Halloween at TreeHouse

Hello Jaguar Parents,

This week was quite the eventful one here at treehouse, with the not only the usual classwork but also the friday haunted house and class pumpkin carving experience! 

In our reading, we read the poem "Pets" and the story "Splash" by Jessica Clerk. This was the first week, where I didn't have them follow along as I read it, instead each student was reading pages in a rotation. This is great because, the kids are now feeling comfortable not just out loud but also to their peers.

In Phonics, we worked on Long A sound and constants V.

Student Comments

Since this seems to be the birthday month, I wanted to first wish Gwen a happy birthday. She is growing very fast, and I want her to keep striving past her challenges and always stay the same cheery person we all love.

Andrew did great with reading to his peers, which was great to see. He did however have a hard time with some of the new vocabulary, so I will encourage now to start studying his vocabulary more outside of class, like when hes waiting to be picked up.

Irene is keeping up the positive attitude. She read out loud not just once, but volunteered to do some more after!

Yo-Yo did supurb this week, he as always picked up the vocabulary quickly and enjoyed reading with the class. His behavior was also good and minus the Haunted house, I know he enjoyed the festivities. I say this because Andrew and Yo-Yo were so scared that they threw water at me during the haunted house on friday. 

Devon loved the pumpkin carving and was able to use some of the related vocabulary while we did the activity.

Julia did fantastic in her reading this week! I would love to see her continue and I will plan on giving some extra books next week, for her to take home to read with the family.

Hanna all around was great this week. She was the only student in the class that didnt complain about the messiness or smell of the pumpkin carving. Instead she went all out and made sure that her groups pumpkin looked great.

I was glad to see Timmy back on friday and look forward to seeing him back in class on monday.

Tony was a rock star! He clearly is confident in the class, Tony read out loud with a high volume and clearly. Also, he still has a bit of a dependency issue, where he will ask me how to say words without trying them himself first. What I would recommend is that at both home and school, he continue to try to solve problems on his own. 

Leo probably has the easiest time, when it comes to reading. That being said, I had to remind him quite a few times this week, to slow down again and read over words properly. Leo shows that he is very bright and a good heart, he just needs to instill harder effort, so that he can maximize his capabilities. Also, cheers to Leo's dad for beating me at chubby bunny on friday!

Anyways hope everyone enjoyed the Annual Halloween Activities,

-T. Jason