Notes on Peter

Here are the highlights from Peter's Parent/Teacher conference last night:

• He is really smart
• He has no academic problems with one exception: his work is sloppy and hard to read because he rushes through it
• He rushes through it so he can read
• He reads so he can take lots of Accelerated Reader tests on the computer
• He still won't stay in his seat or on task because he always has something to tell someone, and he's sure that's more important than schoolwork
• He still talks back to his teachers, though not as much as in previous years
• His behavior is improving overall, but he still has a hard time observing boundaries, including personal space ones
• He really wants to be friends with the kids in his class, but can't seem to figure out when to be silly and funny and when to be calm and this puts some of the kids off
• His teacher is awesome

While I waited in the hall, I perused the poems the kids wrote for Veterans Day. Here is Peter's:

So far, Peter is having a much better year in third grade than he did in second grade, for which we are all thankful.