This week had a more varied curriculum.

On Monday, we did presentations about what we did this past weekend, and students were encouraged to ask each presenter questions about what they did that weekend. Benson went to his Chinese school and ate fruit, Phil and Leo watched TV, Irene walked up a hill, Eason went to Yilan, Andrew went to his grandparents’ house, Yo-Yo went to his friend’s house, Gwen went to her friend’s birthday party, and Aston played. We also did several pages of exercises in our phonics books.

On Tuesday, we played a vocabulary review game. It was Optimus Prime (Aston, Irene, and Yo-Yo) vs. Ben10 (Phil, Henry, Gwen, and Benson). The game ended in a tie – 21-21.

On Wednesday, we read Our School, a book that discusses: Our Classroom, Who Works at School, and What Happens at School? We drew pictures of school workers and did presentations about what tools they use.

On Thursday, we went over vocabulary for clothing: shirt, sweater, pants, shorts, belt, shoes, etc. Many students did not know what “shorts” are, what a “sweater” is, etc.

Andrew was the only student who knew what shorts are. He can daydream to distraction, but generally is good about doing his work.

Aston does his written work significantly better if he does it in the office. As we discussed, he will do more of his written work in the office if he cannot get it together and do it in class.

Benson continues to do good work, listens in class, and absorbs the material. He is a very sweet and cheerful boy.

Gwen gets a little too hyper during class and needs to be told to focus on her work. But she is usually good at getting her work done.

Henry is only in class half the time, so it feels like his body of work is a lot more scattered. It would help if his attendance were more consistent.

Irene continues to do good work in class and is eager to answer questions. But she can be a little impatient with the other students.

Leo has been good about catching up on his classwork. But he gets out of his seat a lot to ask questions, rather than raising his hand.

Phil is almost always the first to finish his vocabulary lists. His handwriting could stand to be neater though. He hurt his leg jumping into a table and we had a talk about how jumping in the classroom is not acceptable.

Yo-Yo had to stay late on Thursday because he didn’t finish his classwork because he didn’t focus on his work during classtime. He was upset but was much better about doing his work. Perhaps this will serve as motivation for the future.