Brrr.....

Hi Everyone,
I hope everyone is staying warm this week. I keep waking up each morning expecting snow. Luckily this hasn't happened yet...but who knows?

This Monday we worked on subtraction in math class. If it seems like we are always doing subtraction, it's because we are...the math book has A LOT of pages dedicated to addition and subtraction. In the afternoon in phonics class we worked on long A ( rain, pail, mail, nail, etc.) In addition to long A, we've also have been reviewing blended consonant-vowel blends ( -am, ag, an, etc..), as well as Tops. In Tops we've been studying this,that, these, those, as well as adjectives.

On Tuesday we had a wonderful field trip to Yami Mountain. Although it was very cold, it was very fun, and the kids had a great time. We made bamboo sticky rice, sweet potatoes, painted bugs, made a leaf print, and finally had enough time to go for a short hike.

On Wednesday in art class we made a panda collage in the morning, and in the afternoon we finished the book two reading book. We re-read the story "Camping", and also read the glossary words at the end of the book. We also worked on the accompanying work in the workbook.

On Thursday we'll do math in the morning, and reading, phonics and ESL in the afternoon. Friday we'll do more math work and phonics. And finally on Saturday we'll do an art project and more reading.

Aston has done very well this week. He's getting very creative, and always draws some wonderful drawings.

Devon is getting very good at math. He's always very attentive and eager when we have math class.

Kyle always surprises me with the depth of his English vocabulary. Yesterday he was drawing a picture of fish in the ocean and I asked him what he was drawing and he said " an angler fish, Teacher Scott."

Albert made a very nice panda collage in art class. He's made tremendous improvements with his fine motor skills. He's been doing much better cutting, coloring and especially writing. Good job, Albert!

Claire had fun on our field trip on Tuesday. She especially enjoyed making bamboo rice.

Serena has been very helpful in class this week.

Bonnie has been very well behaved this week.

Benson is finally starting to be less shy in class.

Irene has done an excellent job this week in reading and phonics.

Eason was great last Saturday. His behavior was excellent, and he was also very helpful during class time.

Phil seems to be trying harder to speak more in class. He's also doing well in reading and phonics.