Report Card Time Again

The year is already more than half over - hard to believe!

Report cards were sent home last week. We didn't have parent-teacher conferences this time around - they just sent them home with the kids in an envelope that we were asked to sign and return.

My daughter received an absolutely perfect report card. No tardies, no absences and no deficiencies. She received a + in every area. (Letter grades aren't done here until 3rd grade. Until then, the kids get a + for "meets standards", a checkmark for "needs assistance meeting standards" and a - for "does not meet standards".) I'm so proud of her - the only comment her teacher made was that she was a great student and a hard-worker. Such a good little girl...

My son received a super report card as well. I'm very proud to say that three areas in which he "needed assistance" last quarter have now been changed to "meets standards". They were: follows directions, completes work in a timely manner and works independently. Good for him! Three other areas where he "needed assistance" 1st quarter remained the same but they are all things that we are aware of and working on - handwriting, creative writing... Some of the math concepts introduced in the 2nd quarter earned him a "needs assistance" as well. That was a little upsetting since he had met all of the standards in math 1st quarter. The pace of the work has picked up a bit in the 2nd quarter, though. Some concepts they've introduced were giving him trouble until just recently when we (finally) discovered a method of teaching them which works for him.