Dear parents,

This week for phonics, we learned about the letter G-g (goat, goose, garden, game, guitar). We also reviewed the letter F-f.

For math class, we worked on classifications. We had to cut and paste clothing and toy items into either a clothing store or a toy store. Some students had difficulty with this task and pasted some of the items into the same store.


For social studies class this week, we continued with the “Hobbies” unit. This week, we talked about talking on the phone, taking pictures, playing pool, playing darts, and playing with magic.


For motor skills class this week, we played with Play-doh, which is great for working their fingers and manual dexterity. It got a little messy in the end.


For arts and crafts class, we made “Jack and Jill” dolls. First, we learned the Jack and Jill rhyme (with hand movements!) and recited it together. Then we colored in our Jack and Jill dolls. Last, we cut out the dolls so we could play with them.

On a special note, this Monday was Jae's birthday. We celebrated with strawberry cake and a party. Happy Birthday Jae!

Individual comments:

Casper really likes to color and is very precise about his work. This makes him work a bit slower than some of the other students, and when he falls behind, he has a hard time rejoining the group when his work isn't finished yet. As for his behavior, he had to face the wall because he pushed Christine when she went to sit down.

Dora has improved a lot this week, although she still gets out of hair chair easily and takes things that don’t belong to her. We have talked about how "We will call Mommy if Dora is good." She is picking up a lot more English, understands more, and can express herself more.


Leetrue was always the first to finish his workbook exercises this week. He cried when Jason said he couldn’t come over to Jason's house. I told him that maybe he can go to Jason's house another day.

Jae does her work beautifully, follows directions, and understands the lessons. She plays with Christine too much when they sit together, and they are no longer allowed to sit together. Sometimes when Dora acts up, Jae has been great at explaining to the other students that “Dora doesn’t understand because she is too little.”



Christine has been great this week. She approaches everything with a good attitude. She listens to the teacher and does her work well. I asked her about her trip to Bali and she said that her mommy bought her ice cream.

Erin is generally very good in class, always among the first to raise her hand, and usually has the right answer. She had to face the wall on Friday because she hit Casper in the face. We talked about how we can’t hit other people.

August was very good about sitting down for Story Time and when it was time to start phonics lessons. Sometimes he cries when he isn't first in line, and August and I talked about how you can't always be first; sometimes you can be second or third and that's OK too.


Jason has been better this week at listening to the teacher. He was a great leader at "1,2 Buckle My Shoe." Jason and I had a talk about bullying and how if he is mean to his friends (pushing them around, hitting them), he will have no friends one day.

Tanya is speaking more English (but still mixed with a lot of Chinese) and generally seems to understand everything I say. Also, she and Casper have been bothering each other less. She has been a bit naughtier lately – less inclined to listen the teacher, running around when she should be sitting down, refusing to play outside when they are not allowed to play inside, etc.