First Grade Awards!

Here's Madison with some of her end-of-the-year awards - one of which being a candy bar.  We went to the First Grade Party today, where parents could visit in the classroom and spend time at an ice cream party, and watch the kids receive a few awards in a few areas.  One of the award ceremonies was the "Candy Bar Awards," where Madison's teacher found characteristics in her students, and tied them to the names of candy bars.  Because of Madison's musical abilities, she was awarded a Symphony candy bar, which is extra big!  But the other awards were the ones that got to Daddy the most:  he was so proud when she was given a few awards for excellence with math and spelling.  We worked hard with her all year on both, Mommy and Daddy doing drills with spelling each morning, and with math throughout the year as well.  She stayed on the advanced spelling list for most of the year, and she finished her goals with math as well.  We are so very proud of her!

The other award was similar to the Candy Bar Award, where her teacher celebrated certain characteristics of each of her students.  Madison was awarded for her nature of getting involved and doing things with everyone, rather than staying with a select group.

We went home after this, and Madison stayed in school for a bit until we picked her up again later.  Josh was with us, and we all spent a good part of the afternoon writing material for Summer Xtreme.  It was pretty productive, but there is still so much to do for the big week - less than two weeks away.

We can rest on some accomplishments today though - particularly those really nice awards!