1st Grade Orientation

Grayson and I went to 1st grade orientation last night while Brian took the older boys to Rylan's baseball game.  Orientation is just a chance for us to meet the teacher and for her to go over her goals and expectations for the kids this year.

Mrs. Hess seems really nice.  She's a little soft spoken but seems to have plenty of experience and enthusiasm.  She had each of the kids write a little note for their parents.

"Dear Mom and Dad,

I like 1st grade. My favorite thing so far is centers.  My favorite center is computers.

Love, Carter"

There are lots of goals for the year but there are three measurable goals they want each child to achieve:

1. Read 62 words in one minute.
2. Type 10 words in one minute.
3. Within 3 seconds, recall all addition and subtraction facts for 0 to 10.

I'm most skeptical of the typing goal but we'll see!