Happy new year everyone! It’s a short week. I hope you all enjoy your long weekend. We’ve enjoyed learning about soil profiles and glacial tills in science and reading about the freed slaves who founded the farming settlement,
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Happy New Year!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Merry Christmas everyone!
We took a biweekly cumulative vocabulary exam recently. The cumulative exams, for the most part, were satisfactory. The biweekly exam scores, however, were disappointing. Memorizing vocabulary has nothing to do with level or background; it is simply a measure of work ethic. As a class, our work ethic needs to improve.
For the last two weeks, Perry’s attitude in my classroom has improved. He still needs to work on his study habits. He showed up to school today (Friday) unprepared for his vocabulary retest. He should have studied for his day off. I gave him an hour to study and he still scored a D. He missed 13 words on a 33 word quiz.
Kevin’s behavior in class is improving. He still talks back from time to time and that needs to end but in general he is getting a lot more work done.
Andy’s biweekly vocabulary score was unsatisfactory. As I wrote early, memorizing vocabulary is purely a matter of work ethic. Andy’s work ethic needs to improve greatly.
Jordan got a surprisingly low score on his biweekly vocabulary quiz. He retook the quiz this afternoon and scored a high A.
Jessica comes to class completely exhausted ever single day. She looks like she hasn’t slept in weeks. It is affecting her work. Is she ok?
Irisa did well on both of our recent quizzes. Here work in class has been strong.
Iris scored above average on both of her quizzes. We spoke the other day about her handwriting which is getting progressively more sloppy.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Merry Christmas!
We’ve been trucking along through our curriculum this week. We learned about geology and different types of rocks in science last week and read a lovely story about the imaginative illustrator, Pat Cummings. We will have a cumulative vocabulary review Thursday afternoon. Good luck!
Perry has been much better behaved in class this week. He didn’t bring his vocabulary book to class on Friday, Monday or Tuesday. He needs to bring his book every day.
Andy has been doing solid work. He still needs to keep his questions on task. I appreciate his inquisitive nature but our class time is limited.
Kevin has been in good form this week, for the most part. He still needs to stop talking back.
Jordan has had a very productive week. He’s little by little coming out of his shell. It’s good to see him developing friendships with his classmates.
Jessica fell asleep in class yesterday. One moment she was reading along and the next she was fast asleep with her head on the table. Is everything ok with her? Is she getting enough sleep each night?
Irisa has been on top of her game. I enjoyed watching her choir piece at the rehearsal yesterday.
Iris seemed exhausted in class on Wednesday. I assume that was a result of the Christmas show rehearsal. She was having trouble staying focused in class.
Perry has been much better behaved in class this week. He didn’t bring his vocabulary book to class on Friday, Monday or Tuesday. He needs to bring his book every day.
Andy has been doing solid work. He still needs to keep his questions on task. I appreciate his inquisitive nature but our class time is limited.
Kevin has been in good form this week, for the most part. He still needs to stop talking back.
Jordan has had a very productive week. He’s little by little coming out of his shell. It’s good to see him developing friendships with his classmates.
Jessica fell asleep in class yesterday. One moment she was reading along and the next she was fast asleep with her head on the table. Is everything ok with her? Is she getting enough sleep each night?
Irisa has been on top of her game. I enjoyed watching her choir piece at the rehearsal yesterday.
Iris seemed exhausted in class on Wednesday. I assume that was a result of the Christmas show rehearsal. She was having trouble staying focused in class.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Teacher Peter has returned!
I'm glad to see the kids made their way through exam week without me in good form. The grades on the reading test, especially, were a little bit low but we've been talking about how to take these tests. They're a little bit different than what most ESL students are accustomed to.
Irisa has been doing good work but she seems a bit more reserved than usual. I hope in the next few days she will return to her normal, vibrant self.
Iris, as always, is a model student in class. She was a little disappointed about her reading test results. The grade wasn't great but it was at the upper end of the class. These things will come with time.
I've been putting a lot more stress on Jordan to speak out in class. He seems to be coming out of his shell a little more.
Andy needs to focus a little more in class. He has been getting easily off task.
Kevin needs to stop goofing off in class.
I've spoken to Jessica about paying attention to detail on her written work. It seems, often, like she just doesn't bother trying to use grammar. A lot of her work is completely devoid of verb conjugations, plural forms, etc. She should be doing better.
Perry was punished on Wednesday and had to wear a diaper in class. He cried for the first 5-10 minutes then was back to his normal self making jokes and being disruptive. We will have to find another way to make this work.
Irisa has been doing good work but she seems a bit more reserved than usual. I hope in the next few days she will return to her normal, vibrant self.
Iris, as always, is a model student in class. She was a little disappointed about her reading test results. The grade wasn't great but it was at the upper end of the class. These things will come with time.
I've been putting a lot more stress on Jordan to speak out in class. He seems to be coming out of his shell a little more.
Andy needs to focus a little more in class. He has been getting easily off task.
Kevin needs to stop goofing off in class.
I've spoken to Jessica about paying attention to detail on her written work. It seems, often, like she just doesn't bother trying to use grammar. A lot of her work is completely devoid of verb conjugations, plural forms, etc. She should be doing better.
Perry was punished on Wednesday and had to wear a diaper in class. He cried for the first 5-10 minutes then was back to his normal self making jokes and being disruptive. We will have to find another way to make this work.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Test Week
This week has been test week at Tree House. We spent Monday and Tuesday reviewing Science for our Science test on Wednesday. Today ( Thursday ) we'll be doing the Reading test, and on Friday we'll have a BBQ dinner for Fun day.
All the kids have done well this week. However, Andy and Perry got into a little trouble on Monday when we were correcting the science workbooks for review. The two of them were drawing in the books, and not really paying attention to what we were doing in class. Jordan did Jessica did great this week, they were both well behaved and eager to learn. Kevin had a lot of interesting questions to ask, and finally Iris and Irisa were both motivated and talkative teh whole week.
All the kids have done well this week. However, Andy and Perry got into a little trouble on Monday when we were correcting the science workbooks for review. The two of them were drawing in the books, and not really paying attention to what we were doing in class. Jordan did Jessica did great this week, they were both well behaved and eager to learn. Kevin had a lot of interesting questions to ask, and finally Iris and Irisa were both motivated and talkative teh whole week.
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