Parent/Teacher conferences

Yesterday we had P/T conferences for CJ and Sneezer. Sneezer's was first. She is doing great academically and should make the honor roll, but does need help in her organization skills. That latter part is my opinion. She was suppose to be showing me her reading journal, but was not able to locate it. Her teacher said that it was something that was not to be brought home, but she still brought it home. She was missing one assignment in science that was suppose to be done in class. I asked how could she have a missing assignment if it is done in class? I think this was a day that I picked her up early from school and she never got that assignment? I really don't like her teacher and have found that she is very unorganized too. She admitted that she does everything on her computer and her computer crashed or something so she had to do everything at the school. But on the letters that she was sending home, her dates were all wonky. For instance, she asked that the conference sign up sheets be turned in no later than Nov. 5. ( uh? that is a Sunday, how was I to get it to her by a Sunday, not to mention that we got the paper that previous Friday) and that papers turned in later than the 7th would not get their choices. We turned ours in on that Monday, which was the 6th, and we still did not get the times that we asked for. Oh and she also has Sneezer sitting with kids that are normally louder and cause problems. Hello, wouldn't that interfere with her school work? She said that she is sitting there to hopefully be some sort of role model and make them shut up basically. She has her sitting in the back of the classroom. Uh hello (again) wouldn't you put the trouble makers in the front of the class so they are less likely to cause problems?

Well enough about her teacher. Sneezer is doing well in school and I guess that is all that matters, right?

Next was CJ's. We were early for his. His was not until 5:30 and We just got done with Sneezer's at 4:30. So we popped in hoping that maybe we could get CJ's done early and YES! her 4:30 did not show up so we went ahead and did his. What can I say about CJ? He is eager to learn and if he doesn't understand something he automatically asks the teacher for help. She said that he is slightly ahead of the other kids. For instance, he understands that reading is left to right, he points to the words, and he knew how to do patterns. Something that I don't think Sneezer even did at that age! They gave him a test at the first part of school, just to see what they know. He knew letters, numbers, and he could finish patterns. (e.g. A B A B AA _ _ _ _ ) And he got them!! There were also shapes that he knew the name of and could draw. So many things!! I am proud of my little boy!!

Da's Conference will be on Monday night. I hope he is doing as well as I feel he is. he has been working very hard on his reading and writing. He is wonderful at math, in fact I think that is why CJ is doing so well is because Da reads and does math with him. I am anxious to find out what his teachers say!!

Well that is that. Oh I did watch Heroes yesterday on NBC.com . Great show!! I can't wait for the next one. That is all.

Yoddel!