Student Led Conferences

The kids were very excited today because after school was "student led conferences." This was a new concept to me, and I did not quite understand that I was not going to be sitting down with the teachers- instead I was going to be sitting down with C and M. I first went to M's class. We sat at her desk. She had a portfolio of her work in all different subjects. She took me through each one. She also has a journal that they write in everyday. M was very excited to show me her entries. At this age they do inventive spelling - let's say it was quite inventive! However, her writing and organization of thoughts were terrific! Her best subject is Math. The teacher commented in her portfolio of how great she is doing with this. The kids work at their own pace and M had completed all of the units. We are now working on getting her to do it faster and without fingers. After this I went to C's class. The class was working on a bird unit. His bird was the Red Tail Hawk. He showed me his bird made by him out of clay, and then he took me to the computer lab where he showed me his POWER POINT PRESENTATION of the bird. Do you believe he knows how to do a power point! It was quite impressive! At the end of the presentation he had two screens - one said "You rock my world" and the other "Happy Mother's Day." He did some cute pictures and funky things with the letters. He also read to me from his class novel and did some math facts. I did speak with his teacher, and she told me that she and C have been working on decimals while the class is doing division. I was pleased that she is taking extra time with him because he is bored with math. It was a wonderful time and I was very pleased. Please be praying about next year, because I have yet to get a job. I really do not want to take them from the school. We have had our issues, but I feel very blessed that they have been able to attend a Christian school this year.