Two Weeks, Two Days

Brandt finished his second week of school on Friday. He is having pretty good days and seems to be adjusting pretty well. He is making some new friends, enjoys seeing his old ones at lunch, recess and specials and is learning a few things in the process. A lot of the first two weeks is spent on processes, routines and evaluating learning levels. Thursday night was curriculum night and I always leave so impressed with Frisco ISD and the teachers they hire. I know we are going have a great year with Ms. Reed. Mommy may have to have a tutor to help with homework by the end of the year. This year we have spelling tests (my weakest subject - sometimes spellcheck can't even decipher what I was attempting to spell), math starts fractions and includes double digit addition and subtraction without regrouping. It's really just a fancy way of saying without borrowing, but it sounds pretty scary, right? He and his class wrote a fabulous shared story during Friday writing time.




Campbell finished her first week of school, which was two days. She had a great first day and Tuesday night asked how many nights she had to sleep before she went back. How many times do I sleep is her way to counting the passage of time right now. She made a new friend the first day and refers to her as the green one (she was wearing a green dress). Her name is Caroline. On Thursday she wore a different color dress. Campbell still called her the green one, but explained to me that she wasn't green today.
Thursday morning we got up, took B to school, came home and got Campbell ready. When we were all ready to go she said "Mommy, I'm ready for pictures." Since we took pictures before the first day, she seems to think we do that everyday before school.



So far she is doing well at school. She does not throw sand because that is not nice. She shares the dollhouse because we have to share toys. She was the Line Leader on Thursday and she LOVED that. Everyday she brings home a sheet about her day. There is a space with words about her day that the teacher can circle. Hers always has energetic, happy and helpful circled. On Thursday Miss Peggy wrote VERY above helpful. I can only imagine. Next week they start learning about letters, so she will actually get to learn something she does not already know.