Test Week

It was a good week to give a bunch of tests because two of my classes were in Bath, England so I had time to grade them. I also made the tests from scratch this year which actually saves me a bit of time because I formatted them for grading efficiency. Unfortunately, the results were rather low. This problem will only get worse I imagine as the Google culture of having answers at your fingertips deepens. Students don't retain much information, and as Math builds, this is a big problem. Much of the test was review, but they don't remember how to do stuff from last year let alone primary school.

Things are going well at home. Two feedings per night and in between the babies are sleeping well. Naomi remembers being told they are meant to gain between 100 and 200 grams per week. We calculated it yesterday, and over the course of the past few weeks Abigail has averaged over 500 and Amélie around 300. They are outgrowing clothes quickly already!

We also tried out some Pacco wraps last night - they are a velcro-laden swaddling cloth and for the first stretch both of them slept for 6 hours! Hopefully they will continue to help, but they will keep the babies warm and prevent their arms from moving around. Naomi picked up a couple of bouncy chairs that the girls love; I am bouncing them in them as I write this...

Amélie.

Abigail.

What goes down...must come up?