Parent/Teacher Conference

On Wednesday and Thursday we had Parent/Teacher Conference for Adam and Tessa. If you don't want to hear me brag about my kids, I'd advise you to stop reading now.

Tessa and I met with Mrs. Hales on Wednesday afternoon. They had a walking report card and we went to different stations where Tessa got to show me how well she was doing in reading, phonics, writing, and math. She is doing so well with all of her work! We do need to work a bit on her writing her letters correctly when she is forming a word, but other than that, she is doing great in each area. Mrs. Hales said she was surprised at how well her reading is and will be moving her up another reading level next week. Mrs. Hales said Tessa is a wonderful student. She said Tessa does so well on all of her work, she listens well to directions (always glad to hear that cause she's mastered blocking me out) and that she is a great help and friend to the other students in the class. On our way out, Mrs. Hales said, "I have to tell you-my daughter comes to the preschool here at the school a couple of days a week and every time she sees Tessa, she goes on and on about how cute she thinks Tessa is." Tessa loves school and loves drawing pictures and writing notes to her friends. We are proud of her for doing so well. 

 Then we have Adam. He has left some big shoes for his siblings to fill! We sat down with his teacher on Thursday and her first question to me was, "What have you done at home to make him so smart?" Adam excels at everything! She said she is blown away by how smart he is and is still hoping she can find something to challenge him. She has him on the hardest spelling test she can give him and he is still getting 100% on his tests. She says his reading is out of control. She told him that she think he needs to be someone who records books on tape when he grows up. She says the expression and smoothness he has when he reads just sucks everyone in. She said when she has him reads for the class, half the time she gets so drawn into how he is reading, she forgets it's only Adam reading! He has read every book in their take home library up to a lower third grade level (except for the girl books), so she is moving up to a level Q, which is a high third/low fourth level. She said most teachers would be really cautious of doing that, but she is confident Adam will be able to handle it without a problem! 

 This was a report card Adam and Mrs. Woodhouse filled out. Mrs. Woodhouse marked him down for excellent on every category. Adam gave himself an A+ on every category except behavior. Mrs. Woodhouse said she didn't agree with that grade and asked Adam why he marked himself so low. He said sometimes he sighs really loud when something or someone is frustrating him. That made us laugh!

 These are Adam's actual grades. He is doing amazing!

 His goals for 2014 are to read 1,000 books and finish the Harry Potter Series. He finished the 2nd book last week and is already half way through the 3rd. I wouldn't be surprised if he passes his goal!