Report Card

Hey guys. Of course, John doesn't get actual grades yet, but his teacher wrote a great narrative that she put in with his card. Here's what she wrote:

"John is doing a great job this year in first grade. His reading/comprehension level has increased to a beginning second grade level. He has enjoyed reading the Henry and Mudge series as well as the Frog and Toad books. I am happy that he is able to focus for longer periods of time on a book, and as the book gets longer in length, he is excited about the challenge. We are working on taking Reading Counts quizzes on some of the books.

John has been excited about writing his books during writing workshop, I have enjoyed reading his non-fiction books. Currently he is working on an "All About" book on space. He should work to revise his writing to make it even better. Please continue to work on spelling words that we have learned this year conventionally. Reinforcing tricky words weekly will help him remember the more challenging ones. He is still learning how to use the dictionary to look up unknown words.

In math John continues to do well. I am pleased that he has passed 2 of the timed tests. He is enjoying our geometry unit and is very spatially adept - solving problems ahead of his peers and creating unique and exceptional patterns and shapes. he generally does very well on the weekly math quizzes.

John continues to struggle with staying on task, but has made improvement since the beginning of school. We are working on better relations among his peers using appropriate language and interactions. I am pleased overall with John's academics and behavior this period. He is a delight to have in class. Thank you for your wonderful support and communication this school year."

Thought you might like to see that. It was sure an encouragement to me!