I have never been so happy to see that infraction in Kyle's folder. I had a meeting with his teacher yesterday and here were her comments:
(red are my comments)
Kyle is a loving, caring child. I am so glad to have Kyle in my class this year. He is a joy to teach. It put's a smile on my face every day when I see him come down the hall to class.
Kyle has been tested for the first six weeks. During this time, he knew 49 out of 52 capital and lower case letters. The expectations for this sex weeks are 9 out of 52. Kyle missed Capital G, he called it a (J). He missed the lower case case l, he called it an (i). He also missed the lower case t, he called this a (j). The last letter that he missed was a lowercase y, he called it a (w). He knows more capital and lowercase letters than expected. (He knows them all, I don't know why he didn't name them all.)
When I tested him on high frequency words, "sight" words, he knew 50 out of 50 words. The expectation for this six weeks is 7 out of 50. He is doing a great job. Kyle also was tested on the letter sounds. He knew 22 out of 26 sounds. The expectation for the first six weeks is 7 out of 50. Kyle missed the (c), (l), (t), and (y) sounds. He far exceeds the expectation for the first six weeks.
Kyle draws pictures to represent ideas. He is right on target for the first six weeks. He can write on the base line. He copies lines and shapes and he can cut on a wavy line.
When I tested Kyle on math concepts, he could name all the geometric figures and recognize the following solids: sphere, cube, cylinder and cone. The expectation for this six weeks was 8 out of 8 and he knew them all. He could sort by color, size, and shape. The expectation was 3 out of 3 and he could perform each task. Kyle could show me the following positional terms: over, under, above, below, beside and between. The expectation was the know 6 out of 6 and he knew them all.
Kyle follows all of the classroom and school rules. He will work on tasks that are asked of him. He sometimes becomes distracted when he is doing his seat work. He will look out into space and daydream. (His teacher at preschool would tell me the same thing.) I will ask him to complete his work. I will need to redirect him frequently during the day. When I call the tables to the carpet, I will have to call Kyle by name in order for him to come to the carpet. He does not recognize that he sits at the blue rhino table when I call that table, that he needs to transition with the rest of the children at the table. (She told me that she has no problem redirecting him.) I feel that by working with him on transitioning, he will get better over the course of the year. (We both think that this will be the case.)
Kyle has a firm foundation in both the LANGUAGE ARTS and Math areas for this six weeks. I have heard him read and he does a fantastic job. We will continue to work on taking our ideas and putting them down on paper. We will continue to work on handwriting as well as keeping a journal. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any concerns.
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I really love his teacher and Kyle enjoys going to school. They get stars on their folders each day that they have a good day. Last week Kyle didn't get a star. The reason.............................................
EXCESSIVE TALKING. I love it. I told his teacher that I actually laughed when I got his folder. We spent so many years wanting him to talk and now that he is, people are telling him to stop. I love it. Ms. Golden got a kick out of that. She said he is a NORMAL, TYPICAL KINDERGARTENER. She adores him.
Kyle is a loving, caring child. I am so glad to have Kyle in my class this year. He is a joy to teach. It put's a smile on my face every day when I see him come down the hall to class.
Kyle has been tested for the first six weeks. During this time, he knew 49 out of 52 capital and lower case letters. The expectations for this sex weeks are 9 out of 52. Kyle missed Capital G, he called it a (J). He missed the lower case case l, he called it an (i). He also missed the lower case t, he called this a (j). The last letter that he missed was a lowercase y, he called it a (w). He knows more capital and lowercase letters than expected. (He knows them all, I don't know why he didn't name them all.)
When I tested him on high frequency words, "sight" words, he knew 50 out of 50 words. The expectation for this six weeks is 7 out of 50. He is doing a great job. Kyle also was tested on the letter sounds. He knew 22 out of 26 sounds. The expectation for the first six weeks is 7 out of 50. Kyle missed the (c), (l), (t), and (y) sounds. He far exceeds the expectation for the first six weeks.
Kyle draws pictures to represent ideas. He is right on target for the first six weeks. He can write on the base line. He copies lines and shapes and he can cut on a wavy line.
When I tested Kyle on math concepts, he could name all the geometric figures and recognize the following solids: sphere, cube, cylinder and cone. The expectation for this six weeks was 8 out of 8 and he knew them all. He could sort by color, size, and shape. The expectation was 3 out of 3 and he could perform each task. Kyle could show me the following positional terms: over, under, above, below, beside and between. The expectation was the know 6 out of 6 and he knew them all.
Kyle follows all of the classroom and school rules. He will work on tasks that are asked of him. He sometimes becomes distracted when he is doing his seat work. He will look out into space and daydream. (His teacher at preschool would tell me the same thing.) I will ask him to complete his work. I will need to redirect him frequently during the day. When I call the tables to the carpet, I will have to call Kyle by name in order for him to come to the carpet. He does not recognize that he sits at the blue rhino table when I call that table, that he needs to transition with the rest of the children at the table. (She told me that she has no problem redirecting him.) I feel that by working with him on transitioning, he will get better over the course of the year. (We both think that this will be the case.)
Kyle has a firm foundation in both the LANGUAGE ARTS and Math areas for this six weeks. I have heard him read and he does a fantastic job. We will continue to work on taking our ideas and putting them down on paper. We will continue to work on handwriting as well as keeping a journal. Please do not hesitate to call me if you have any concerns.
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I really love his teacher and Kyle enjoys going to school. They get stars on their folders each day that they have a good day. Last week Kyle didn't get a star. The reason.............................................
EXCESSIVE TALKING. I love it. I told his teacher that I actually laughed when I got his folder. We spent so many years wanting him to talk and now that he is, people are telling him to stop. I love it. Ms. Golden got a kick out of that. She said he is a NORMAL, TYPICAL KINDERGARTENER. She adores him.
2 comments:
Congrats, my dear! You are where we all want to be!
People always told me, "When he starts, you'll want him to stop!"
Nope. When you've waited SOOOOO long for that language, you're so happy to get it.
Go, Kyle!
People told me the same thing. I remember crying one day when my mom was here and she said the same thing "when he starts, you will want him to stop" I got mad at her and said I will never ever do that.
Well, guess what. Last year around Thanksgiving, Kyle was talking and interupting me and I turned to him and said "Kyle, stop talking right now." Everyone in that room busted out laughing as did I.
I know you will experience this one of these days. I just know it.
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