This week, we did phonics exercises and went over new vocabulary for the Mother's Day script. We also did several practice read-throughs of the script.

For reading, we read "The Bugs Bath."

We drew pictures of and wrote sentences about what we planned to do or wanted to do this coming weekend.

Andrew still gets distracted, which slows down his work. When we are reading as a class (i.e. students take turns reading the next line), he needs to follow the text with his finger so that he knows where we are and when it is his turn to read. He reads well on his own, but when reading as a class, often gets lost and has to be told where we are. He also got trouble for playing in class when the teacher left the room, and had to face the wall.

Aston continues to lack focus in doing his written work. He tends to talk himself to distraction, despite repeated warnings that he needs to stop talking or else he will be sent to the office. As a result, he has had to finish his work in the office a couple of times.

Benson does great work, understands the material, and reads well. This week he had to go to the office to face the wall for playing with Henry when the teacher left the room.

Eason produces good written work and has a good understanding of the material. He got in trouble for being out of his chair and playing when the teacher left the classroom, and had to go face the wall.

Gwen continues to do good classwork. She needs to work more on trying to sound out the words, instead of guessing at what she is reading. She got in trouble for playing in class when the teacher left the room, and had to face the wall.

Henry continues to create very detailed and imaginative drawings to accompany his vocabulary words. His handwriting is great but he needs to work on his pronunciation, which is affecting his spelling when he tries to sound out how to spell a word (e.g. "plan" instead of "plant").

Irene was great at reading her lines and helping the other students' with theirs, when we were all reading the script together. She was very good at giving prompts (i.e. telling students when it was their turn to read and how to pronounce the words).

Leo has been better this week about not getting out of his chair and asking for help. His pronunciation appears to be improving, or at least, he's getting better at repeating back the correct pronunciation when you have him mirror you. He got in trouble for playing in class when the teacher left the room, and had to face the wall.

Phil is very good when we are reading as a class; he always knows where we are in the story. He also got trouble for playing in class when the teacher left the room, and had to face the wall.

Yo-Yo has been better about doing his written classwork. He is good at following along with the text when we are reading as a class. He tends to get distracted by other students and always wants to know what they are doing, when he should focus on his own work.