Adlani and 100+ of his pals graduated from kindergarten yesterday, and he’s moving on to first grade. He’s extremely excited to have Sra. Stubbs-Dame for next year, mostly because she has a pet gecko named Brenda who lives in the classroom (no offense, Sra. S-D). We’re excited too because I think Sra. Stubbs-Dame will be a perfect mix of fun and structure for Adlani.
We’re going to be working on his reading over the summer…I actually noticed some improvement when we read today vs. the last time I did the reading groups in his classroom a few weeks ago. He loves books, he just wants someone else to read them to him. The Spanish books we have at home aren’t as good for beginning readers as the ones from school, but we got some from Norah’s teacher Maria today that are perfect.
Adlani’s really going to miss his kindergarten teacher, Sra. Gray. In his card to her he told me to write, “I wish you could be a first grade teacher or I could stay in kindergarten.” He told me to write in his English teacher’s card, “I love you because every time you say my picture is beautiful.” AAWWW. 🙂
Above: The kids were cracking up because the wrong music came out of the CD player.
Above: The presentation for the retirement of Aliya’s kindergarten teacher was really sad. 🙁
Above: Adlani’s teacher gave me this one. So cute!
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