I Can't Believe I Have A Second Grader!

Kayla had her second grade open house this evening at 5:30pm. I left work early (thanks to be oh so wonderful supervisor Judy), ran home to change clothes, made arrangements with the sitter to keep Tristan - since I know he would be an absolute terror and embarass the heck out of Kayla in her school...- and then made my way to the school. I waited for Lydia (ex mother in law) to arrive with Kayla. I mingled outside of the school, saying hello to the on time passerby and was more than thrilled to see Lydia and Kayla pull up. I met them in the middle of the road (of course because there's nothing to start off your second graders open house like being hit by a car) and we went inside. Melanie (another parent) greeted us, handed us a couple papers on the schools budget and we made our way to the cafeteria/gym/auditorium to listen in on introductions. After that was said and done Kayla undoubtedly led the way to her class room (passing up the offer to take dance class because of heart disease) and then showed Lydia and I her locker. She said her lockermate was "Claire". We went into her classroom where Kayla scurried off to her desk. I said "Hello" to her teacher and we waited ever so patiently for everyone to arrive. The teacher ran over the basics of the class, explaining that second grade really wasn't a joke and absolutely nothing like first grade. Kayla's spelling, grammar, vocabulary work will be done and reviewed on a computer. She can access her spelling words, games and practice tests on a website http://www.spellingcity.com/ and I can stay in check with how she does. There is also another website the school mentioned which for the life of me I can not remember the name of, but will post it again as soon as I get the information, which was said to be around the first week of October. I'll detail it then as well. Kayla's teacher also mentioned a behavior chart she uses which I think is called a "tacker". (I'll double check this as well) On this is a magnet of each childs photo and at the top is a "10" Every kid at the beginning of the day starts out with a 10. As the day goes on, if a problem arises, the number drops. It really is a nice feature considering those who keep a 10 all week get to pick something from a prize box on Friday!

After we were shown the tacker, a friend and fellow parent of Kayla's classmate (and neighbor) handed me a bag of batter and a recipe for "Friendship Bread". I'm so excited to try this and she said it was really good! (Another post, another time in steps!)

Kayla then took Lydia and I to the computer lab where she showed us where she sat. The teacher in this class explained the children would be learning to type and use Microsoft Office programs (basically Word). I thought this was a bit strange considering my daughter is 7 but it's really never too early to start. Technology is taking over! (And I feel a bit behind considering I am in college now taking a Microsoft Office class and nearly failing!!!)

After computer was the library. Kayla walked us in, we stood there, her librarian said hello, Kayla explained that I was Mommy and Lydia was Mawmaw and then we left. Short and sweet!

No fear though, Kayla has music class too! Her teacher told us she was learning to read music notes and next month they will be doing this via a keyboard. Perfect really...we have a piano! (Player piano courtesy of my great aunt)

After open house and on the way out we stopped at the PTA table and bought Kayla a KCE (School) t-shirt for $10. It was grey and the one Kayla has already is white with stains. She is supposed to wear this shirt on Friday's to show school colors. Done!

Open house was over! *phew*

Here's a few pics from the evening....

Kayla with her teacher.
Being silly and creative (This was her idea for the angle)

My oh so perfect second grader!