April 30

This week we studied weather and climate in science class. More specifically what causes weather patterns and how they travel around the world. In reading we read the story " Yeh-Shen" an ancient Chinese fairytale similar to Cinderella. In addition to both reading and science we continued to rehearse for the Mother's Day performance next Friday.

Andy is doing very well at his role as Andy Irwin. He knows all his lines and makes a great animal hunter.

Jordan is doing very well on his sentences. He puts a lot of effort into them and his hard work shows.

Kevin has been doing very well in class recently. Keep up the good work, Kevin!

Irisa and Iris are getting along much better this week. I'm not sure what they were fighting about last week, but they both seem to be over it and they have gone back to being good friends.

Jessica is getting better at reading. She's also been volunteering more in class to read.

April 24th

Hi everyone,

With the Mother's Day performance quickly approaching we spent some time this week rehearsing for the Mother's day performance. The kids all know their lines, and also seem to enjoy the story.

I class this week we read the story "The Rajah", a story about a girl who tricks the Rajah using math into giving her town more rice. We did the accompanying work in the workbook. We also did a grammar lesson on pronouns.

In Tops we finished the lessons on future tense and began studying past tense by writing about likes and dislikes of friends. All in all we had a pretty busy week.

Andy is doing very well with the play. He knows all his lines and improving day by day. I just wish he could do an Australian accent like Steve Irwin....

Jordan has also done a wonderful job for the play. He's a good actor and has made his role into a pretty funny character.

Iris did very well in the grammar lesson this week. She always learns the new grammar rules quickly.

Irisa is doing very well. ( as usual )

Kevin has been behaving much better recently. He's more focused and determined in class.

Jessica is doing very well in class. One thing I wish she could work on though is her spelling. She has a bad habit of not finishing words when she writes them. (For example : teache )

April 17th

Hi Everyone,
This week we read about weather in science class. We learned about how high and low pressure is formed and how that effects wind and weather. We also watched the movie version of James and the Giant Peach on Monday. The kids enjoyed reading the book, and I think the movie offered them a chance to compare the two. Luckily ( or unluckily ) the movie was very different from the book. We started practicing for the Mother's Day celebration as well. We've only practiced a few times but I think the kids all enjoy what we're doing. I look forward to seeing how it will turn out.
And finally I'd like to thank all the parents that were able to come in this week for parent-teacher conferences. It's been nice getting an opportunity to talk to everyone....

April 10th

Hi Everyone,
Well, we finally finished James and the Giant Peach this week. After reading the story, we the kids had a lot of fun trying to sing the songs form the book. We also read the story Mom's Best Friend, as well as the accompanying grammar and workbook.
All the kids did well this week.

Kevin and Irisa enjoyed singing the songs.

Iris did very well on this week's grammar lesson! Way to go, Iris!

Andy enjoyed reading the story. He asked a lot of good questions.

Jessica is getting much more confident as a reader. She's made a lot of progress since we started reading James and the Giant Peach.

Jordan was too shy to sing the songs from the book, so he decided to be the class judge.

April 3rd

Hi everyone,
This week we read more of James and the Giant Peach. When we last left James, he, his friends and the peach were in the ocean surrounded by sharks. Thanks to James' quick wit he was able to come to the rescue and save everyone from near doom.
We also did work in Tops this week. ( future tense ) In the grammar book we learned about pronouns and punctuation.
The kids have all done well this week. I'm also happy to report they all did well on their tests from last week....