Karis’ conference went very well. She had brought home her report card a few days before and she had all high marks. On a scale from 1 to 4 she had 4′s in all areas. And in the rest of the areas you could either get an X or a + and she got +’s on everything. At her conference, Mr. B said she was doing amazing. He said she had a ton of friends and they everybody wants to pick her for their partner in the classroom and on the playground at recess. He said her reading and writing was “phenomenal.” He was very impressed that she has adjusted so well. He said normally kids either accell in academics or socially like she has. Only negative thing is that she hasn’t tested well. They did this one test and she only scored a 70 something. He said you could tell that she just wasn’t paying attention in parts. She started doodling on the pages, circling the answer in big filled in circles, writing “I like “Texes.” He said that he doesn’t want her to get bored and is trying to encourage her to do more. For example, when they are asked to write a sentence about something, he wants her to try and write more – write a few more descriptive sentences. But all in all a glowing conference.
Chase is doing well in school also. They said he has a lot of friends and is doing fabulous academically. He is doing great in the Montessori program and works the room as he is supposed to. They said the one thing he needs to work on is his confidence in his work/skills. When sounding out words, he trys to say that he can’t do it when we all know he can. However, socially he is fully confident. They said he is just starting to try and test the boundaries, but responds very well when they tell him no or simply redirect him. I told them my concerns with him were his pencil grip and pronunciation of certain sounds (L, R, TH). They said those things will come in time, but that they will work on that with him also.
