Since I have spent most of the last 3 weeks testing the 5th graders, my Kindergarten students have heard the NeSA talked about on a daily basis.
One day at Kindergarten recess, a young student asked me why do you keep talking about knee socks? What do socks have to do with tests? I had to think for a minute and realized that every time she had heard NeSA, she heard knee socks. I wondered how many other students thought that same thing, she is very verbal and it took her a while to clarify this question in her head.
So in the spirit of keeping the atmosphere relaxed and my students calm, Happy Knee Socks Testing Day! The added bonus is seeing the 5th graders trying to hide their smiles and giggles when I tell them the story and having Kindergarten students come up and say I hope I can take the knee socks test with you when I am older.