Jacob is a Reader

Actually he has been a reader for quite a while now, but now he actually likes to do it! YAY Jacob! Let me tell you the whole story.....When Jacob started school here they did a reading test on him. When 2nd graders leave 2nd grade they are expected to have a "Lexile" score of 300-600. When Jacob was first tested, his score was 48. Each week they have to read books in their lexile and take a quiz on them on the computer. Then randomly they are re-tested to see if their lexile has increased. As of Friday, Jacob's lexile score is 365!! He has done awesome. Now that he is in the 300s, he can pick out books with a blue dot. The blue dot signifies that the books are "chapter books". Since Friday Jacob has checked out a new 12-14 chapter book EACH DAY! Then he comes home, reads them, has Greg or I re-read them with him, goes to school the next day and quizzes on the book and gets a 10 out of 10! I am so proud of how great he is doing in his reading. Even today he came home and told me he got a 10 out of 10, but for some reason the computer didn't register it and he wanted me to email his teacher and find out why. He was concerned that since the books he has been checking out (since Friday) are lexile 790, that maybe they were not registering because they were too high. We don't know why it didn't register, but we will make sure he gets his credit. Last night, he took his book and a flashlight to bed with him. Just now Greg walked in from getting his hair cut and had a bag with new batteries in it - for the flashlight. AND....I just got an email from Jacob's teacher and she randomly mentioned that we might need to get him a reading light. Not to mention that Jacob even asked for books for his birthday - which is in 13 days.

I am so proud of you Jacob!