October 9th

This week we read the stories " The Gold Coin " and "John Henry ". After reading " The Gold Coin" we did the work in the workbook. " John Henry " was a little more difficult to read, so we read it once on Thursday and we'll probably read it one more time next week. It's written with a lot of very colorful speech which the students had a little trouble understanding. We reviewed vocabulary on Tuesday and had a test on Wednesday. Unfortunately most of the kids did very bad on the test so they had to take it again. I was very impressed though, and they all did much better the second time.

Ellen is a very good reader but she never seems interested in reading in class. I wish she could volunteer a little more to read.

Perry has been doing great in class. His sentences are very good. He's still working a little slow though on the rest of his work.

Kevin and Iris did an excellent job on their test the first day we took it. Kevin got a 100% and Iris would have had a 100% if she wrote her letters a little more clearly. ( Her L and I look the same )

Jessica is still careless when she writes. She continues to spell words wrong even though the words she's writing are in the book or on the tests.

Raymond's doing great in class. He did well on his vocabulary test, and he continues to improve his reading skills.

Andy did very bad on the vocabulary test the first time he took it, however the second time he got a 100%. Great job, Andy!

Kelley is a very good reader. She's always eager to volunteer to read!