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I had her conference Monday night and here are a few things her teacher had to say:
She started off by telling me how well Emma gets along with everyone. Emma is a good friend to everyone and gets along well with the other kids in her class. I cannot stress how proud this makes me! One of the biggest things I stress to Emma is how important it is to be a good friend. We have had problems with the girls in Emma's class starting in Kindergarten regarding being Popular and only being someones friend "sometimes" ( it seemed extremely crazy to me that girls this young knew what "popular" was and that this started so early!!) We had many tears throughout our kindergarten year and I was really struggling with how to deal with these issues. There is such a fine line between being kind and letting people walk all over you and I was just trying to find the best way to handle the situation. Ultimately I just stressed to Emma how important it was to be nice to everyone and include everyone. I explained that Popularity was not determined by the clothes you wear, the way you act, or things you own but by the way you treated others. The most popular people are those who have lots of friends and being nice and including everyone is the best way to do that!
Emma is doing fantastic academically! She is an extremely hard worker and listens well.
I was most surprised by her Iowa Test Of Basic Skills Results!! WOW!
Emma was given the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in February 2011. At the time of testing, she was in Second grade in Trinity Lutheran Boone.
The Composite score can be used to describe a student's overall achievement on the tests. Emma earned a Composite grade equivalent of 4.0 on the Level 8 test. This means that her test performance was approximately the same as that of a typical student in the fourth grade at the beginning of the school year. Emma's Composite national percentile rank of 96 means that she scored higher than 96 percent of second grade students nationally. Her overall achievement appears to be high for second grade.
Learning to read is an important part of second grade. Emma's Reading Comprehension score is high when compared with those of other students in second grade nationally (she scored 99% higher than other 2nd graders nationally-testing at a 6th Grade 6th month level!). Two areas that contribute to reading comprehension are Vocabulary and Listening. Emma's score in Vocabulary is above average (she scored 90% higher than other 2nd graders-testing at a 4th grade level!), and her score in Listening is above average (she scored 91% higher than most 2nd graders-testing as a 3rd Grader in the 7th month of school). Her word Analysis is above average as well (she tested 99% higher than other 2nd graders nationally-testing at a 5th Grade 2nd month level).
We have always made reading a high priority and it really shows in her test scores! :)
What Emma has been reading this quarter:
Be Joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:11b
Great job, Emma! I love the Little House series too!
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