This past week we met with Kalei's 1st grade teacher, Miss Cindy Baker. To be honest, this school year has made a whole lot of difference as to how we view her school (and by extension, her schooling). Speaking as a parent, last year's kindergarden experience left something to be desired (from the fact that her name was spelled wrong on the bulletin board since orientation ... and was only "corrected" midway through the semester, to assuming that Kalei spoke Spanish and needed help with her English ...).
This year's experience has been a nice change. In meeting with Miss Baker, it is apparent that she knows Kalei and her strengths and places that could use improvement. Miss Baker noted that she enjoys reading Kalei's journal entries and said that Kalei would draw all day if she would let her, also that Kalei gets math easily some days, and not others (which she assured us is perfectly normal), but Kalei tries hard every day. These may seem like small things, but they certainly left us feeling that our daughter is known and appreciated. We don't expect her to be the head of the class, but we want her to do her best - this teacher is dedicated and positive and seems to inspire joy in Kalei. We love our sweet girl and are so pleased that her teacher has taken the time to get to know her, as well as teach her the required curriculum.
3 comments:
So happy that Kalei is having a great year. (The teacher does really make a difference on many things.)
Good to hear that she has a good teacher this year and Kalei is doing well.
it totally makes a difference! i'm glad she had a good teacher. she is so sweet.
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