Friday, September 15, 2006
School is in full-swing now and everyone seems to be adjusting very well. Hunter especially loves his teacher and at least for now, doesn't complain too much about going to school. At Back-to-School night I got a chance to dig through his desk and found some very adorable writings that I just had to copy down. So, while other parents were signing up to be volunteers and getting the best time slots for Parent-Teacher Conference, I was sitting at Hunter's desk copying all of his work on my sticky-note pad. But here's what I got.
First of all, a list of things Hunter loves:
Vacation: Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, and Washington D.C.
The Beach
Sleepovers (must be the "sleepovers" he has with his brothers since he hasn't had any others.)
Cousins
Friends
Harry Potter
School
My arm (He wrote a story about breaking his arm so I assume that's why he loves his arm.)
Chickens: Lucky, Daisy (who Noah now lovingly calls Princess Zelda), Fanny, Becky and Ruby
Family: Mom, Dad, Noah, Denver, Caleb and the twins (we'll see how he feels about that in another month or so)
Home
My self
"Reunyn" (Reunion): Stout and Henrichsen
Dreams
Then, he wrote in a book called "All About Second Grade" the following:
"Mrs. O is really, really, really nice and is my favorite out of all of the ones I've met. I love her. Not love, love--I like her. She makes my day."
I don't know if his teacher took a look, but I hope she did, cause how nice for her. We've already had trouble with Hunter's behavior at school (ie pulling chairs out from under other students) but the fact that he loves Mrs. O so much, even after being reprimanded, says a lot about her. I like her too. She seems to be on top of things and has some really great philosophies about her students and her teaching. Of course, she also makes me really nervous because I have a feeling when it comes to Parent Teacher Conference, she's not going to smooth things over and make them look all rose-colored. We're going to get the whole truth about Hunter, which as much as I love him, is sometimes hard to take. I always worry about how his behavior reflects on me and as a result, what the teacher really thinks about me.
Hunter's homework this week was to work on this week's "Word Wall" words. He had to write each word five times, unscramble the words, put them in alphabetical order and then use each one in a sentence. The words of the week were: they, said, was, have and because. Last night he used each one in a senctence and here's what we got:
1--I said, "I don't want to go to the Dentist."
2--Because it's my game day I don't want to go outside.
3--They are playing computer.
4--I have a computer.
5--I was playing computer.
Not bad for doing them all on his own. Of course, I just worry about what the teacher thinks about my son and his infatuation with computers. It's not like that's all he does around here. He's just addicted like so many of his relatives. How can I blame him? I can't. I just love him--and all his adorable school work and his little quirks and the bits and pieces that make him mine. And ultimately, who cares what the teachers think? He's a good kid and I know he's going to make it far in this world of ours, despite what others might say or think.
posted by Shana # 3:23 PM 
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