Awards

Second quarter ended the second week of January. The end of a quarter means it's awards time again. We received a note stating that Campbell would be receiving an award. Last quarter she got the Spanish award. We were curious as to what the award this time would be.

We were surprised to see her win an math award. Apparently she now knows all of her multiplication facts. We are very proud of this accomplishment. She and I spent hours and many tears (hers and mine) over the course of the last year learning these. She is a smart kid, but math is not her thing. This is frustrating for me as I find math fairly easy. I guess this is the difference between an analytical person and an artistic person.

We were much less surprised to see that she had also won the writing award. The child can write. She has the ability to draw you write into her stories. In fourth grade she can paint a picture with her words. Her teacher is amazed with her ability to do this. Apparently most 10 year olds don't write this well. She should be able to write will with all the reading she does. She just complete the Little Women book. The version she completed is the large version (not the one with information removed for kids to read). The book was 754 pages. She read the book in less than a week.

We also received her report card. Again she did very well as usual. The only thing she needs to work on is her attention to detail. The teacher said she is a great student, but needs to learn to take her time and pay attention to the details. We are very proud of our smart girl.