Dear parents,

This is my last week with the Kangaroo class. It has been a very fun and interesting experience; the students and I both learned a lot from each other! Teacher Angel will be back on Monday to continue the class for the rest of the semester. We are all very excited to see her!

This week for phonics, we learned the letter P-p (pig, puzzle, puppy, pencil, pumpkin) and reviewed the letters N and O.

For math, we finished up our Seasons unit.

For motor skills class, we went to the park. We did some stretching and a jog around the park. We hung onto the pull-up bars and then played on the playground.


For social studies, we reviewed our Transportation Unit. We talked about where we would go on what vehicle.

For arts and crafts, we made butterflies. First, we colored in our butterfly outlines. Then, we cut them out.



Finally, we glued popsicle sticks for their bodies.


August continued his usual standard of good work this week. He cried again when we had to hang from the pull up bar in the park. He has difficult keeping his arms out in a T and moving them in small circles.

Christine really likes hanging from the pull up bar. She has great handwriting and writes her letters and numbers very well.


Dora has been a handful this week. She has been calling me "Annie" instead of "Teacher Annie," despite constant reminders that she has to call me "Teacher."

























Ellie is adjusting well to school. She gets a bit teary at times, but is learning to understand directions in English - "wash your hands," "go to the bathroom," "drink your water." She often asks for her sister Joyce, but is able to stay in class for whole periods now.


Jae continues to maintain her usual standard of good classwork and great class participation. She got in trouble for not lying down properly during naptime and had to face the wall.

Jason has been doing his classwork better this week, i.e. he completes the work with less resistance. He got in trouble for eating a piece of a leaf in the park.


Leetrue tends to draw dinosaurs and transformers before he will color the pictures in his workbook. I often remind him that he has to finish his classwork first before he can draw whatever he wants.

Tanya has been naughty this week. On Wednesday, she refused to sit in her chair and lay on the ground instead. She was put in the baby chair for the rest of the class.