Bill and I met with Christian’s teacher today. Nothing came up that really surprised us.
The negative:
He needs some help with his phonics still. He’s still struggling with some sounds (we mainly notice that he has a really hard time with b and d). It doesn’t help that he rushes when he’s reading.
He had a hard time counting a group of 32 blocks… not because he can’t count to 32 (we know well that he can count to 100+), but because he had trouble organizing and keeping track of which he had already counted.
His handwriting needs work, mainly because he rushes through it.
He is very social. He doesn’t know when (or how?) to ignore someone else and concentrate on his work.
The overriding problem is that he doesn’t slow down and do his work carefully. He visits until he absolutely has to get something done and then rushes through it to turn it in.
The positive:
He is really good at using the context to help decode words when he’s reading.
He can already break down the number 7 (they are supposed to be able to break down groups of 8 by the end of the year). Overall, his grasp of math concepts is good.
He is very social. (LOL) She said he was a great choice for ASB Rep. She said he is very bright and articulate and cooperative/helpful. He’s really right where he is supposed to be for a first grader.
We are very proud of him 
