Hello Tree House Parents,

Its the second week of school, and jaguar class is starting to get used to the schedule and emphasis on their reading and phonics. As we get deeper into the year, I am sure that the class will feel a lot more confident in both their reading and writing abilities.

This week:

Phonics: We worked on the short A sound, the letter M.

Reading: We read the poem, "The Sack" and the story "Quack". Both helped the kids emphasize the short a and ck sound.

English Accelerated Learning: We continued working on families with the focus being on what each family member's responsibilities.

Song- We learned the song "Is this love" by Bob Marley.


Individual comments

Irene did great with her family drawing and with the new song we learned. She just needs to make sure towork at her vocabulary more.

Gwen-is doing great with all the work in class, just needs to learn not to speak without raising her hand!

Andrew- This week, did well with writing but needs to work on lowering the amount of side comments he makes in class.

Yo-Yo is working harder on his writing significantly, and is doing great with the phonics.

Devon loves to draw and did great when we were working on Families. But can improve on paying attention in class.

Julia contributed a lot more in class discussion this week, hope she keeps it up!

Hanna has been great, she works hard on her vocabulary and loves to contribute in the class.

Timmy showed great improvement with his written work this week, not just with understanding but speed too! We loved learning the song,"Bob Marley- Is this love" and really got the other kids excited with his enthusiasm.

At first I was worried about Tony since he is a bit younger than the rest of the class, but those fears never amounted considering he is at the top of our reading comprehension.

Well, hope everyone has a good weekend!

T. Jason