Mark

Mark is staring to read! All it took was some bribery from his teacher and competition from me. We race to finish his homework, the loser clean up after the dog- but of course I don't actually clean up after the dog, so when I lose Brian has to do it and Mark thinks that is really funny. Mark is earning pizza coupons from his teacher for his reading. 3 weeks ago he read 17 words in 1 minute, 2 weeks ago he read 33 words, and last Friday he read 74 words in one minute- ythe most in his class! Great job Mark! We are so proud of his hard work. practice does pay off. Also, Mark received a award at school this week for his fall Math test. He scored advanced in math. We are so proud of our young man.

Mark had a excellent report from his teacher for his parent-teacher conference. She said he just needs to work on his reading. He gets great scores on his spelling tests- usually 100% plus his challenge words, excellent on math, listens very well, is respectful and polite, and loves to play tackle football. WHAT??? My son loves tackle football, what will I do? Pray, pray, pray.