The Much Awaited Conferences

Well, as expected Natalie's conference was full of praises and she's a great student. She's quiet when she should be and talks when she is supposed to. She always is able to answer questions and she reads, writes, and does her math correctly. She's a pleasure to have in class and other than her funny looks he's happy to have her in his class ;). He teases her all the time, hehehehe. Good thing we tease her at home all the time too ;).

Now for Kaitlyn's; it actually went better than I was expecting. Of course her reading is a concern. She's off by about three reading levels of where they want her to be. She's reading level 4/5's now and should be a 12 by December. Her teacher says there is definitely progress though and with us working at home and the extra help she gets in school she doesn't see any problems in her getting this down. Obviously her writing will come as the reading comes too. All other areas she seems to be doing what is expected for her to be doing. Socially she's doing great too. She has friends and she listens and follows rules and she definitely tries. So her teacher says she's a pleasure to have in class. She participates well too. So she's got what she needs to be a good student.

I asked about doing more phonics with her and her teacher said they are actually beginning to go back to the phonics. So she gets both phonics and whole word. I mentioned my concerns about dyslexia and how it does run in the family. Her teacher was very receptive. She said her mixing up the letters now is very common, but if she's still doing it by mid year then they'll look into some sort of testing to rule anything out. Knowing there's a family history there really seemed to make it more of a concern. So I'm confident that we'll be able to solve these reading struggles.

All things considered I'm proud of both of my girls for trying their hardest. That's all I can ask for out of them, right?