Last Day of First Grade

Today was Camden's last day of first grade. I have mixed emotions - imagine that! While I love seeing and experiencing all the things he learns and watching his world and imagination grow, it is very hard to leave Mrs. Martinez. She has been life changing for Camden - not only with his daily learning, but also with his confidence. She is an amazing teacher and we are going to miss her.

Today in the car, Camden told me he really is going to miss Mrs. Martinez. When I asked him what he will miss most about her, he said the hugs she gives everyday as they leave class. Love her!!!

Part of their last day festivities included awards. Camden received recognition for having all E's, a Math Prodigy award and then he received several tags to go on his AR necklace. Since learning how to read, he has been a reading fool and has the hardware to show for it now. With each 10 points, you receive a tag for your necklace (now mind you most of the books he reads are 0.5 points) and if you miss a question on the test, you don't receive the full 0.5 points. On April 18th he received his necklace and first tag, so since that time he has been doing some reading! So proud of how far he came in a years time.

His report card for first grade

AR Necklace

Now onto second grade! Mrs. Martinez already is aware of who his teacher will be as they will be clustering him with the GT group and she assures me she is also a great teacher! If she is anything like Mrs. Martinez, we will consider ourselves extremely fortunate.