Hi!

Hi everyone,

Well, Halloween is finally over and we've now settled down and gotten back to work.

( Next up: Thanksgiving and Christmas! )

In math class we're still learning about subtraction and addition.Slowly but surly the kids are all gaining more confidence with their math skills. We also reviewed counting by 1's, 2's,5's, and 10's.

In reading we read the story "The Big Circle" as well as re-read the stories "Who Works Here?, and "The Farmer in the Hat".

In Phonics we're learning about rhyming words, as well as spelling of common English words. In addition we've been practicing listening for the beginning, middle, and end sounds of each word and how to spell them accordingly.We've also been learning about putting words into alphabetical order. I was pleasantly surprised how quickly all the kids picked this up.

On Friday we were fortunate to have nice weather do we went to the park for PE class.

I would like to thank all the parents for coming in this week for the teacher-parent conferences. It was very nice to have the time to discuss each of the kids and show off their hard work to each of you. They all try very hard each day, and it's very rewarding to see their continued progress.

One final reminder...I will be going back home to the United States this coming Thursday
( November 12th ) to visit my parents and celebrate Thanksgiving with them for the first time in nine years. While I'm away Teacher Jennifer will be teaching my class. She has already met all the kids and they have already forgotten about me....I'll be back to Taiwan and the Polar Bear Class on Tuesday, December 1st....see you all soon!