Building Blogs Twenty One

My little girl reached a great milestone last week. She was tested with her teacher in her reading skills, and has tremendously excelled! Last October she was reading 7 words per minute, she is now reading well over 50 wpm- I am so proud of her! :) Second grade here we come..

Building Blogs Twenty

Connections Academy is quite the creative school.  Recently, the school had an African American Read-in with the students and teachers that was an all day event. It was really cool to watch.  The students great, too.

Which has me excited for this coming Friday, Dr. Seuss' birthday! I am equally as excited as my kids are for this all day read-in.  I also love that my three year old can sit in with my first grader for this story time.  Because of this, he has developed an appreciation for reading as well.

Time to get back to work, happy early birthday Dr. Seuss!

Building Blogs Nineteen

So here we are in the new house, all settled! With the exception of a few boxes still staring us in the face. We do have the classroom (almost) all unpacked and today got the chalk board up onto the wall, ready to use! Yay!  Now the hard part, keeping the little one from coloring on it so we can use it for you know- school work. :P

First grade seems to be going well. The second half of the year is off to a great start, and the first half ended awesome. My little B ended the last half with an awesome score, I am very proud of her.  Her reading skills are amazing and she has earned the nickname "human GPS" for her need to read every road sign we pass. :)

Today we did a math assessment with her teacher, and learned that she favors addition over subtraction.  That of course is nothing out of the norm and is something we can work with over time.  She does however favor math and science over reading and writing.. Well, I guess it's safe to say, she doesn't get that from good ole' mom. haha!