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Report cards came home this week. Zoe and Emily are both doing great in school! Zoe loves school, so she is self-motivated to do homework and to do her best, which is very nice. It is setting a good example for her siblings, which is also very nice. Emily told me the other day that she likes recess and choice time at school, but she doesn't like doing work. But last week Emily made homework for herself because she doesn't have real homework yet and she sees Zoe doing homework most days after school. I have discovered this week that Emily is becoming a great reader. She does a great job sounding out words. I was reading to Emily and Eleanor the other night and Emily started reading along with me. I let her read the book to me (until Eleanor got tired of listening to Emily and wanted me to read again) and I was quite impressed at how well she is reading.

Here are some comments from the report cards...

Zoe always tries to do her best and produces quality work on time.
Zoe has excellent reading skills when reading aloud. She also demonstrates an excellent understanding of what she has read, in her comprehension lessons.
Zoe continues to develop as a talented writer, writing stories that have great use of voice, and show great imagination!
Zoe continues to make excellent progress in math!
Zoe has made excellent progress in these areas (Social Studies/Science/Health). She participates in class discussions and her classwork is excellent!

Emily enjoys school and is eager to learn. Her positive student behaviors are reflective not only academically but with peer relations as well. She readily engages in small group conversation and is becoming more of a risk taker in whole group settings.

Keep up the good work girls!