parent-teacher conference

we were all going to go to the parent-teacher conference at madelyn's school tonight before church but dinner wasn't happening fast enough so i went by myself and matt stayed home to get the kids ready for church. 

here is one of madelyn's projects in the hall outside the classroom.  it is a robot.

the meeting went very well with her teacher.  she started the meeting by saying that madelyn is a joy to have in the classroom, is very caring and considerate towards the other kids and always tries her best. madelyn is above level in reading, really good at comprehension and spelling (at the top of the scale according to the standards).  she does need to work on punctuation and practice writing in general.  her teacher gave us several resources.  we didn't talk about math.  i am not worried that she is not excelling at all based on the homework she is asked to do so i didn't have any questions and i guess there have not been any standardized tests yet to review so it wasn't discussed.

i am going to try not to go crazy with asking her to practice things and hope that the grandmas can do the same when they visit (hint, hint - grin).  she is doing wonderfully and loves school.  i want it to stay that way.  we will practice and i am going to give her a journal to write in after she finishes her homework so that she gets a little extra practice.  even her teacher said that the day is so long that she isn't going to want to do a lot at home and that is fine.  we talked about the chapter book madelyn is reading and her teacher suggested that i have madelyn illustrate what is happening at the end of each chapter.  that sounds like something madelyn would really enjoy so we are going to try that too.

it is nice to hear such wonderful things.  we are so proud of her efforts.  love.