We have less than one week to go until the 2009 Tree House Christmas Extravaganza! In preparation for next weeks upcoming event we spent more time rehearsing this week. When we weren't singing and dancing, we also found some time to do a little classwork. On Monday we did a Christmas themed addition worksheet for a little math refresher.On Tuesday Estella, Kyle, and I made a Christmas wreath to hang on our classroom door.On Wednesday we re-read a few stories the kids read when I was on vacation, and also watched the cartoon version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. On Thursday we learned about proper nouns in grammar class, and finally on Friday the kids did phonics and practiced writing original sentences without my assistance. I was pleasantly surprised how well they did!
I look forward to seeing everyone next Wednesday!

Claire has been doing very well in class, unfortunately she's been incredibly slow eating lunch this week.

Kyle has been good ( as usual ) His writing is improving, and he was able to write some creative sentences on Friday. He's doing an excellent job. way to go, Kyle!!!

Rain has been very sensetive to the other kids recently. He's cried a few times this week because he was fighting with Albert and/or Devon. The three of them are very close friends but thet are very jealous of each other if one of them isn't getting as much attention as the other two.
We had a long talk the other day, so hopefully things will be better next week.

Irvin has been a little naughty this week. He's been very slow doing his classwork, and he has also developed a bad habit of talking back to me and the other students. I've tried to talk to him about this and I really hope he will stop doing this as soon as possible.

Albert had a fun time watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Estella hasn't been behaving very well recently. She has been very rude and has also been talking back to me as well. She's shown a lot of attitude and will choose to argue and question me over almost anything I ask her to do. She's also been tattle taling on the other kids. I've tried to talk to her about not worrying about other students...hopefully she can behave better next week.

Hanna is doing great! Her handwriting is improving, she's able to read very well, and she has also done very well with her writing.

Devon has been doing well. He still needs to work a little bit harder on writing sentences though.