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Hello Jaguar Parents!

This week we covered:

This is Week two of Halloween/Evaluation and I am glad to say that all the students are improving already after just the first quarter of the Year!

This week, the evaluation was two parts. First being some of the grammar concepts, like the proper "is and are." The second was a verbal phonics recognition of the short vowel sounds. The second was a bit harder for the students, but this challenge really gave the kids a real life application of the use of these sounds.

We had a lot of new Halloween vocabulary and we also discussed what the meaning of Halloween is all about. We made paper versions of Jack-O-Lanterns which all the kids really enjoyed. Photos will be up next week!



Student Comments

Andrew was superb this week. On the grammar concept part, scored a perfect 100! He just needs to work a bit on his listening comprehension.

Gwen was better this week behavior wise and in fact also did well on the first evaluation.

Irene is on the right track, she just needs to keep up the same performance consistency. After the review, she improved substantially on the concept part of the test. Keep striving hard!

Yo-Yo was a model student this week. He not only did well on the evaluation, but also showed me that he is able to concentrate without anyone telling him to focus. He really is trying a lot harder and I think hes enjoying his new found role in the class.

Devon writing and behavior was better this week!

Julia is continuing to suprise me as each day goes by. She seems very confident in her English ability, and when she isn't she asks questions right away. That is the exact kind of mentality I want her and other students to attain. She did well on the test and consistently gets three stars, Keep it up Julia!

Hanna did great on her grammar conceptual evaluation! There is still room for improvement but, she definitely is on the right track.

Timmy loved the second halloween vocabulary which showed a lot since he particpated a lot in the verbal test! His behavior always is exemplary but he still sometimes is a bit shy toward asking questions.

Tony is now looking at challenges he has with a better attitude. He first tries to find the answer on his own and if he is really unsure he asks me right away! Great job this week!

Leo is already nearly caught up from the work he missed before joining the class. He just needs to make sure to slow down on his reading because he will sometimes rush over words he cant pronounce.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I hope to see all parents at our Halloween Festivities next Week!

Cheers,
Teacher Jason

Hello Jaguar Parents!

This week we covered:

This is Week one of two of the Halloween Activities in the Jaguar class! This week's vocabulary was exceptually fun since it had festive words like haunted house, and trick or treat

Phonics
We went over all the short A, E, I, O, U vowel sounds

Reading
We read Bug Bath. This was definetely a benchmark in their reading comprehension!

Student Comments

First off, Happy Birthday Andrew! He is doing well, his main focus right now is enunciating his sounds.

Gwen did well with remembering all the short vowel sounds. But, I had to talk to her this week about her extra comments in class since she does at times distract others.

Irene did a lot better this week! She has been speaking out more and its already helping her understand the class a lot more. Keep working on it!

Yo-Yo's speed has improved a lot since class had first started. I'm glad that our focus has shifted past writing. Hes making progress with his concentration and just needs to keep being persistant and aim to always achieve the best.

Devon

Julia remembered all the short vowels but had a bit of a problem saying them verbally. A way to help her at home is to make sure she reads out loud anytime shes reading any english book.

Hanna caught up on all she missed and Im glad to see that she is now back to 100 percent!

Timmy was great with the vocabulary and phonics this week. He just needs to continue working on reading outloud!

Im glad to say, Tony remembers his short vowel sounds very well!

Leo reading comrehension is incredibly fast. Hes already caught up with most of the reading and is now finishing up his phonics. He understands the sounds by themselves but has problems with sometimes combining them when reading outloud.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend,

Teacher Jason

Hello Tree House Parents,

This week we covered:


Phonics
Short I sound, id and ip phonograms.

Reading
We started our second book in reading! We read "Good Pup" and two new poems.

English Second Language Book/Song

We went over D.A.N.C.E. by Justice, which is a light hearted song with lots of simple metaphors. The kids really enjoyed this song since this was the first song they could both read and sing along with!



Student Comments


Gwen's understanding of each lesson has been both beneficial to herself and the other classmates. I see that she is continuing to help boost the moral and im happy that shes really filling into this leadership role nicely!

Andrew did a lot better with his behavior this week, I want to see that he keeps it up!

Irene had some difficulty this week, since I did catch her looking at another persons work. I had a big discussion with her on student integrity and I think she definitely learned from this experience.

Yo-Yo's really building up a lot of confidence, he is proud that he knows all the vocabulary and Im happy to say that his behavior is progressing admirably.

Devon finished the vocabulary without any help and followed along better with the reading!

Julia is continuing to really put her best effort into the class, I can see her verbal skills are improving very fast.

Hanna was sick for most of the week, so I was glad to see her back in high spirits. She has a bit to catch up on, but by next week she will be done.

Timmy had a little difficulty with the different uses of questions words this week, but he worked hard and I am sure he will understand the more after next weeks continuation.

Tony at first was at first struggling to do the reading comprehension work by himself, but hes continuing to work hard and is starting to really show!

Leo started off his first week strong, he behaves very well! He understood the vocab quickly and participated a lot. Keep up the hard work!

Hello Tree House Parents,

This week we covered:


Phonics
We reviewed all this months High Frequency words and worked on the H sound.

Reading
We read "Ships" in the McGraw-Hill Reading book, were almost done with the first book!

English Second Language Book

We started the school unit! Talking about different parts of the classroom and the activities we do while we learn.

Student Comments

Irene as always is writing well but is still a bit self conscious with verbal participation.

Gwen's been a great influence with some of the newer students. I see her supporting Irene and the others with high fives and supportive comments which has made the class atmosphere even better.

Andrew did better with his behavior and was a big help Yo-Yo and the others on his team win the vocabulary challenge we had at the end of the week

Yo-Yo's got quite the memory, he knew almost all the vocab for the first month! He is still struggling with minor behavioral problems, but is continuing to do better.

I believed Devon learned his lesson this week and I hope to see an improvement next week.

Julia really enjoyed the song for this week! This was the first time I heard her sing without me asking her!

Hanna contiues to do well in class. I was happy to see that she also was able to help others understand their reading comprehension!

Timmy is consistantly improving! He knew 90/100 of the vocabulary and really put an effort to participate this week.


Tony is picking up on his writing, and now he is starting to get a better understanding of the harder written questions in our workbooks!

It was great to finally have Leo back in the Class this week! He is already catching up pretty fast! I'm looking forward to seeing how he does as the weeks go on.

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Moon Festival!
-Teacher Jason