I can't believe it is the end of the 1st quarter of the school year! Every 1st and 3rd quarter we have our scheduled Parent Teacher Conferences, so mine was scheduled for today. Our school, like most schools nowadays, have grades posted online, so there really shouldn't be any surprises.
Zach... This Morning, while getting ready for school, he told me that his teacher, Ms. Newburgh told him that due to him not turning assignments in on time, his Math grade was a "D". This has been a common problem, so I didn't jump online to check what was going on. I told him I was disappointed and I told him that he needs to learn to turn his assignments in (with his name on it too!!) and that we would discuss things after school once his Dad and I had a chance to talk too. We have never been really hard on grades, but he is a bit of a perfectionist... if his assignment isn't JUST right, he won't turn it in. As of 2 weeks ago, he had an A and I couldn't figure out what went so wrong. Frustrating.
So I ran a bazillion errands {no exaggeration there!} this morning before school got out early at 12:30. We went to Ms. Newburgh's conference first. She is such a great teacher and we adore her. We had a very informative time discussing Zach's abilities in class... only to discover, that...
Zach is a GREAT LIAR!
He has STRAIGHT A's!
(Ms. Newburgh was in on the little deception too! She thought it was really funny I fell for it!)
(Ms. Newburgh was in on the little deception too! She thought it was really funny I fell for it!)
We also found out that Zach in on the Headmaster's List for the quarter. And his goal for the year, is to get straight A's all year. If he does this, he will get the Governor's Award at the end of the year at a school wide assembly.
As all schools do, they test him throughout the year, right now, as a 4th grader, his reading level is on a 6.5 level (6th grade, 5th month of school) and his math level is 5.8 (5th grade, 8th month) - so much for that D --- there are NO excuses buddy!!
Cannon... In 1st grade, they start grading him with traditional grades at this school, instead of just doing "E's" "S's" and "N's", like they did last year in Kindergarten. I like it SO much better, I can really SEE and gauge what he is doing, where he is excelling and what he is struggling with.
He is doing great also. He has all A's and B's. He actually has OVER 100% in spelling because of the bonus words he has every week. His teacher wants to move him up to a harder spelling list, but he takes the grades SOOO personally when he doesn't get 100% on spelling, that she just doesn't have it in her to take that away from him... yet. He is just so sensitive and we agree, it is building his confidence right now and that is important. The only reason he has "B's" {and I'm not complaining} is because he rushes through some of his work instead of applying himself. We see that with homework too.
He loves to learn about science... right now they are learning about SPIDERS... (ewww) but he is having a blast with it! He is also really gifted with Math and loves to read.
I'm pretty sure that my kids are smarter than me.
As all schools do, they test him throughout the year, right now, as a 4th grader, his reading level is on a 6.5 level (6th grade, 5th month of school) and his math level is 5.8 (5th grade, 8th month) - so much for that D --- there are NO excuses buddy!!
Cannon... In 1st grade, they start grading him with traditional grades at this school, instead of just doing "E's" "S's" and "N's", like they did last year in Kindergarten. I like it SO much better, I can really SEE and gauge what he is doing, where he is excelling and what he is struggling with.
He is doing great also. He has all A's and B's. He actually has OVER 100% in spelling because of the bonus words he has every week. His teacher wants to move him up to a harder spelling list, but he takes the grades SOOO personally when he doesn't get 100% on spelling, that she just doesn't have it in her to take that away from him... yet. He is just so sensitive and we agree, it is building his confidence right now and that is important. The only reason he has "B's" {and I'm not complaining} is because he rushes through some of his work instead of applying himself. We see that with homework too.
He loves to learn about science... right now they are learning about SPIDERS... (ewww) but he is having a blast with it! He is also really gifted with Math and loves to read.
I'm pretty sure that my kids are smarter than me.
2 comments:
Tell the boys congratulations. Especially Zach, that is great!
Congratulations to both of the boys. Of course they are brillant, what else would we expect from your boys?
Love,
Oma W.
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