An Emma update

We had the pleasure of meeting with Emma's Kindergarten teacher on Valentine's day for our third conference of the year. Emma has been reading "Sam" books since the beginning of the school year. She is currently on number 90 out of 100. Sam books have gone from pretty simple stories containing simple sentences to chapter books. Each book now has three chapters and each chapter takes about 15 minutes for Emma to read. Emma has worked so hard on a daily basis reading her Sam books in addition to keeping up with her Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons- lessons. Mrs. Lang explained to us that upon the completion of Sam books, a student is on a 2nd grade reading level. We are so proud of Emma and all of her hard work. Once she completes Sam books she will move into a different set of books. She will do a book report on each book to enhance her comprehension skills and then take a 10 question test on the book before being moved to the next book. When she starts first grade she will take off from where she left in Kindergarten. We were sooo happy to hear this. :)

In addition to her reading, Emma loves to write. We have seen her writing skills blossom in the writers workshop program at Edu-Prize. She enjoys writing stories and drawing pictures to go along with them.

Saxon Math is the Math curriculum used at Edu-Prize. It includes a number of manipulatives and every 10 lessons there is a test. So far Emma has passed all 9 tests with 100% accuracy. YAY.

Choosing a school was such a big decision for Bryan and me. We really feel like Edu-Prize has been a great fit for Emma. She is learning sooo much and having a ball doing it and that was our wish for her. Each week she also enjoys music, computer lab, P.E., and science lab.

Mrs. Lang told us that "Emma is an excellent student and that she always tries to do her best." She also told us that she would be an excellent TOPS candidate. We did decide to put Emma on the AM TOPS schedule next year. She will go to school from 7:30-12:30 (the same times she went this year) and we will still have time to do homework and work with Mom in addition to all of our fun activities in the afternoons.

It has been a great year and I can not believe that we are talking about 1st grade. :) I have loved volunteering in Em's classroom and I look forward to doing it again next year. Keep up the good work Emma. We are proud of you and we love ya girl. Hip hip hooray !!