Merry Christmas Jaguar Class!!!

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

Science book: We finished the chapter on Plants.

Phonics: We worked on the G and X consonants. We also continued working on how to indicate what tense is used in sentences.

Reading: We read "Greg's Mask." Was a bit difficult for the students, but the challenge was overcome and the students seemed a lot more confident with their reading sklls.


Individual comments:

I am really hoping that Yo-Yo learned his lesson from this weeks events. I hope all goes well, and would like to talk more on Monday about his progression.

Andrew like always does fine with written work, but the problem is he sometimes just zones out when other people are reading. This causes him to miss out on the errors other students make which he ends up making himself.

Irene is doing substantially better. Her reading is improving now at a increasingly faster rate. Keep it up!

Gwen put more effort into her written work this week. It still is a bit of a struggle but she listens more and is asking questions at the appropriate time.

Timmy like always was superb. He annunciates each part of words correctly, including the ones he does not know.

Tony had no problems this week. He worked hard and was reading well, he needs to work a little on annunciation but hes clearly making a step in the right direction.

Julia struggled a bit this week with all the reading comprehension, but she kept on persevering and its paying off. Even though she had to ask quite a few questions, she was able to understand the whole story and how to read each word correctly. These are great steps for her improvement!

Leo was not here all week, and missed quite a lot of grammar and sentence pattern work. I will get him caught up as soon as he comes, and obviously the sooner the better.

Even though Devon was sick, he was continuing with a better attitude. Get better soon Devon.

Well, have a good weekend
-T. Jason This week was another busy week for the class, this week we:

We did lots of Christmas activities this week! We not only had festive vocabulary, but also worked on Christmas cards and had the chance to see some holiday themed movies that I watched as a boy.

Reading: We finished reading "Greg's Mask" and the rest of the reading comprehension.


Individual comments:

Yo-Yo's behavior is steadily increasing once again, I hope to see this a permanent step in the right direction.

Even being a bit sick, Andrew continued to do well in class. He enjoyed the winter festivities and I hope to see him at 100 percent next week.

Irene is honestly growing more and more independently. She still has a few minor reading problems but she worked very hard this week. She is clearly very artistically talented.

Gwen had a phenomenal week, she did well in the reading this week. However, she does need to practice more of the reading comprehension, since she was making careless mistakes in the practice book. She is such a compassionate person, always cheering people on and cleaning up for everyone instead of just her self.

Timmy was a bit out of it this week, he had a hard time fully concentrating. He did fine with his written but he always asked questions other students already did prior. But he did do well with the Christmas activities!

Tony was on good behavior this week, I think clearly he wants to be on Santa's Good List!

Julia is really improving on a stable pace. She asks questions on each word she does not know and is taking her reading much more seriously.

It was good to see Leo back more this week, he still however still has a bit of catching up to do.

Devon had some good and bad days this week. That being said, I can tell he is like Henry in the sense that they both are artistic. I hope to see him pursue his natural talents.

Well, have a good weekend
-T. Jason