Kassidee updates........

I just wanted to write about Kassidee and how well she doing! I can't believe how grown up she is, she is such a cutie pie! Kassidee is 8, going on 9 in July. Currently in 3rd grade and can't wait for the 4th grade she say's..... Every night we do some homework in each category: Spelling is one of her favorite's. There is 18 different spelling activites which a few examples that she does for her words are, Writing a story, fraction spelling, alphabetical order, word search, definition spelling. She also has vacabulary words each night she has to study for, test every Friday! Another one of Kassidee's favorite subjects is ART.... Everyday I am just amazed on what I see from her! Below, you'll see her polar bear she drew. I think it's great and you can totally see in her this is a passion of hers!

Kassidee is learning her times tables. There is a multiplication competition going on among the five 3rd grade classes and times tables will be taught out of order in 3 groups. They're working on the 4 sets of time tables in the first group right now which are the 0, 2, 5, & 10's. Kassidee has passed all the groups so far. They have these practice tests as you see below that they're timed on. Kassidee can do her's under a minute! WOW, she's good. We practice a few minutes a night to help her solidify the math facts in her memory. Kassidee is also working on "word problems" they can be tricky little guys, but there's strategies that can help to make understanding and solving them much easier!! Kassidee has done much better now with the tools given.

Her teacher did a DRA reading test with Kassidee on a level 34. Her word call is high and she has greatly improved with her fluency and expression!! I was amazed and so pleased. It's a pleasure to listen to her read!! Every night she reads at least 20 minutes out loud, and obviously all the reading she's been doing has made a big difference..Her handwriting has always been her strong point, she has been learning cursive and is doing very well, I have scanned her letters below so you can see a little of her work, she does cursive everyday for fun and also for her homework! She loves cursive and is always telling me, Mom look at my story in cursive!

Kassidee has just grown so much in everything she does and will continue to grow as life continue's on. I am so very proud of her and what she's accomplished so far in her life. She will do great things in her life - and I look forward in watching her every step of the way :) I love you Kassidee always and forever...