School reports

So the first semester is coming to a close at Miles Franklin School. I waited eagerly for reports to come home. It has become ritual to sit down with a nice cup of tea and have a good read of their reports. You will be pleased to know that both Ryan and Matthew had great reports!
Matthew is reading above his age level and the comments on his report were awesome. Things like "Matthew has an excellent grasp of numbers and is a competent mathematician." He so gets that brilliance from his mother!!!! After reading this comment out to Matthew he has since been telling anyone who will listen that he is a "very competent math-a-magician!"
Ryan report said " Ryan has done well in literacy this semester. He is able to write independently in each genre with support and he is able to write independently in the information report text type."
One thing that Nathan and I found amusing was that we had no idea there was more than one genre! Especially at Grade one level! Additionally, Matthew received a comment that he should be introduced to more complex strategies in numeracy like compensation and jump strategy. Well, if i knew there was more than 'count it out on your fingers stratergy' I would have done much more better at adding up and taking away!!!