I had a spring conference with the little woman's teacher. Now I don't necessarily enjoy these conferences. But this one wasn't bad. We talked about her behaviors....some that she exhibits in both places and we are both going "yes, exactly." The little woman is very independent in her behavior. If she doesn't want to do something it is very hard to coax her to do it. And she is capable and smart. She does not think so. So we are going to keep praising her on her achievements.
I made a comment about her not showing at school what she has learned. She doesn't show me either, but I listen to how she plays and it shows there. She likes to play school with her dolls, brother, neighbor kid, etc. And I am amazed. Or she will read a hard word to me and I am floored. After my comment to the teacher....the teacher exclaimed yes she has found this. The little woman on Tuesday can't do grouping for adding two digit problems (i.e. 16+28=), but on Wednesday she did a whole page of three digit problems and missed one. It all varies with her from moment to moment, day to day.
She still wiggles in class, but must not be quite as much. She still wants to hug everyone and we are all going to keep talking about the bubble around other people. The little woman does not have a bubble so she just hugs away.
She was tested with a computer program and then again with the reading specialist beside her to slow her down. Her scores increased by 50 points, but she still fit the criteria for the specialist. The computer program showed where she really needed help and they implemented that and her reading jumped. They did say it could be a coincidence, but they didn't think so.
So basically the conference was positive. The little woman is progressing. Not completely meeting benchmarks, but getting there. And we have things to work on.
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