First Report Card and conference!!

This week marked the end of the first quarter of Kindergarten!  Hard to believe I have been in school long enough to get a report card, but I have!

Mom and Dad were very proud of my first report card!  

Mom and Dad also went to my very first school conference with Mrs. Richardson this week.  They talked all about my development and contribution to the class.  Here are the headlines:

- I am a very sweet girl and gets along well with her classmates

-I am doing really well in school.  Mrs. Richardson says I am right where I need to be.

- I am in the advanced reading group, which means I work out of some more challenging books and curriculum to speed up my reading pace

- I can identify all my letters and numbers up to 20

- I can write all my letters well, but am still developing writing my numbers 10-20

- I am respectful, follow directions and am responsible

- I love playing with my friends and really love unstructured play time (recess is my FAVORITE)

- I am going to work on active listening as I sometimes would rather talk to my friends (Addison, etc) or hug them than focus on what is going on!!!

-I am going to work on the details and producing quality work.  Mrs. Richardson says I am often done with assignments quick.  I will tell her I am done and she will ask me to add a bit more detail to the work (if it is a drawing).  She says I will look at her with big eyes, tuck my hair behind my ear and say, "okay", then head back to add more details!

Mom and dad asked what we should be working on at home and she said just read together and ask lots of questions on comprehension as that will help as I become a reader.  She also said writing all the time (even if I am not spelling real words) helps with reading.  She said if I sound out words and write how I think they are spelled that would be a great exercise.  I am excited to try all of that!

Love,
Kate
xoxo

Halloween Party at Dance!

We had a Halloween party at dance class this week and it was really fun!  First we performed our Halloween dances for the parents.  We did "The Monster Mash" and a few others.  The parents got to come into the room to watch and I loved having both mommy and daddy come see me.

Then we went to the main building and got to watch the big ballerinas do a Halloween performance for us.  After that we had our own Halloween candy exchange and little party!  It was really fun.

I was a fairy!!

Love,
Kate
xoxo

Last night!

We had a super fun family night last night!  It started with us exploring Nebraska Furniture Mart looking for stuff we would need for the basement.  After that we went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner and then we went to Dave & Buster's to play lots of cool games!  I had never been there before, but Daddy was right....it was Chuck-e-Cheese for bigger kids and grown ups and I loved it!

I played skeet ball, drive a race car, raced some horses and played all sorts of cool stuff!  It was a really fun night and I can't wait to go back!

Love,
Kate
xoxo

Basketball!

Here I am at basketball practice today with my brand new purple ball!  Thanks Nama and Papa!  I scored 14 baskets today because of it!

Love,
Kate
xoxo

Trophy!!!

Today I got my FIRST EVER trophy at soccer!  I was so excited I could barely stand it!  It made this soccer season so cool!  I loved the trophy so much that I took it to basketball practice and to lunch!  It is going to have a special spot - displayed on my bedside table!

Love,
Kate (the soccer star)
xoxo

Love this picture!

Love,
Kate
xoxo

Pumpkin Patch!

Last Sunday we went with the Stilley's and Nama to the pumpkin patch as it is our annual tradition.  We missed Papa a ton, as he was on a business trip!  We had so much fun!  We picked tons of BIG and little pumpkins, had cider donuts, played on a huge jungle gym, bounced on the big balloon and had a blast!  

It was a perfect fall day and we just LOVE fall!

Love,
Kate
xoxo