Dear parents,

First, I would like to thank all the parents who made an effort to come to our PTA meetings this week. I will take your comments or suggestions into account when making future decisions about my class.

For phonics class, I introduced the letter “o”, and the related words including: O-o-octopus, otter, ostrich, orange and ox.

For math class, we learned some sizes: taller, shorter, bigger and smaller. I asked the kids to do their exercises on their own. Then, I rewarded them with stickers, if they completed their exercises on their own.

For arts and crafts this week, we made “handprint birds”. First, they used their palms to make the bodies. Then, they used their index fingers to make the eyes. They used the white paint for the eye balls. We had limited success in this activity, but we still had fun!


For social studies this week, we continued with “In My Neighborhood”. We talked about different occupations in the neighborhood such as a photographer with a camera, a doctor with a stethoscope, a chef with a mixer, an artist with a paintbrush, or a fire fighter with a fire hat. We also had a mini trip to the closest post office and bakery/coffee shop in our neighborhood on Thursday afternoon.

For story time this week, we read “ABC Driver”. In the neighborhood, you can see people doing different things. You can also see different shops and buildings. We also touched up on the different transportations methods such as A-a-ambulance, B-b-bus, C-c-cement truck……F-f-fire engine….so on.

For motor skills class, we worked on comparing lengths. We also compared smooth (toys or an apple) and rough (nylon or a rope) things.

Individual comments:

Rain got so excited when I introduced “photographer”. He told his friend that his dad is a photographer and his dad has a big camera.


August drew an MRT conductor and a chef on his paper. He told us he wants to be a fire fighter when he grows up.

Theresa played with Rain and Christine during nap time a couple times this week. She should try to rest instead.

Christine is capable of doing math exercises on her own. She can easily spot the objects that are the same size and elimite the other one. Christine is very demanding of her friends, especially Theresa.

Jason also drew an MRT conductor on his paper and he told us he wants to be a mail carrier when he grows up.

Leetrue was the last person to finish his drawing the other day. He likes to draw, but he’s also afraid to make mistakes. I always encourage my kids to try it out first.

Jae was curious about the video store in the big book. I told her it’s like a library, but that we check out movies instead of books. However, it’s not free; you have to pay money.


Casper coughed quite a lot the last few days of this week. I hope that he feels better soon. Casper sometimes likes to touch other kids to gain their attention. He usually cooperates with me during class time when we do class work.