The Twins' School Reports

This week we had parent teacher conferences at the boys' schools and I just wanted to write down some of the highlights.
Jonathan's meeting was on Monday and I went into the meeting not really know what to expect because Jonathan has been bringing home some bad behaviors that he has learned from another boy in his class who has a more severe case of autism. I was ready to pull him from the class but he is really doing a great job accademically and does really love his teacher and school. So here is his report.

1. Jonathan has mastered his math goal on his IEP which was adding 2 numbers with sums up to 20. He also no longer needs manipulatives to help him. He will now be starting subtraction. He can also count up to and past 100.

2. He is also almost finished with the first grade spelling words and they will be moving him on to second grade words (remember he is in kindergarten).

3. He is reading short stories and has actually began to answer comprehension questions about the stories they have him read. He has a pretty good handle on the phonetics too.

4. His writing has greatly improved and writes both in upper and lower case and stays in the lines.

Come Spring we will be meeting again to rewrite his IEP and give him new goals for first grade.

Matthew is also doing very well in school but he does not like to apply himself to his work. He would rather play and go outside. So much of his work is done in a hurry so he can do these other things.

1. Matthew is still working on his addition and does very well. He is still using manipulatives to help him.

2. He is doing really well with his spelling words and is working on first grade words lists as well.

3. His reading is wonderful and he astounds us everyday when he picks up books that we know he doesn't know and reads them to his little brother. He started going to the regular ed kindergarten class for a portion of the day and impressed that teacher with his reading skills. She goes to out church so I will be anxious to hear what she has to say about it on Sunday.

4. Matthew's writing is a little more sloppy than his brother but it is still good for kindergarten.

All in all both boys are doing great. Of course they still struggle with all social aspects of school but they are working on those as well.

On another note: They have begun memorizing scriptures for their Ranger Kids class on Sunday nights. It is so neat to hear them saying Bible verses complete with the Bible verse reference. They also both say the Pledge of Allegiance, the Pledge to the Christian Flag, The Bible Pledge and The Royal Ranger Pledge. All of this makes their Daddy very happy.

Of course Luke is not in school but he is learning a lot of things too. He knows all of his letters, upper and lower case, by site even mixed up. He also knows all the sounds they make and on a good day he can tell me how to spell his name. He also recognizes his name and his brothers names. He knows all his shapes including Octogon, pentagon, trapazoid, etc. He know all his colors. He can count to 20 and recognizes most of the numbers up to 20. He has really amazed me with all he has learned from his brothers. It is so neat to see him playing games on the computer and leapster and getting the answers right.

I will post another update at the end of the school year.