Our school has parent-teacher conferences twice a year. We just had ours last week. My husband was out of town, so I had to attend the meetings. The meetings fell on a Thursday, so I had to cancel SJ's after-school speech (he wasn't too sad!). I had Bob's meeting first. His grades were all A's (except in spelling...and it is not because he can't spell, but because he continues to forget to turn in his spelling homework!) and overall he is doing fine. He is a quiet kid in public and his teacher reported that he has been even quieter. I am not sure what is going on with him, but I have a strong feeling that it is hormone related (he is 11 now!).
SJ's meeting was second. Mr. Gold had lots of positive things to tell me. First off, his grades are fairly good. Not as good as Bob's, but some A's and B's. He is still at a high C in reading comprehension, but that is his weakest subject. (If you have read other blog posts on here, you know that is one of the areas his speech therapist works on too.) Mr. Gold told me that SJ has not been "grumbling" or complaining when work is presented to him. He said he hasn't had to pull him out into the pod for individual work for over 3 weeks. Yeah!
He also told me how well he has been doing socially. He said that SJ has been trying hard to converse with him when he first arrives in Mr. Gold's classroom. Mr. Gold has him pass out morning work and SJ tells the other students what Mr. Gold would like them to work on. He told me that he has friends in the class and seems very happy on most days.
Overall, I was very happy with both conferences. Now, if I can get Bob to remember to turn in his homework (I have suggested that he wear a watch on days when he has to turn things in.) and to get him to talk and participate more and if SJ can grasp comprehension more, this will be a banner year!
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