Fall PK Parent-Teacher Conference

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We were doing Maevy's Parent-Teacher Conference today; so I thought it might good to check in with Ms. Marissa too. I did a quick Kindergarten readiness test on you earlier in the week, and you did pretty well.

All in all - you are doing just fine, and are at the same place or better than peers in most areas of learning. Ms. Marissa had no concerns for your academic, social, or behavioral readiness. She thinks sitting, being attentive, and ready to learn will be no problem.

The only thing potentially hearing loss related - that she has noticed is that - you ask a lot of questions, maybe more than others. It's possible this is due to maybe missing some contextual or environmental clues around you, but also I think you do a good job of advocating for yourself. She noted that you really want to know what the plan is, what they are doing next, what's going to happen, etc. This might be a little annoying to your teachers, but I think it's good that you preparing yourself for what's up next.

One awesome thing she said- is that you want to learn and participate. More than performing well in school, I just want you to like school and/or like learning new things.

Stuff that we need to work on before the end of the school year:
- Numbers: You should be able to count to 30 and know what comes next without having to count from 1.
- Lowercase letters: You should be able to correctly identify all lowercase letters. They will focus on this more next semester.

Items for improvement from the assessment:
- Identifying number 9, 10
- Writing numbers
- Recognizing what is - 3rd, 4th, and 5th
- lowercase letter recognition - d, g, h, j, k, m, n, p, q, v, z
Early reading:
- Compound words - hot+dog= hot dog
- Syllables - ap+ple= apple
- Onset- Rime - /s/+it= sit

Others notes: Ms. Marissa agreed/confirmed -
- You and Bennett should not be in the same K class. Ya'll still have a love/hate friendship. You seem to love the growling you too do at each other. She does not.
- Speech progression seems to be going fine; on par with peers. More complicated the word, the worse the pronunciation.
- Special accommodations for testing in Kindergarten - in quiet room.
- They are working with you to ask and better communicate with a group that's already playing with something - rather than just walking up and taking the toy or inserting yourself. (This doesn't surprise me - you have always been one to do what you want, without asking first.)

Keep up the great work, Cart. Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you!