Thursday, October 28, 2010

BEWARE...BRAG SESSION IN PROGRESS....

I'M SUCH A PROUD MAMA (really...what's new???) !!!

DEREK AND I HAD OUR FIRST PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE FOR ANDREW TODAY. THE TEACHER HAD ONLY WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT OUR BIG BOY! WHILE I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT WHAT A WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN ANDREW IS BECOMING, I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THE FINER POINTS MENTIONED BY HIS TEACHER...

* ANDREW CAN READ
* ANDREW CAN WRITE SENTENCES
* ANDREW CAN PERFORM ALL OF THE SORTING TASKS (by number, shape, color, etc)
* ANDREW CAN EXPLAIN LOGIC BEHIND HIS SORTING
* ANDREW CAN BOTH FOLLOW PATTERNS AND CREATE HIS OWN PATTERNS
* ANDREW LISTENS IN CLASS
* ANDREW IS KIND TO HIS CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS
* ANDREW FOLLOWS INSTRUCTIONS
* ANDREW IS A "SWEET BOY"
* ANDREW IS VERY SMART AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A GREAT LEADER
* ANDREW IS AMAZING....ok...maybe that came out MY mouth, not the teacher's...but you get the point!!!

THERE WERE 3 THINGS SHE POINTED OUT WE COULD WORK ON WITH ANDREW...

1 - HELPING HIM WRITE HIS NUMBERS - SOME ARE BACKWARDS
2 - HELPING HIM SPACE OUT HIS WORDS IN A SENTENCE
3 - ENCOURAGE HIM TO BE A LEADER IN CLASS (apparently the teacher has asked him to help other students and he has respectfully declined :) )

SO...ALL IN ALL, YOU CAN TELL WHY WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ANDREW!!!

2 comments:

Robyn said...

How awesome is this!?!?! Way to go Andrew!! Your parents have many, many reasons to be proud. The parent-teacher conference is just one. :)

Dawn Smith said...

Im extremely proud of him too *but not surprised*...

Yay for a great Mommy moment!

 
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