Thursday, October 16, 1025

On Thursday morning, Chase and Nanaw went over his study materials for the Illinois constitution quiz. They had an interesting conversation about some of the material Chase thought he didn't need to study because he didn't think the teacher would ask about it. But Nanaw made him study and learn it all. She told him something he sort of already knew: Teachers sometimes put things on tests or quizzes that students think won't be there. It's sort of a test to see how much you've studied, and if you're really serious about studying and learning. So Chase learned it all. When Nanaw picked him up from school, he told her that the teacher wanted names of two famous Illinois residents. There had been four on the study guide. Chase put down Jane Addams and Oprah Winfrey. He told Nanaw she was right, and he was wrong. The famous residents were one of the things he said wouldn't be on the test, and it was. Another question was to name two state things, which he also thought wouldn't be on the test. He named two of them and was glad he'd studied everything. He was also sure he had done well on the science test. He thought he might even have gotten a 100,which would make him really happy. Nanaw is so happy that they're studying together again. For a long time, Chase didn't want to study with Nanaw; he said he didn't need to and that he could do it by himself. But he discovered that he wasn't doing as well as he thought, especially in science so now he's glad to study with Nanaw. Today they studied for his DLR quiz Friday; DLR is a weekly grammar, punctuation and spelling quiz they have/ He also had a quiz on the map of Russia for geography and a vocabulary assignment. They might go over the material again on Friday morning before school.