Week 20

Dear Aztec Parents,

This week we completed:

Reading: We read The Shopping List, which illustrated how we make grocery lists and the different items that the market has to offer. We also did related workbook classwork which helped solidify the vocabulary we had this week.

Phonics: This week, we learned some different sounds like Qu and Sh, also the student know the letter Q always is followed up with the letter U.

Accelerating English Language Learning- We learned two chapters this week, which were Family Values and School.

Individual Student Comments:

Gwen- Has been great with her written work this week. What she needs to improve on is reading out loud more and studying her vocabulary.

Eason- Did well with vocab even though he missed the first Tuesday. Also, I need him to work on how he interacts with others in class. He sometimes says words about others that are not nice.

Irene- Has been excellent all week. She helped other students with their reading workbook and she did great with vocabulary review.

Aston- Overall this week, he has behaved a lot better. He was speaking less out of turn and was paying attention a lot more in class.

Phil- Was well behaved for the most part, but did not study his vocabulary at all.

Leo- Is doing well with his reading. Keep up the good work!

Benson- Participated a lot more in class this week and had no problem following along with the reading. He does, however, need to pay more attention to his vocabulary.

Henry- Was paying better attention in class but needs to work on the speed of his written work.

Well, Have a Great Weekend!!

-Teacher Jason

Hello Aztec Parents!!

As I'm sure you know by now, teacher Annie had to leave back to the United States and now I am the active teacher for the Aztec class. After my first week, I can already tell that this is going to be a great class to teach and excited to see each student's development!


Andrew- I can tell already that he is a smart boy who is clearly eager to learn. What I have noticed though is he understands concepts well but takes quite a long time when asked to do written work due to him being so incredibly detailed.

Yo-Yo- Very eager to contribute to the class and reads well. He is easily distracted though and needs reminders in order to finish his work.

Gwen- I love that she has a very bubbly personality but this in turn causes her to interrupt the class and causes her to get out of her seat constantly. Also, I noticed that her reading ability improves a lot more once she quiets down and pays attention.

Eason- Has excellent reading ability and can pronounce new words very well. The only difficulties with him so far is his lack of sharing material with others and some attitude problems.

Irene- Another great reader and listens to directions very well. I can see that she needs to work a bit on her phonics skills.

Aston- Has a great imagination and good verbal skills but causes him to speak out of turn very frequently. He has potential to learn a lot faster then most children his age but in order to do so, he really needs to learn how to focus on his tasks.

Phil- Also has great verbal skills and is very self confident. But the problem with that is, he tends to argue back, which resulted in him being disciplined twice this week.

Leo- Listens very well and I was very happy to see that he had no problems when sharing with other students. He is eager to learn and just needs to work on raising his hand before he speaks.

Benson- Incredibly quiet when asked to read in class but I am sure that will change as we increase his participation in class. He behaves great and is very receptive to my instruction.

Henry- Again, I Did not really get to see much of him this week due to him being sick. What I did notice though is he's exceptionally creative when it comes to art.

Also, I would like to apologize for the late post, over the weekend I was recovering from a minor sickness. And Lastly, I strongly encourage everyone to email or contact me in person, if you would like to discuss anything regarding your children.

-Teacher Jason

On Monday, we read "Snake's Trip," a short poem about a snake's trip to outer space. He packs a cake and a pink milk shake. We reviewed vocabulary from the poem and talked about where we want to take a trip to, what we would pack, and what kind of view we would see from the airplane.

On Tuesday, we read "Sam's Song," a story about a baby owl who learns to sing. We reviewed vocabulary from the story. The class found "gaze" and "fuss" particularly difficult to remember.

On Wednesday, we played review games for the week's vocabulary words. Team Superman (Irene, Yo-Yo, Benson, and Phil) won the first round and Team Fireman (Leo, Gwen, Eason, and Andrew) won the second round.

On Thursday, we did several exercises in our phonics workbooks.

Andrew is very good at understanding and remembering the meaning for new vocabulary. He can be very silly in class, speaking in funny voices and flopping around. Sometimes I have to remind him to stop fooling around. But he is a very sweet boy who is a great learner.

Aston missed a lot of class this week because he was sick. He came back to class (briefly) in good spirits. He has a good spoken vocabulary and already knew the meaning of a lot of the words we had learned.

Benson was acting extra rowdy on Wednesday and had to face the wall for running around in class instead of sitting properly in his seat. He wanted to take a trip to outer space.

Gwen wanted to take a trip to Japan. She said she would pack toys and candy. She had to face the wall for running around instead of sitting in her seat.

Henry didn't want to take a trip to anywhere. He wanted to stay in Taipei. He had to face the wall on THursday for not paying attention in class because he was making little airplanes instead of listening to the teacher.

Irene wanted to take a trip to outer space. She would see a view of spaceships and stars. She was a bit sloppier with her written work this week. Her handwriting is generally very good though.

Leo wanted to take a trip to Japan. He is good at remembering the new vocabulary words when they are in front of him but has a harder time remembering them if he can't read them from a list. I think he just needs a little more practice. He got in trouble for stepping on Eason's foot on purpose because he didn't want Eason to see his book.

Phil got into trouble for hitting Leo when he wanted Leo to stop doing something. We had a talk about how he can be angry about something, but that doesn't mean he can hit people. And people who keep hitting people when they are angry can go to jail for it. Aside from that, Phil is good at memorizing the new vocabulary words, although sometimes he still gets confused about their meaning.

Yo-Yo got in trouble on Tuesday for looking at other people's work instead of doing his own. He felt sick on Wednesday and went to rest a little in the office.

On Monday, we did several pages of exercises in our phonics book. We also started putting together the pieces of our watermill for

On Tuesday, we read "Snakes," which taught us many facts about snakes. We reviewed vocabulary words from the story, such as damp; tooth; skin; etc.

On Wednesday, we played vocabulary review games and continued to work on our water mill.

On Thursday, we worked on our watermill. It is a very complicated piece of woodcraft.

Andrew knows a lot of scientific facts. He is always sharing things he knows about animals. He brought in his Obama book to share with the class. He had a little trouble putting his watermill together, but eventually got the hang of it.

Aston brought in his Transformers book to share with the class. He had a stomachache on Tuesday and couldn't do his work. He was absent on Wednesday and Thursday.

Benson had trouble remembering the meanings of the new vocabulary words, but was good at sounding them out. He did a good job with his watermill.

Eason was very good at putting his watermill together. Considering that he wasn't in class as much this week because he doesn't come on Tuesdays and he leaves early on Thursdays for swimming class, he finished putting it together very quickly.

Henry complains about being "so hungry" during class. He also gets very sleepy/tired during class. Perhaps he needs a bigger snack before classtime.

Irene's phonics is improving a lot. She is very good at sounding out words. She also won the vocabulary review games. She was among the first students to finish her watermill. After she finished, she was very good about helping Eliza with hers.

Leo was absent on Wednesday and Thursday. He had trouble putting his watermill together when he came back on Friday, but students from Teacher Alice's class helped him.

Phil did a great job putting his watermill together. After he finished, he was good about helping the other students finish theirs.

Yo-Yo was behind on his watermill because he spent all of Wednesday finishing his vocabulary words. But he put his watermill together nicely on Thursday and Friday.