After some discussions with Jenny's teacher, her principle and her ESL teacher, we concluded that Jenny should be in 1st grade instead of pre-1st. She is delayed on language skill right now. However she is right on target in other areas. She has the maturity, social skills and math skills as a 1st grader. Our fear is that if we keep her in pre-1st, she would be one year behind her normal grade. Once she catches up on her language skills, this may present a problem as she is smart and very capable student. It is harder to jump a grade at later time. If for any reason, she could not pick up her language skill fast enough, we can always easily repeat a grade later. That is why we decide to move her to her normal grade.
This happened today. She did wonderfully with the transition. We are very amazed at her ability to adapt to new thing and new environment. Being home only less than 2 weeks, she is already knows how to count in English to 10, say hello, thank you, sorry, excuse me, let's go, bathroom, potty, eat....she recognize at least dozen or so English letters. She is making progress amazingly!
She and Anna continue to get along well. They call each other by "jiejie" and "meimei" like Chinese children do. It is so sweat!
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