KAYDA
Grade: 2
Teacher: Mrs. R
As always Kayda's teacher had nothing but good things to say about her. Kayda is an amazing student! She is doing outstanding in math, she is constantly getting 100% on her tests. In reading she is off the charts! In her dibels oral reading fluency she read 142 words with 3 errors making her score 139. Her teacher told us that most students score around 80 at this time of year. She is doing so well that most of her goals are related to listening to other students, reading to them and talking about the books. I'm not sure how I feel about that. On one hand, that isn't learning specifically related to her advancement, on the other I know for a face that teaching is the best way to REALLY learn and understand. Kayda has exceptional writing skills, many students are still learning to write answers in complete sentences; Kayda has NO issue with that. Her teacher told us that she has excellent penmanship and voice in her writing! During prompted writing times Kayda frequently laughs to herself as she writes her stories.
Kayda worked with Dillon's teacher some last year for advanced reading and Dillon's teacher also wanted to tell us how gifted Kayda is. Kayda is currently participating in a program to help stop bullying and is also a reading mentor for some kindergartners.
DILLON
Grade: 1
Teacher: Mrs. S
Dillon's teacher is very impressed with him! He is reading and writing well. He is right where he should be. She is encouraging us to have him read more non-fiction because she thinks it would take him to a whole other level of reading. He does a great job writing and is working hard at sounding out words. In his math testing he is in the 84 percentile, meaning 84% of students received lower scores, 16% received higher. She is encouraging him to share his thoughts about how to work problems more. He is very good at writing a short story and drawing an appropriate illustration for it. She is impressed with his ability to work independently and is excited to watch his continued growth. He knows 45 sight words, the normal fall result is 25. The goal for the end of the year will be 75 words. She provided us with a second grade list of sight words expressing confidence that he will master the first grade list quickly.
Mrs. S has had frequent interactions with both of our children that are in school. She specifically told us that we have WONDERFUL children and shared how much she has enjoyed BOTH of them.
As always we LOVE to hear about our children. Being the math nerd that I am I would love to have more facts and figures, also knowing where they are compared to other children in their grades. Neither teacher had any concerns regarding their abilities and simply told us to keep doing whatever it is that we're doing. I'm happy to have proof that I didn't do any damage to my children's education by attempting home schooling for the end of last year!!!
CARSON
Grade: Pre-k
Teacher: N/A
We recently took Carson in for the child find event at school. This is where they do general testing for children 3 years to kindergarten. I had concerns about Carson's speech just like I had concerns for Kayda and Dillon. They've decided to do further evaluation for his speech. If he gets speech services there is also the possibility that he will get into the preschool. Since he may be going off to preschool anytime after evaluation we've decided it's time for potty training! Let me outline our past experiences: Kayda- would potty train for a week, do really well and then get bored with it. We did that twice over a few months. It took Grandma G telling her she couldn't spend the night unless Kayda was wearing underwear for her to decide to do it. This was when she was 3 years and 4 months old. Dillon- We HAD to potty train him by a certain time due to an expected baby and preschool starting. It was over a month of accidents and cleaning, forcing him to be in underwear until he finally decided he would do it full time. Now Carson. This little man is amazing me! The first day was accidents galore. The second day I had dum dums and smarties to give him if he went in the toilet (brother and sister get candy if they are in helping him) he had two accidents. Today (day 3) he has had no accidents. Even with us having volunteering in Kayda's class and parent-teacher conferences. He has had NO problem today. This is the best potty training experience EVER! Anyways on to more about what he knows. Carson knows the colors blue, green, red, yellow, orange, black, and white. He still gets mixed up between pink and purple. He know circles, squares and triangles and can sort them by shape, size and color. He can count to 9 before he starts jumping up into the teens. He can easily follow multi-step directions and understands EVERYTHING you tell him. He is my first "why" child and is constantly asking it. He can cut out a dinosaur and along lines. He can copy basic shapes by drawing them. He can throw a ball accurately, stand on one foot, pedal a bike and stack blocks to copy what someone else makes. (Many of the above are things they tested at the child find).
WE HAVE AMAZING CHILDREN!
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