Fun in the Kitchen

We’ve had a very productive week. I had fun making cookies with everyone last Friday and look forward to taking creative pictures this Friday. We read a lovely storey about Harp Seals earlier this week and are continuing to work through plant cells and ideas like photosynthesis in science. We will have our second vocabulary quiz on Thursday.

Irisa has continued her strong work in the classroom. She got a little nervous about working on the Tree House TV show but that seems to have worked itself out. This should be a fun opportunity to show off her outstanding work. I hope she will realize that she has been chosen because she is one of the brightest, most well spoken students in the school.

I had a talk with Kevin before class yesterday. He is a bright, charismatic young man but he needs to stop distracting his classmates. This type of behavior will not be tolerated. He has a great deal of potential and I hope we can set him on track this semester.

Perry found himself in a spot of trouble yesterday for goofing off when he should have been reading a definition from the dictionary to the class. He’s a smart kid with a great spirit. We’ll continue to work on his attitude in the classroom. He volunteered to let us use his digital camera for a class project on Friday. Please don’t forget to charge the batteries!

Jordan has opened up a little more. I’m glad to see him flashing a smile from time to time and he has been reading out loud a good deal in class. I singled him out to answer questions a few times and he was right on the ball. I’m glad to see he’s paying attention.

Andy has been extremely productive in class this last week. I’m very pleased to see him doing such great work. He has been asking intelligent questions and staying on task. Keep it up!

Iris has had another strong week. Her sentences in her vocabulary book are very smart. She should make an effort to experiment with compound sentence patterns like, “My little sister is so stubborn sometimes that it drives me crazy” rather than simple ones such as, “I don’t like stubborn people.”

Jessica has been working much more productively with her partner this week. Keep up the good work!