On Friday, September 13, we had our first quarter parent-teacher conference. The night before we asked J.J. if she had any concerns or questions about her class to address with the teacher. She stated that sometimes she doesn't know when or whom to ask a question to during her seat work.
As my husband and I sat down for our first parent-teacher conference with Sra. C., we were nervous, yet we had great expectations about the meeting because of the teacher's professionalism, character, and knowledge displayed up until that moment. She greeted us and began by reminding us how beautiful J.J. is and how spunky she can be in class. We took this as a compliment, but we know that being silly can get her into trouble when she is off-task. The teacher proceeded to share with us J.J.'s progress in Math, Reading, and Writing. The teacher seemed quite impressed with J.J.'s fluency in reading Spanish. At the beginning of the year, she struggled through sentences, yet she scored an amazing 40 WPM on the most recent assessment given to her by her teacher. They were passages that J.J. had never seen before and she nailed 'em!
We went on to talk about the teacher's opinion about J.J. staying in the program. She seemed very optimistic and shared about her experiences with former students who had also come into the DLI program in the first grade. The key, she stated, was that both of us speak Spanish at home, read, review numbers and every day words in Spanish, and continue to support her with homework.
Although we knew we had a little gem in our home, we left the meeting beaming with pride from all J.J. has accomplished in a short 9-week period. We pray that we are able to step up to the challenge to speak to her more in Spanish at home and that J.J.will continue to have the passion to take on this challenge.
As my husband and I sat down for our first parent-teacher conference with Sra. C., we were nervous, yet we had great expectations about the meeting because of the teacher's professionalism, character, and knowledge displayed up until that moment. She greeted us and began by reminding us how beautiful J.J. is and how spunky she can be in class. We took this as a compliment, but we know that being silly can get her into trouble when she is off-task. The teacher proceeded to share with us J.J.'s progress in Math, Reading, and Writing. The teacher seemed quite impressed with J.J.'s fluency in reading Spanish. At the beginning of the year, she struggled through sentences, yet she scored an amazing 40 WPM on the most recent assessment given to her by her teacher. They were passages that J.J. had never seen before and she nailed 'em!
We went on to talk about the teacher's opinion about J.J. staying in the program. She seemed very optimistic and shared about her experiences with former students who had also come into the DLI program in the first grade. The key, she stated, was that both of us speak Spanish at home, read, review numbers and every day words in Spanish, and continue to support her with homework.
Although we knew we had a little gem in our home, we left the meeting beaming with pride from all J.J. has accomplished in a short 9-week period. We pray that we are able to step up to the challenge to speak to her more in Spanish at home and that J.J.will continue to have the passion to take on this challenge.
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