Mrs Kool...she is cool!

So we met with Olivia's teacher tonight for an update on how Olivia is doing so far this year. I am happy to report the teacher says she is doing well, and coming along to standard.  She showed us examples of her journal and her math work. I was able to read most all her words, she is sounding out words and although spelt incorrectly you can see the reasoning for the phonetic sounds she puts together to make up a word. Her understanding of patterning and sorting according to like shapes and colors is right on as well.
She had concerns that Olivia sometimes doesn't speak up and ask clarifying questions before starting on her work, and although she completes the task with the right concepts, she hasn't completed the task according to directions.  I find she does this at home allot as well, she is so eager to get something done she goes at it without listening to all the instructions.
I asked her how she was emotionally at school, as she is usually a bawling mess most of the time at home, and she said that she is fine and well behaved, always polite and ready to please. She socializes well, and at times needs to be reminded when to stop talking.
I let her know my concerns about her being bullied at times by some of the other girls in the class, as Olivia tends to want to please everyone and goes along with whatever she is told, she is often rail roaded, excluded or told what to do and how to do it, and when she tries to speak up and tell on kids, she is told that if she tells on them they will tell on her for telling on them....so she says nothing.
This being ani bullying week, I asked that she might be able to go over some of those points with the children, understanding of coarse that allot of that is "normal behavior" amongst girls....but still not acceptable in my opinion.
So all in all Mrs. Kool had a glowing report for Olivia, and is happy with her progress.