Progress Reports

We received Aidan's progress report and it reads as I had suspected it would. Unless he is a trouble maker, a bully, socially disruptive or a biter, he is going to get all "S"'s for satisfactory. I really wonder if any other child got a different progress report? match, science, English, writing, and all of those categories, he received a "W" which is for Kindergarten & first grades only which means "working on skills". Wouldn't every single child in the first progress report get one of those? ALL children are "working on skills" that is the point of the first few weeks of Kindergarten. I'm confused. However, in the Art, Music, P.E. categories, he receives an "S" in all of them. So he requires the skills already for those? Maybe he needs to work on his jumping rope skill?

In the notes section the teacher write "Aidan is such a sweet boy. He is doing well in class. With a little extra help from the teacher he completes the work assigned. He can benefit from extra practice in staying on task and following directions, and writing letters appropriately.

I would like to point out that he is a 5 year old boy with the attention spam of a gnat! If I'm talking to him anywhere near a t.v., he will look through/around me to see the t.v. while I'm trying to tell him something. I would LOVE to give him some extra practice in "staying on task and following instructions" :) that one hopefully will work itself out in time, with the teacher's help lol. I don't believe that at this point with Aidan it is something that can be "taught" I can ask him to put something in his room and he will get half way there and start doing something else. I can tell Skylar to do something once and she does it, Aidan not so much. In fact, I can tell Aidan to go do something or get me something and Skylar will race him there to do it instead of him.

Such is the way with girls. Skylar still helps carry in groceries while Aidan walks inside, takes his shoes off and will sit down complaining he's thirsty. Amazing how girls learn instinctively at a young age to work and take care of everyone while boys learn to drop dead of exhaustion and complain until someone brings them a drink.