Danny's Conference Report

I went to Danny's conference tonight. It was "student lead". The kid's a "trip". He is so comfortable with his teacher as he's had her for three years. He evaluated himself with this Conference Report. He read the top to me but instead of "your child" Danny, he said, "your teenager" Danny. (Mrs. Hutchen's said he wanted her to change it as "I'm not a child, I'm a teenager." But since she didn't, he just changed it as he read it to me!) On #2 he gave himself a straight face. "Sometimes I can't read my own writing. I need to work on that." And on #4 the teacher commended him for being so honest. I'm not sure why he gave himself a sad face for #10 as he does like school.

I was actually quite proud of his conference. His teacher commended him on his maturity and how much he has grown since he came in sixth grade. She moved him up a reading level and he is meeting the challenge. He is ready and so excited for high school next year!

*I stole the picture from Gretchen. Note the gold medal. He even wore it in the hay bales in Minnesota. Actually, Sara's Will asked him to bring it there. I think Will was as excited as Danny with the gold medal. When we saw Will for the first time, the very first words out of his mouth were, "Danny, did you bring your gold medal?" He wanted to try it on. Danny did share and let him.