I wanted to give an update so I could keep track of everything going on after 2 months of school.
We go through the car drop off line in the morning-- he gets out of the car at the front of the school when a teacher or a student opens the car door. He hops out and walks down the hall to his class. The first time he did this, I was a nervous mess he wouldn't find the classroom-- but, of course, he did.
He is loving his teachers. Mrs. Shinn and Mrs. Warren are wonderful! We had parent/teacher conferences last week with Mrs. Shinn and she is just fantastic! She's been teaching awhile, so she knows what she's doing.
Homework...! Cal has homework every night....and he loves it! ha! Not sure at what age this changes....but for now, he takes it very seriously! He has a homework sheet posted and we mark off the assignments once they are complete. In addition to the assignments, he also has a take home reading book each week. Every night of the week, there is a different assignment that goes with the book. At this stage in the game, this is something we can do together, and we both enjoy it. He also is to read with someone 20 minutes every night and then we record the book title in his reading log. He continues with the BOB books, and is mastering them faster and faster-- it used to take him 4 nights to "master" a book, and now he is getting it by the second night for most books.
His school is great about reading-- which makes this momma HAPPY! They have site words to memorize each week, and I am impressed with Cal's ability to retain them all. I have site word flash cards in my car that we will go through when we are driving to/from an activity. He is getting better and better at these-- it's fun to watch him learn.
While he is enjoying reading, he LOVES math. They are doing loads of addition and he is starting to talk about subtracting. Cal is a total numbers guy. I think it is from watching sports... he will say, "the score is 7-24...if they score a touch down right now it will be 13-24. If they get the extra point it will be 14-24, but if they go for two, it will be 15-25..." Uhhh....... seriously. He definitely does not get this from his mother who still counts on her fingers. A lot.
They have a special every day: media, PE, art, music, math, technology. I am not sure Cal's favorite of those. He loves technology... mainly because they play www.abcya.com. If you have a kid in grades preK-5, this site is AMAZING! Go there. Let your kids play. I watched Cal play the other day and it a really great site for kids. Loads of activities that are educational.
He gets dropped off at 8:40 and picked up at 3:30. Makes for a long day, but he never complains of being tired. Sometimes after school, he will look a little worn out, but that never lasts long. He is usually rearing and ready to go right away!
He is making some new friends and comes home with stories about what they do together on the playground. He talks the most about Tyler, Jackson and Laynie-- some cuties!
So that's about it for kindergarten this far! I couldn't be happier with our class, our teacher and our school! And for that, I am beyond grateful. I look forward to everything else he will learn this year!
