Merry Christmas!
This week we talked about the true meaning of Christmas. The children should know now that Christmas is really about sharing, family and giving. It was funny when I asked the first time all the children said Christmas was about presents.

Jae had a some trouble this week. She hit her friend on Wednesday and said mean things to her other friend on Friday. Jae has power with her popularity but she needs to learn how to use that power in a good way, not in a selfish way.

Theresa has been complaining abut who she wants to sit beside when there is already someone sitting in that spot, she still whines about wanting to sit there.

Christine is getting better at raising her hand when she wants to speak, she is half way there. She raises her hand and speaks at the same time. She needs to be reminded that she needs to wait when she raises it.

I feel Jason does most of his learning outside the classroom. He is great with me and other teachers during playtime and after school. But he has extreme difficulty paying attention during a lesson in class and this is the reason he can't remember his phonics. Also when he is asked a question during class, he is very rarely able to answer it on his own unless someone says the answer first. He will repeat what the students' answers are whether they are right or wrong. The difference in his behavior from outside the class to inside is like night and day.

Leetrue is becoming a well rounded student. He has come a long way this semester.

I know Ryan is very young, and I try not to be too hard on him. I still need to work on his posture in class, and I need to work harder to get him to understand how to play with his friends in an appropriate way.

August has been getting away for too long using body language and incomplete sentences to tell his teachers things. I'm going to tell all the teachers that when August wants something that they need to make him use his vocabulary to express his thoughts.