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    LMom #9397 02/22/08 01:07 PM
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    So far, so good! DS was so excited to go to first grade that he inhaled his lunch and we ended up being 10mins early. The teacher seemed very welcoming, showed him where to put his things and where to sit. I tried to say goodbye but DS didn't even hear me, he was so focused on what he was going to do.

    They will be going to music class and then recess (where he has plans to meet up with his big sis) and then back to class for some language arts work.

    His K teacher told me that if this goes well they will switch him full time to 1st in a week or two. She doesn't want to drop him from the K roster until we're sure about the switch because someone will immediately fill his spot (our district is very crowded.)

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    Originally Posted by Dottie
    Sounds great! And if you can keep moving him every 6 months or so, this just might work, grin .

    Ha! That would actually be a great set up for a lot of these kids if you could get it. smile

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    It sounds like a very positive move. Make sure that you go out of your way to thank the admins and teachers who made it happen!

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    Originally Posted by Dottie
    Sounds great! And if you can keep moving him every 6 months or so, this just might work, grin .


    LOL, Dottie! Oh, the joys of parenting ... laugh


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    Originally Posted by Dottie
    Sounds great! And if you can keep moving him every 6 months or so, this just might work, grin .

    Yeah, one step at a time, right smile


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    Originally Posted by Lorel
    It sounds like a very positive move. Make sure that you go out of your way to thank the admins and teachers who made it happen!

    I promise!

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    I just got back from picking up the kids. I checked in with Mrs. First Grade as she was leaving. I asked her how it went and she said it was great, he was a pleasure to have in class, he "blended in well" with the other kids and that he took a spelling test. He got them all wrong, LOL, because it was all words like "boat", "goat", etc and he spelled them "bote", "gote" and so on. But he was game to try the spelling test even without having seen the list and the teacher didn't seem to expect him to know how to spell them.

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    Dottie, I'm not worried about the spelling. DS learns spelling words easily. He knows how to spell "turquoise" because he asked me how to spell it. I guess he just never needed to spell "goat"! But he could EASILY learn a list like that--as the teacher will find out next week when he gets the spelling list along with everyone else. I'm going to ask him on Sunday to spell the words for me and I bet he will already have learned them (and memorized most of the list.)

    I think this placement is great for him. Finally, something to actually work on smile

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    Originally Posted by Dottie
    You know Cathy, I keep forgetting your son is barely 5! You've really accomplished a lot in his short educational career!!!!! He wouldn't even be in kindergarten in our district. We were still a year "behind" you at this stage of the game.

    Well, the early K was not my accomplishment. Here in CA, he made the cutoff by 2 weeks. Most kids his age are redshirted around here, though.

    I did get him into a private K when he turned 4. It didn't go well...it makes me a little nervous about our current endeavor but I think we have to keep trying.

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    Yes, that's my plan. We plan to move to WA. Seriously!

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