Please pay no mind to the teeny tiny pencil!!! He thinks that's cool, and he sharpens it until it gets as small as he can get it! We got his report card Friday, he did really good. We also got his achievement test scores back....I was so worried to get them back. I know what it's like to have to take them, and I know you get tired of taking them, and just start marking answers to get it over with! His teacher said she could tell some of the kids where doing that. She said some of the tests were 40 minutes long!! But he did good! He's not below average in anything, and above average in a little under half the areas. He's at 1st grade level in math which I think is great! And first grade ninth month level in Environment....which is history, geography, political science, economics, and life..... Sentence reading he's at 1st grade level. And also basic battery, and complete battery, which I have no clue what either of those are! And at 1st grade level in a couple other areas. So over all he's doing great. His teacher said he deserved a pat on the back!!