Dear parents,

We had a 4 day weekend due to a typhoon. I hope that you all enjoyed the extra days off with your children.

For phonics class, I introduced the letter “J”, and the related words including: “J –j- jam, jungle gym, jacks, and jeep”.

For math class, I introduced them to the shape of square, and the cardinals (first, second, third, and last). Hopscotch mats, windows, and cabinets are squares. Stories have different parts…We start with first, then second, and so on. If you want to get dressed, which piece of clothing do you wear first? Should we wear a shirt, or shorts, or socks, or a cap, or shoes first?

For arts and crafts this week, we made paper tambourines. First, I asked them to design two plates. In one of them, they had to draw their family; in the other they had to draw their friends. After these steps, I helped them to put some green beans and rice in between the plates. And lastly, we stapled the plates with a stapler.

For social studies this week, we talked about our families and homes. “What kind of occupation do your parents have?” We talked about fire fighters, mailmen, doctors, housewives, vets, teachers…and so on. Rain told us that his mom is a housewife; Jason’s dad and Christine’s dad work in an office.

For motor skill class, we worked on wiggly and curly lines. I used Jason as my example as a fisherman going fishing for us. Fishermen have to prepare at least four poles with hooks. After we finished the exercise on the board, each of them got their own worksheet to work on.

This week, we also learned a few new nursery rhymes and songs. They are “I wrote a Letter”, “Two little black birds”, “Baby Bumblebee”, and “Here is the Beehive”



Individual comments:

Casper came to school early this week. He greets me every morning with a big smile on his face.

Jason seems very curious with my baby. He kept coming back to me and wanted to hear the baby’s heart beats. Jason was attentive when we were working on the line tracing worksheet.

Leetrue is so excited that his birthday is coming up this Saturday. He invited us to go to his house for cakes.


Theresa told us that her grandma is a doctor and her dad is a vet. I have no idea weather she was joking or being serious. I have to confirm with her parents.

Christine was fussy this week. She whined about small things that are so unimportant, like her friend accidently touching her, or not getting enough space.

Rain was my little helper this week. I assigned him to do tasks such as collecting pencils and fixing up crayons.


Jae asked for a second bowl of rice for lunch on Wednesday. She loves chicken nuggets.

August ignored me when I told him not to draw circles anymore during arts and crafts class. He looked at me and grinned. I had to show him that I was serious and not joking. He finally nodded his head and rectified his mistake.

Joyce was playing with Christine and Theresa during play time; they picked up leaves after the typhoon day. They pretended the leaves were ice creams that were for sale.