Happy New Years!

This week was another busy week for the class, this week we:

Being New Years this week, we got set and talked about New Years Resolutions. The kids had to think of an achievable resolution, which is something they can do better in the upcoming year, and how they can make these goals possible.

Phonics: We worked on vowel combinations, OU and IE. Also, we did high frequency words that indicate distance, like here, there, and question word where.

Reading: We read "Sam's Song," and even though this was very challenging for the students, by the end of it they not only were able to read it, but completely understand the story. This is another stepping stone because of the added writing elements like metaphors and implications.


Individual comments:

Yo-Yo is getting back on the right track. He wrote faster this week and comrehended the story with ease. He however needs to work on our reading out loud exercises.

Andrew was able to read well this week and pronounced most words properly. But, he struggled with the written, which wasn't because he didn't comprehend, instead it was cause he was constantly distracting himself.

Irene proved she had exceptional problem solving ability this week. She was able to get all the answers correct on the class assignment on comparison, even though she only knew one of the two words! At first I asked if she looked at others, but she then explained to me how she was able to figure out the answers, using only her own logic!

Gwen has been distracted these past few weeks, which caused her to fall back on her reading progression. She had problems doing the story questions and I clearly explained the story and the questions.

Timmy like Gwen has been loosing focus, but I believe its because of the move of classrooms. I think once we get back into our class, this problem will be resolved.

Tony was in good spirits this week. The moving distracting most of the students, but for tony, it actually was no problem at all. He is reading incredibly clear, and I am continuing to see him mature. Keep it up!

Julia is having a hard time with some of her questions, but she is staying very responsible and handling these difficulties well! When she comes across a problem, she tries to solve herself, and if not went straight to me.

Leo was excelling before in class, but like I mentioned last week, hes falling behind quite a bit. I really would like it if he would come Saturdays to catch up on his work and get back to speed!

Devon did superb this week on his reading. There were some very difficult words but he broke them down and was able to say them with ease! great job cookie monster!

Have a great New Year, see you in 2010!
-T. Jason