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.