I.E.P.

I.E.P. stands for Individualized Education Program.  Tom needed these all the way through school.  In second grade, Andrew was falling behind big time in the area of reading.  Mr. Everson asked that we do some testing to determine whether or not he needed some special services.  It turned out that he had some deficiancies in the area of reading.  Every year the process repeats itself and we have to determine if he still needs services and if so what.  Some goals are set in place.  Andrew is still in need of a bit of assistance at times.  As a note to help you understand the following, he has horrible handwriting and often rushes through doing a paper so it can be declared "done."  He's always had great comprehension though.

This year was the first year that so many teachers were in attendance.  Each of them gives a synopsis of how Andrew is doing in their class.  Today I received the official written report.  As I read the teacher's comments I couldn't help but laugh out loud.  This is what was written in the area of language arts.

Andrew is able to comprehend what he has read about 90% of the time which is great!  He is able to identify characters, plot, and setting with no problems.  When writing, Andrew has great ideas.  I have noticed that this is usually due to the way he holds his pencil and if he rushes.

What???  His great ideas are due to the way he holds his pencil when he rushes?  Now that's funny!