Dear Parents,

As you are probably aware this week is the pot luck open house. I invite all of you to come and bring in your favorite home cooked meal. This should be a good time to connect and to get to know each other a little better and to get an idea of exactly what it is I do in the classroom.

In class we covered some reading material and practiced some sight word recognition work. We did a few pages out of the Phonics book and I also took that opportunity to do some writing practice with the kids. There will be an arts and crafts activity on Friday as well as some pages out of the math book. We are still working on living things in science class and we are putting together a poster different kinds of living things. we are covering family in Social Studies.

Individual Comments:

Adam: Very positive attitude and he did very well interacting with the other students in the class. Great job this week.

Ethan: He's getting better with directions and I am starting to slowly see a confidence boost in him, I will continue to monitor that progress.

Patrick: He's turning into one of the more outgoing students in the class and he is really speaking out a lot and engaging the other students to talk and to play.

Marcus: I really hope Marcus can develop more of a sense of confidence. He is easily shaken and it is also easy for him to get upset. He did very good work all week though.

Hank: I really hope he starts to feel better soon we miss his sense of humor in the class. Come back soon Hank.

Paige: I can really see a change in Paige just in the short time I have worked with her. She's more confident and very willing to participate and to speak out. Keep up the good work.

Emily: I can see Emily has a very good work ethic and she's quite an organized little girl isn't she? She's been smiling more which is something I really enjoy seeing.

I hope to see all of you Friday night so we can connect and discuss all of your wishes and concerns. Have a great weekend everyone and try not to let the typhoon from discouraging you to get out there and do something fun.

T. Cory