It is a snapshot of some of her best work and assessments from first through third grades.
The first thing I saw when I opened the binder was a self-portrait that Chicky made at the beginning of first grade…
You can see how much she enjoyed soccer way back then, and she had only played one season!!
Now, finding that picture was fun, but the next thing I found was even better.
It was a writing sample from third grade. I scanned the pictures because it will have more of an impact than my typing the words out (read both pages)…
Page 1
Page 2
You could have heard us laughing all the way down the street. I couldn’t even get through the first page without stopping several times to catch my breath.
The funnier thing? I have a picture of Rooster biting his toenails!! Chicky found it after reading this story.
There was a third page attached to the above story…
You may be wondering what this is.
Well, it’s a graphic organizer. Students in this day and age are taught different strategies for organizing their ideas during the pre-writing phase.
Given my adoration of everything educational, and my children’s academic success over the years, it was icing on the cake. We laughed even harder, impressed at Chicky’s thoroughness even in first grade.
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Oh my gosh… these are great! Did she embarass that poor brother of hers? Or did he just love that he irritated her so much? 🙂
What a wonderful find! And as a fellow crazy-brother having gal, I can totally empathize. Especially the stinky feet part 😉