parent-teacher conferences

Last night was parent teacher conferences and I would say I had pretty good turnout. Counting one parent who had to reschedule because her son was sick and one parent who I'm going to meet outside of school, I had 18/23 (80%) families come in.

In case I haven't made it clear before, I love my families. They were all dashing in from work and other commitments and they got right down to business. I even had two grandmas come because two moms just had babies within a week of each other -- and neither wanted to miss the conference. Over and over I can see that all they care about is the sucess of their child. It's not surprising, but it is encouraging when you have someone say, "Ok, well what can I do?"

My favorite thing about talking to families is hearing what my students say about school (or what songs they sing) at home. For example, TK asked her mom a question that she didn't know the answer to so she said, "I don't know." TK  immediately responded, "If you don't know, give it a go." Win.