So tonight was Kwabena’s conference with his teacher. It was pretty much what I expected it to be. Academically, this kid is doing extremely well. His teacher first wanted to know where he went to preschool (we told her Miss Marilyn) and she said that Miss Marilyn did a fantastic job 🙂 She said Kwabena is so smart, and that his reading skills are really outstanding. The grading they do is P=proficient, I = needs help, and N = needs a lot of help.
All of his academic stuff he got “P”s for. In fact, he has already met all of his end-of-the-year goals, meaning, he already knows everything that he is expected to know in Kindergarten. LOL. Out of the 100 site words they tested him on, he knew all of them except for 4 of them he missed.
Behavior-wise is where he got five I’s (i.e. “needs help”) such as “solves problems with friends” and “raises hand” and “Follows oral directions” and “cealns up centers and personal workspace.”
And for “Follows basic health and safety rules, he got an “N” which means he needs a lot of help. LOL She pointed out the one day that he was putting a paper clip in his mouth…..and how when walking with the group, he tries to walk ahead of the group instead of staying with the group. He does that crap when we go out to the store, too–walking ahead of me, and not staying with me!
He also is easily distracted at times, even in small groups (no surprise there!), but that he’s gotten better with getting his work done because now he’s more used to know what’s expected of him in various stations around the room, so he’s not coming home with nearly as much blank worksheets that he didn’t complete.
She said he’s a good writer, and that since he’s doing well with reading, to work more with him on his writing. It’s like what Heidi was mentioning, that even if kids are reading at a high level, to truly be at that higher level (say, 2nd grade, for example), then they would need to know how to write about what they’ve read. So, he does some of that at school. But I’m going to work on him at home with that, too.
And last but not least, I’ve been working with Kwabena on math stuff. For example, if he counts to 24 or something, I’ll ask him, “How many MORE would you need in order to get to 30?” Anything I can do to drive home math concepts!
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