PALS

Today Faith was tested on her PALS, otherwise known as a pre-literacy screening. So I as a teacher had reviewed the test for my own sake considering I am testing this week also for my classroom, Faith had asked to play the alphabet section a few nights ago so I allowed her to tell me the alphabet upper and lower. I told her that I would not play any other games with her due to the fact that her teacher was going to play with her at school. So today as Faith was tested what did she tell her teacher. "Oh, mommy and I played this game at home" BANG, I just shot myself in the foot. After her completely blowing away the test with all right answers because she is smart, her teacher called me into the class to ask me whether I had already tested her. I informed her no and then continued on to explain that she knows this information (rhymes, text awareness, alphabet recognition, letter sounds, words recognition, and word sounds) because I have taught it to her. Hence the reason why I have asked the director for some sight word books for Faith to read at home. Well as if it wasn't enough to convince her teacher, I now had to report to the director and assistant director. Do they believe me in the fact that I didn't administer the test? I don't know. Is it that they can't believe that she knows what she does? I don't know. Or do they think that over the course of three days that the test has been in my possesion she memorized all the answers to the test. Now her teacher wonders, does she really know it or not? Well I tell you what; if she doesn't know it she is the smartest little girl I've met to pull those answers over the teacher's head. I told them to give her the kindergarten test if they are so concerned that she cheated. She is three for heaven's sake. She knows nothing about cheating. She knows what she knows.