Meet.....SUPER TUTOR!

So, February marks the end of the second marking period in these parts,

 bringing report cards and parent/teacher conferences. 

 Ryan received his very first report card, which was amazing!

And it was no surprise to us how well Evan did either.

I met with Evan's teacher who told me

how bright she believes he is,

how quickly he finishes his work,

how everyone just LOVES him.

I was so proud of him hearing all

these wonderful things.

After all, Mark and I must be doing something right...

And then,

[I should have known it was coming -

heck, I'm a teacher - you tell all the positive things first

and then BAM! hit them with the

"needs improvement" items]

she told me that Evan needs to

work on listening the first time when she redirects him,

work on not trying to be the funny guy

[he gets that from his father, of course],

and work on being a leader, not a follower.

None of this was really much of a surprise,

but we did discuss ways that we would try to

give Evan more opportunities to be a good example

and a leader, because he feeds on praise.

When I came home, Mark and I sat down with Evan

and talked about his school behavior.

I told him his teacher would be asking him to help

 other students who need help with math or reading,

kind of like a tutor.

Then, one of us said he could be like a super hero -

SUPER TUTOR!

And of course, being the mom of boys that I am,

made a 'toot' sound

and

SUPER 'TOOTER'

was born.

Evan LOVED the idea

and since the conference,

his behavior has been

EXCELLENT!

Let's hope SUPER TOOTER continues to make good choices!!