I have to take this moment to mention how proud I am of my kids.
Nate:
Last year we tried him in school and it didn't work very well. He acted like a robot at school, and while for the teacher this was a good thing because he listened very well, it was out of his character. He seemed different. He would cry the night before about not wanting to go to school the next day, and that was very hard to hear. He would even cry when Aunt Elizabeth would drop him off, which was another red flag. Needless to say, I don't even think he lasted a full month before we pulled him out of school. It was a hard decision since I was starting school full time, but it was the right one. This year, he is a whole different person. He is excited to go to school, although at times he does make comments about wishing it was the weekend or asking me to pick him up early. Overall though, he enjoys it and doesn't cry about going. While there, he listens very well to the teacher, but he does engage in play with the other kids and enjoys the things he does there. He loves his teachers (the teacher and her assistant) and they are very good with the kids. I am so proud that he is such a big boy and is doing so well.
Nate:
Last year we tried him in school and it didn't work very well. He acted like a robot at school, and while for the teacher this was a good thing because he listened very well, it was out of his character. He seemed different. He would cry the night before about not wanting to go to school the next day, and that was very hard to hear. He would even cry when Aunt Elizabeth would drop him off, which was another red flag. Needless to say, I don't even think he lasted a full month before we pulled him out of school. It was a hard decision since I was starting school full time, but it was the right one. This year, he is a whole different person. He is excited to go to school, although at times he does make comments about wishing it was the weekend or asking me to pick him up early. Overall though, he enjoys it and doesn't cry about going. While there, he listens very well to the teacher, but he does engage in play with the other kids and enjoys the things he does there. He loves his teachers (the teacher and her assistant) and they are very good with the kids. I am so proud that he is such a big boy and is doing so well.
Grace:
She is doing sooooooo well in school. Her grades are all very high, with the exception of her penmanship (which to me isn't a big deal at all). She is given a reading goal each quarter based on her reading level and each book she reads has a set amount of points that she can earn towards her goal. The books she can choose to read are 3.0-4.0 level (I'm not sure if this level corresponds to a grade level, but it is the level for the particular reading program they use called Accelerated Reader). That is the highest reading level assigned to anyone in the class. Also, she has already reached and exceeded her goal. She currently at over 120% while I believe the next highest percentage is around 80 or 90%. Yesterday, she had her very first book report due, which was entirely oral with NO notes. She choose Nancy Drew- The Hidden Staircase, which was a 5.5 level book and earned her nearly 6 of her 13 point goal!! They had to choose a book that was at least 25 pages, which all the kids pretty much did. This book was 182 pages!! Grace got 100% on her book report- the only one in her class! We are so very proud of her for working so hard.
She is doing sooooooo well in school. Her grades are all very high, with the exception of her penmanship (which to me isn't a big deal at all). She is given a reading goal each quarter based on her reading level and each book she reads has a set amount of points that she can earn towards her goal. The books she can choose to read are 3.0-4.0 level (I'm not sure if this level corresponds to a grade level, but it is the level for the particular reading program they use called Accelerated Reader). That is the highest reading level assigned to anyone in the class. Also, she has already reached and exceeded her goal. She currently at over 120% while I believe the next highest percentage is around 80 or 90%. Yesterday, she had her very first book report due, which was entirely oral with NO notes. She choose Nancy Drew- The Hidden Staircase, which was a 5.5 level book and earned her nearly 6 of her 13 point goal!! They had to choose a book that was at least 25 pages, which all the kids pretty much did. This book was 182 pages!! Grace got 100% on her book report- the only one in her class! We are so very proud of her for working so hard.
