Parent-Teacher Conference

Yesterday, I went to my first (of many) parent-teacher conferences! Lizzie's teacher is Mr. Shields. He has been teaching for about 15 years and was in law enforcement before that. He is pretty laid back, but runs a structured classroom with a focus on respect and learning. He had only good things to say about Lizzie. She's right on track with her academics and has started reading already. She understands how to sound out words and enjoys reading books with me and Jim. She is doing really well in the math program as well.

We talked about how she is doing socially. He said that she fits in well with the other children. She tends to observe the situation first before joining in and when she does join in, she works herself into the group well. She is assertive enough to speak up within the group, but not bossy. He said she does really well following directions, even anticipating the directions sometimes.

The teacher has also talked about what an amazing group of kids this is as well. I think she has an adorable class. The kids all get along (for the most part) and are very well behaved in class. He keeps raving that he hasn't seen a class like this for a long time. Hollywood Beach is tiny little school and Lizzie will be with this same group of kids for most of her years there. It makes me really happy to hear that she is with such great kids.