Work samples?

[Anonymous]

I am struggling with what to submit as work samples for my second grader. Are the parent ones usually generated at home? She has written some very creative little books but they don't fit the one-page requirement.

[Anonymous]

can you shrink the pages down to fit one "book" on a page? That's what I did for my child's story.

[Anonymous]

The books were too hard for us to incorporate so we just talked bout them in the questionnaire. We made efforts to produce the work samples. One was write about a trip taken , one was math samples that was above grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The books were too hard for us to incorporate so we just talked bout them in the questionnaire. We made efforts to produce the work samples. One was write about a trip taken , one was math samples that was above grade level.

Did your child produce these at your suggestion? Or just spontaneously?

[Anonymous]

I presented a sheet of math work that I created based on abilities , asked to show work . I said write about something , your trip , your weekend , your summer , etc. telling your kids what to do is not against the rules. How do they create samples at school? They give them work to do.

[Anonymous]

Before the trip we informed them that they would have to write a letter about it to a family member.

[Anonymous]

I did not include any with my parent referral, although I did mention specific creative activities/products my child had produced. The AART at our school pulled all the in-pool kids and had them do some AAP worksheets that they included as work samples in the school referral.

[Anonymous]

It is not enough to talk about trips taken. It's about presenting her ability to shift point of view, or ability to organize information, or any other thinking strategies (analogy etc) listed on FCPS website.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary/advanced-academic-programs/critical-and-creative-thinking

Writing prompts such as "What if I can fly" demonstrates shift of POV. "Why is a school like a forest" demostrate the child's ability of analogy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is not enough to talk about trips taken. It's about presenting her ability to shift point of view, or ability to organize information, or any other thinking strategies (analogy etc) listed on FCPS website.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary/advanced-academic-programs/critical-and-creative-thinking

Writing prompts such as "What if I can fly" demonstrates shift of POV. "Why is a school like a forest" demostrate the child's ability of analogy.




School samples took care of that. Hopefully your AART has these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is not enough to talk about trips taken. It's about presenting her ability to shift point of view, or ability to organize information, or any other thinking strategies (analogy etc) listed on FCPS website.

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary/advanced-academic-programs/critical-and-creative-thinking

Writing prompts such as "What if I can fly" demonstrates shift of POV. "Why is a school like a forest" demostrate the child's ability of analogy.




School samples took care of that. Hopefully your AART has these.

Eventually the committee approach all work samples based on those thinking strategies. While I agree that school samples covers those strategies more deliberately, it benefits that parent samples address those thinking strategies as well. For example, the child can write the trip report but maybe demonstrate ability to organize information, or shifting point of view, or make analogies. It's about knowing what sweet spot to hit instead of just being generally "creative" or "imaginative".