Parent Teacher Conference

We met with Ms Davis this afternoon to talk about how Collin is doing in class so far.  She said that he is a real sweetheart and she enjoys having him in class.  He listens really well in class and is not easily distracted.  He is helpful to others especially when they have questions.  She is surprised at times when he does get upset or has a tear in his eye.  He is sensitive and caring especially with his friends.  When she was finished, we said that she probably tells all of the parents this.  She said that she that is not true because there will be some different conversations for other kids.  He really is a pleasure to have in class.

Reading

• He is at the level expected
• He writes full, detailed sentences which is really good for this point in class.  He even uses punctuation correctly.  However, he only writes about Burke unless she asks him to write about another subject or the class is supposed to write about a certain topic.
• He is good with reading comprehension but does have trouble recalling what happened in the middle of the book until she give him some reminders and then he can finish question.
• His journals do not generally include pictures.  She would like to she him have more illustrations.

Letters

• He still has trouble with "q" like he did throughout Kindergarten.  She was not too concerned with this.
• He struggles with the more difficult combination of words as expected. 
• He has been getting an 85% - 90% on his spelling tests.  He uses "I" and "E" interchangeably

Math

• He is where he should be in math
• He forms his numbers well
• He should try to count in groups instead of one at a time

Overall, she had some really great things to say about Collin.  Chris said all he heard was that Collin is a lot like me.  Duh!