Tonight we attended Brendan's first conference at school. He has the sweetest teacher and I knew we would get lots of feedback on his first couple months of school. However I was not prepared for all the kind words she had to say about him:)
We received his report card last week and he scored all 3's (satisfactory progress) and some 4's (above satisfactory progress). She wrote a paragraph about how well he is doing and he is great at math. He has adjusted beautifully to school and is eager to go each day.
So when she told us that she usually doesn't give out 4's so early in the year and he is testing above grade level in several areas...I was SO proud. She said that he is very smart in all areas and math especially. He loves numbers, patterns, calendar, and counting. They were assessed to write 1-12 and he wrote to 40+ before she had to stop him for the end of the day. He knows upper/lowercase letters, all the sounds, and most of the sight words fluently. He will be starting a math enrichment program next week with the students who tested above grade level to be challenged further. He is reading level 2 books now (mostly sight words with a picture showing what the words say) and she has no doubt that he will be moving to level 3 books soon.
He has great stamina throughout the day and doesn't tire (big surprise! He never sits down at home!) and just wants to learn. He helps his friends with their work when he has finished his and is a great listener. His favorite times at school are choice time, lunch, and recess. She told us how refreshing it is to have a student like Brendan who is so eager to learn.
His goals for the next marking period are to keep challenging him in math and learn the rest of the sight words. She will then introduce him to the first grade list.
Brendan I am so proud of you! I hope you continue to grow and learn and always have a love for school.
Brendan, Grandma is very proud of you. I always knew you were a smart boy. Keep up the good work, Love you, Grandma
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