Dear Parents,

This week was the first week of September and all of the students were back in the class. I took this opportunity to really get to know all of them better and to figure out what the class dynamics are going to be for the year. They all are very good and they all seem to know how to interact with each other and how to respond to teacher's direction.

In class this week we covered all of the major subjects and they worked on them with flying colors! In Reading we did the first story from the little readers and although they aren't quite able to read the story, I have no doubt that in time they will be able to do very well with it. We covered living and non-living things in Science class and I could see that they all were able to grasp the concept and had no difficulty with the workbook pages as well. In Social Studies we learned about our school and the different things that are in school and about school. Math class this week we covered position and location and did the workbook pages that went with the lesson. We've also got a new song that we are learning and they are having fun sing and dancing to it. Phonics class, we did the short (s) sound.

Individual comments:

Marcus: I'm hoping he can build his confidence when interacting with his friends. His in class performance is great!.

Ethan: It's what we talked about this week and I'll be keeping an eye out for signs of improvement.

Adam: Perfect participation and has a wonderful in class attitude.

Terry: When he's in class he has a great attitude and comes ready to learn. I would like to see him come out of his shell a bit more.

Hank: Great job this week! He's doing just fine in his new environment.

Paige: She's speaking more and really starting to be more outgoing. She's really laughing a lot as well.

Emily: I hope she starts to feel better soon.

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and I'll see all of you bright and early Monday morning.

T. Cory