As I read the comments, I recalled my son yelling for help in the tub last night. I was making dinner and couldn't leave the stove, but my husband went in to see him.
He came back out to report DS wanted help washing. He's entirely capable of doing that, at his age.
It occurred to us that DS is going through a stage of wanting to be babied and missing the close, one-on-one attention and help he used to get.
Perhaps his recent excessive "forgetfulness" is a reflection of that?
Today when I dropped DS off at school, I went in to talk to the teacher about the note, etc. She told me she got it and as for the reading minutes, no log had been requested of the children. Huh? I'm still at a loss as to why the minutes are even a category on the progress report, but if she's not worried, I'm not.
As for the communication folders mentioned, she had those for us, but they aren't always in DS' backpack. I think they spend some time on her desk getting stuffed with flyers and such. I couldn't send a note in that because it wasn't in the backpack that morning. *shrugs*
Oh, as a side note-I asked her about how the kids are notified they are to bring things home to complete, etc. She writes the instructions on the blackboard. She said not all the kids remember to look there. I would expect her to call the attention of the class to it and tell everyone to copy it down daily.
You can tell we are still trying to get a feel for the teaching style of this teacher. (And the overall culture of this school, to be frank.)
