Hi everyone,
I'd like to apologize for missing last week's blog post. It was a very busy time with Halloween...anyway... last week we read the story " Dear Mr. Henshaw " in reading class, and studied about animal traits in science class. The students also took a vocabulary test for weeks 5-8 and all the kids did very well!

This week we read the story " Digging Up the Past" about Jamestown, Va. the first English colony in the New World. We also read a story about the events that led up to the Revolutionary War in the United States. The kids had a very difficult time understanding the meaning behind the history. Many of them couldn't understand how they could live without cars, trains, tv's, etc...

In science class we studied animal adaptations ( mimicry and camouflage ) and how each trait protects animals living in the wild.

Just a reminder that next week will be parent-teacher conferences. Also, starting next Thursday ( Nov. 12th ) I will be going back to the United States for a short vacation to visit my parents for Thanksgiving. I will be back to Taiwan and Tree House on Tuesday, December 1st. While I'm away Teacher Jennifer will be teaching the class.