If you are going to appeal, you need to have your kid take a WISC test and submit those results. Parent submitted work samples are garbage.

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For my 2nd grade son's appeal, I've put together 1. A two page research project on World War I, with a picture of the diorama he did, 2. a picture of a poster board of 100 country flags he created for the 100th day of school. 3. a 4th grade math worksheet that shows his ability to complete multiplication, word problems, and solve a coded sentence and for the 5th page, I'm going to take pictures of him solving a Rubik's cube, narrate it, and write down the narration. I'm hoping this will help paint a strong picture...

Just FYI, in every AAP presentation I have ever attended or every time I've talked to our AART - and I have been through this process 3 times - they have strongly suggested NOT using worksheets. They want to see thinking behind problem solving, not just the solving. I realize that in actual AAP being advanced and hard working is all you need, but since the committee can't admit that then they can't value that sample.

Make sure you have him explain his research project, explain why the flags and maybe his favorite flag, and his narration for the Rubik's cube should explain his thinking.

For my 2nd grade son's appeal, I've put together 1. A two page research project on World War I, with a picture of the diorama he did, 2. a picture of a poster board of 100 country flags he created for the 100th day of school. 3. a 4th grade math worksheet that shows his ability to complete multiplication, word problems, and solve a coded sentence and for the 5th page, I'm going to take pictures of him solving a Rubik's cube, narrate it, and write down the narration. I'm hoping this will help paint a strong picture...

I had my kid do riddle and reading log for work sample. The key is original work not to modify or change any incorrect spelling. We didn’t submit any math work sample since didn’t know what to show.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??

Short anything isnt a good idea. this is the place to showcase what your child can do. Keep in mind that the stipulation is what you can fit in a page; many parents will take multiple (2 or more) pages, shrink them to fit on a single page. With children's large handwriting, this is appropriate to get more content.

Not sure about this. I provided a 5 page (in second grader handwriting) story my middle child did, with a tiny explanation. Provided a single short-ish poem my younger child did, with a longer explanation. Both had been entered in the PTA art contest, and the explanation my kid gave in the artist statement for the short poem was fairly good evidence of thinking. Both kids got in.

Our AART has indicated that whatever you put has to be readable, and the absolute most important thing is to have your child, in their own words, explain their thinking. You're painting a picture of your child.

Per our AARTs advice, I wrote the few sentences of explanation in my own words for what the committee should be seeing in the sample and DC got in on appeal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??

Short anything isnt a good idea. this is the place to showcase what your child can do. Keep in mind that the stipulation is what you can fit in a page; many parents will take multiple (2 or more) pages, shrink them to fit on a single page. With children's large handwriting, this is appropriate to get more content.

Not sure about this. I provided a 5 page (in second grader handwriting) story my middle child did, with a tiny explanation. Provided a single short-ish poem my younger child did, with a longer explanation. Both had been entered in the PTA art contest, and the explanation my kid gave in the artist statement for the short poem was fairly good evidence of thinking. Both kids got in.

Our AART has indicated that whatever you put has to be readable, and the absolute most important thing is to have your child, in their own words, explain their thinking. You're painting a picture of your child.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??

Short anything isnt a good idea. this is the place to showcase what your child can do. Keep in mind that the stipulation is what you can fit in a page; many parents will take multiple (2 or more) pages, shrink them to fit on a single page. With children's large handwriting, this is appropriate to get more content.

My child's school work samples are two sheets per page. That's what AART told me to do. No more than 2 sheets per page.

I think it depends on how big the text is and how legible it is. For example, if your child wrote a 4 page comic book, you might put them all in there if it's readable. However, I also find that 2 per page was good; and actually left enough in the margins so that you can explain why the sample was selected or clarify anything for the user.

PP here, yes, it kind of depends. My child had a 8 page long book writing and I selected 4 pages to be condensed into one pdf, and AART rejected it. Instead I included the cover page with some intricate drawing, and two page of text, and arranged them in Half across/two quarters bottom side by side manner, and AART okayed it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??

Short anything isnt a good idea. this is the place to showcase what your child can do. Keep in mind that the stipulation is what you can fit in a page; many parents will take multiple (2 or more) pages, shrink them to fit on a single page. With children's large handwriting, this is appropriate to get more content.

My child's school work samples are two sheets per page. That's what AART told me to do. No more than 2 sheets per page.

I think it depends on how big the text is and how legible it is. For example, if your child wrote a 4 page comic book, you might put them all in there if it's readable. However, I also find that 2 per page was good; and actually left enough in the margins so that you can explain why the sample was selected or clarify anything for the user.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??

Short anything isnt a good idea. this is the place to showcase what your child can do. Keep in mind that the stipulation is what you can fit in a page; many parents will take multiple (2 or more) pages, shrink them to fit on a single page. With children's large handwriting, this is appropriate to get more content.

My child's school work samples are two sheets per page. That's what AART told me to do. No more than 2 sheets per page.

Anonymous wrote:Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??

Short anything isnt a good idea. this is the place to showcase what your child can do. Keep in mind that the stipulation is what you can fit in a page; many parents will take multiple (2 or more) pages, shrink them to fit on a single page. With children's large handwriting, this is appropriate to get more content.

Anonymous wrote:Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??

This is entirely dependent on either doubling down on your childs strengths, or compensating for their weaknesses (or both). There's no real generic answer to this other than a math sample and language arts. I think you want to be unique.

PP, continued

My child's school work sample included one that teacher gives a poem and ask children to draw a picture from it. Something about wind blows from country side to the city.

If you must include a short poem, pay attention to demonstrate the nine creative/critical thinking strategies
https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary/advanced-academic-programs/critical-and-creative-thinking

Maybe the poem is about analogy, or different point of view, etc.

If you look at the link, pay attention to "mind mapping", it literally tells you how to create a work sample:

"Mindmapping is a lot of fun – you and your child can write a word or draw a circle in the middle of a page. Next, draw lines and new circles to ideas and words or pictures that connect to the original word. For example, maybe your child is interested in space. Together you could create a mind map of all that you know about space and then add things that you want to investigate."

Did you see your child's work sample?

Letter to someone , math sample, social studies project,

Hello guys,

What do u suggest for appeal .
Short Poem is a good idea??