I had run into Logan’s teacher a couple of weeks ago and she asked me to stop by for a chat.  I was quite nervous walking into her room and anticipating something bad that she would share.  But she just wanted to discuss about Logan’s spelling skills.  She reported that Logan had been missing spelling words often recently and she feels that he was just going too fast without thoroughly listening to the sounds.  She wanted us to remind Logan to slow down his brain and hear the words out.  Stuart and I have noticed that about Logan too.  The boys often enjoy being asked questions while they have their after-dinner snacks.  I often ask him to spell some words and sometimes the ones I noticed he had missed in spelling tests.  Logan seems quite good sounding words out but would rush out the letters.  If we help him out by repeating the words slowly, he often can spell them correctly.  Other than spelling, the teacher feels that Logan is doing great.

    His report card has just arrived by mail.  Based on the report, Logan is doing fine, receiving “excellent” and “satisfactory” in all categories.  Basically he received the same grade as the first term for everything except penmanship and the teacher also commented “greatly improved”.  We have to say that Logan writes very nicely when he does take his time.  The teacher has one more additional note: “working to improve listening skills”.  We probably agree with that.