Kid generates NO work samples!

[Anonymous]

My daughter is bright and I’m thinking about parent referring her for AAP LIV. She got a 144 on the NNAT, so there’s a chance that she’ll be in pool.

My daughter likes to read and is very serious about piano and ballet, but I have no work samples to submit.

She can square numbers up to 12 and do square roots, but this is all in her head. I feel like writing this out on paper would look silly.

We do a lot of science experiments together, and she understands them well, but the experiments she designs are silly.

Any recommendations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My daughter is bright and I’m thinking about parent referring her for AAP LIV. She got a 144 on the NNAT, so there’s a chance that she’ll be in pool.

My daughter likes to read and is very serious about piano and ballet, but I have no work samples to submit.

She can square numbers up to 12 and do square roots, but this is all in her head. I feel like writing this out on paper would look silly.

We do a lot of science experiments together, and she understands them well, but the experiments she designs are silly.

Any recommendations?

Silly science experiments are great. It shows she’s a creative thinker with interest in science and finding out how things work. Take a pic of one of her experiments (or don’t bother w a pic) and have her write up a short summary of an experiment she did. You can write a parent explanation (1-2 sent) explaining why you included and how this is a regular thing she does.

[Anonymous]

There isn’t “a chance” she will be in pool.
She *will* be in pool with NNAT of 144.

PPs suggestion is good.

[Anonymous]

Don't they average the nnat and CoGat? If so, if she gets a 100 on the CoGat, an average of 122 will not be in pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There isn’t “a chance” she will be in pool.
She *will* be in pool with NNAT of 144.

PPs suggestion is good.

And in the off chance she isn't just appeal

[Anonymous]

You don’t need to send in any work samples if you don’t have any at home. The teacher and AART will compile a packet based on what she does at school. My suspicion is that parent submitted work samples that seem contrived aren’t really given a lot of weight/consideration.

The activities you described, however, would be good things to highlight on the referral form or parent questionnaire. That way, you can make the committee aware that she does this on her own without having to burn/waste one of the work samples that the teacher and AART could use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t need to send in any work samples if you don’t have any at home. The teacher and AART will compile a packet based on what she does at school. My suspicion is that parent submitted work samples that seem contrived aren’t really given a lot of weight/consideration.

The activities you described, however, would be good things to highlight on the referral form or parent questionnaire. That way, you can make the committee aware that she does this on her own without having to burn/waste one of the work samples that the teacher and AART could use.

No, you don’t have to send in samples from home, but I personally wouldn’t leave work samples entirely in the hands of your kid’s teacher and AART. I’ve seen this done well, with a well-seasoned local committee, and I’ve seen it done very poorly. You’re trying to make the case that your child is in need of an entirely separate advanced academic classroom, you should be able to show at least 1 sample of something they’ve created at home to support that. I do agree that a parent-forced sample is easy to detect and will not be viewed favorable. I also think that as adults, we overthink the quality of the work needed for submission — These are second graders and they aren’t looking for a perfectly crafted thesis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There isn’t “a chance” she will be in pool.
She *will* be in pool with NNAT of 144.

PPs suggestion is good.

And in the off chance she isn't just appeal

I agree she'll be in pool without question, but just to clarify, if not in pool, and not parent submitted, you can't appeal, because you'll have missed the deadline.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

What ages is this for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What ages is this for?

Formal AAP testing and application process is in second grade for level IV start in 3rd. Parents can reapply annually.

[Anonymous]

All 3 of my kids got in and I did not submit any samples from home. They were good students, read almost every night and practice math couple times a week (with us, no tutor.) But we did not do experiments, no painting, no writing any stories at home so there was nothing to submit.

[Anonymous]

I'd worry less about making up work samples for her and write up the things that you mentioned in the parent referral form. I wouldn't worry about her science experiments being silly, she is still only 7-8 and they aren't expecting the kids to solve world hunger. Your teacher is probably also holding back some work for her application, our teacher showed us some of our child's better work in our conference.

[Anonymous]

https://ijmo.asia/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Grade-2.pdf

Pick any question in section C (after #20, those are not multiple choice), paste a question on the top of a 8x11 paper, and have her write through how she solve the problem.

Repeat until you get a good sample.

[Anonymous]

I’d skip work samples from home in your situation.