Emma had her second parent-teacher conference this week.

I was a little worried about what her teacher might say this time. Not academically, I feel like she is right where she should be in that regard. I was more worried about how she might be acting in class. She tens to be a bit silly and chatty. She frequently tells me about “funny” things that her and her friends do in class. I expected to hear that she has been disruptive in class.

I was pleasantly surprised.

Her teacher had a lot of good things to say. Academically she is doing fantastic. They look at something called the DIEBELS Assessmant to determine her reading progress. By the end of First Grade they like students to be at level J (A being the beginning and on down to J). Emma is at a level K right now, with almost half of the year left.

Her letter formation and handwriting is great. Her only issue is that she sometimes slips a capital letter into the middle of a lowercase word. Otherwise she is doing really well in that department.

Ms. Hensler described Emma as in awe of everything. Her face just lit up when she spoke about Emma. She loves her personality and the way she is so excited to learn about things. She said that when she gets off task, it is never in a disruptive way. It is more that Emma gets distracted and kind of goes off in her own little world. Sometimes she has trouble completing work on time because it takes her so long to get going.

Again this time, Ms. Hensler expressed how happy she is to have Emma in her classroom. She said that she is always disappointed and misses her when she isn’t in class.

I was really proud of Emma. She has a few things that she needs to work on, but she is doing great. It felt really good to hear her teacher just gush about her. Emma is lucky to have such a great First Grade teacher.