Emily

Emily has had some fun activities at school lately.  Last Friday I was scheduled to read a book in her class so I went a little early and helped her pick out some books to buy at the book fair and then had lunch with her:

After lunch I walked with her to her classroom and read 2 books.  My gut told me to just read 1 but I wasn't sure what other parents had done and the teacher said to read 1 or 2 so I went with 2 . . . big mistake!  Emily sat next to me and I read Fancy Nancy to everyone.  The kids enjoyed that book.  Not too many words on each page so it kept them engaged because they had new pages to look at quickly.  The 2nd book was Beauty and the Beast and Emily had grabbed it on the way out the door that morning and said, "Mom read this one".  This story had too many words on each page so the kids were looking at one picture too long.  About halfway thru the book, Emily walked back to her desk and started going thru the book she had purchased at the book fair earlier.  Most of the kids started laying the heads down or working on other stuff.  I stared skipping sentences to get thru the book faster : )  So lesson learned.  On the way out I said "Bye Emily."  She didn't even look up at me.  I walked over to her desk and gave her a hug and she never glanced my way : (  I was so excited about going to read in her class and be a participating parent and it got deflated for me a little.  I did learn better for next time though!

Yesterday was the 50th day of school so all the kindergartners wore 50s attire:

Her class with the principal and her teacher:

Emily also got her first report card home on Wednesday.  She is at grade level and had either "progressing" or "meets standards" on everything she was tested on.  So we are very proud and glad that she is doing well.  There were a few site words she didn't know fast enough and the sheet said she didn't know all of her address so those are some things we can work on!