Makenna's Conferences

I'm a little, okay a lot, behind on blogging. I just can't seem to find the time lately, so I guess I'm going to be playing catch up for awhile.

All the way back to the beginning of October and Makenna's first conferences (for my own records)...

Makenna's conferences were outstanding! The first thing the teacher said when we sat down was "Well, Makenna is just a pleasure to have in class!". Her Linn Mar test scores were impressive (like 50 points above the average kid in class) and Mrs. Agnew told us that she is at the top of the class. She is one of the very few kids in kindergarten (out of all 90 some kids) to already to be taken out of class to work with a reading teacher. She is reading at level 6. The four kindergarten classes have also now been divided out into 4 sections for math class based on ability. She was placed in the top section. Makenna is absolutely thriving in this environment just like all her preschool teachers told us she would. She continues to prove all those people wrong who told us she shouldn't go to kindergarten because she has a summer birthday :) Behaviorally Mrs. Agnew said she has absolutely no issues with Makenna whatsoever and doesn't expect any... she is a good helper, stays on task, talks on turn, gets along with everyone, likes to participate in class, and even helps out the other kids when she gets done with her work early :) We're so proud of how well she's doing. Makenna really does enjoy kindergarten and we have enjoyed watching her grow so much! She seems to have grown up overnight.