The Start of the New Year!

This was kind of a hectic first week of 2010, I had to travel to Hong Kong for visa issues and within the same week I got ill. Teacher Tom relayed most of the material we had to cover and said, for the most part the class was well behaved and got their work done!

Phonics: We did unit review, which went over the past months of material.

Reading: We read "Snakes" in class this week. This explained the different kinds of snakes and how to compare and contrast these reptiles.

Science: Review the Plants and living things Unit.

Individual comments:

Yo-Yo was one of the exceptions this week, Teacher Tom told me that Yo-Yo made no attempt to do his writing homework and instead drew pictures. So, he lost his fun friday privileges for the next two weeks and I already had a severe talk with him. I hope this is the last time this will occur.

Andrew did all his work but was being quite the jokester with Teacher Tom. I told him not only does he represent himself but, also the entire class. He was a leader before and so he appologized to the teacher and was disciplined accordingly.

I'm told that Irene was very polite and did her homework well. She did however have a bit of a problem with the writing comprehension in the science review section which I think was due to her lack of focus before. She is steadily improving and just needs to remember to stay focused everyday.

Gwen was great to the substitute and got back on the right track. She just needs to read through her reading comprehension questions a little more carefully, since she still overlooks a few questions.

Timmy did well in class and behaved well for Teacher Tom!

Tony apparently was the best in class this week, infact, he was the fastest doing his work when Teacher Tom was teaching. I was very suprised and happy, hopefully he continues to do so!

Julia is staying on the right track. I am really glad to see her self motivation paying off!

Leo was better this week, but still is in need of the Saturday class next week. I look forward to catching him up.

Devon was on and off this week. He did well for me but was misbehaving a bit with Teacher Tom.

anyways the semester is almost over, and there will be plenty of new improvements I am looking forward to adding in the spring!

Take care, and have a great weekend!
-T. Jason