Dear parents:

This week we had 3 brand new students that joined our class. They are Ricky (T. Beryl's child), Ruby (Paige’s younger sister), and Dora L (or Baby Dora).

For phonics class, we started again with the letter “D”, “d” , and the related words that begin with that sound like doll, dog, door, diamond, and dice. The kids had to cross out the words whose beginning sounds were not “d” such as “apple” and “carrot”.

For social studies, we started a new unit “Adjectives”. I introduced them to new adjectives like “deep & shallow”, “long & short”, “strong & weak”, “Dirty & clean”….and so on.

For motor skill class, we worked on worksheets related to even numbers from 2 to 10. The kids had to put on as many whiskers as the number shown on the picture. For Ellie and Chloe, it was very easy so they both finished quickly before everyone else; but for the others, it was a little challenge for them.

For arts and crafts, we made spiral paper snakes. The kids had to decorate their snakes with crayons. Then, they cut around the spiral on their paper.

Individual comments:

Ricky cried the very first time on Tuesday afternoon when we were making arts and crafts. He repeatedly asked for help from me. I had to assist Baby Dora to cut her snake at the same time. So, I asked him to wait. He thought that I wasn't going to help him.

Baby Dora L. is outgoing and friendly towards her new friends, especially the girls. She enjoys singing and dancing during morning circle.

Ruby was hilarious.She cried only the first day of school…. the others times it was just tears here and there. She is a very independent child who has a unique personality. She doesn't like to drink water, but I'm trying to encourage her to have at least a bottle a day.

Ellie bonded with Ruby quickly on the first day of school. She often volunteers to sit next to her. She also showed her where to put her water bottle and passport by the end of the school day.

Daniel tries harder to stay focused during class time, but he gets distracted very easily. I usually separate him away from Alex. He is willing to try new things such as practicing using scissors.

Alex’s new friends are Daniel and Rick. Alex likes to gain attention from the others by doing silly things such as screaming or banging on the table. When I stopped him, he looked at me and smiled, then pretended that nothing happened. Alex also missed morning circles many times this week.

Henry is catching up in Phonics class. He is not yet familiar with all the alphabet letters and sounds. When I ask him about phonics sounds, he just answers anything off the top of his head.

Emelia and Dora pulled out some small plants in the garden the other day during recess time. I gently pulled their hair and told them this is how the plants feel when you destroyed them. Then, they promised not to destroy any plants and trees.

BIG Dora W. purposely wastes so many tissues when she blows her nose. First, she wipes her nose but somehow her snot starts dripping. Then, she gets many tissues to wipe her nose. I keep reminding her to please get tissues first, before blowing her nose. We don’t want to see snot running from anyone’s nose. It’s very yuck and not hygienic.

Madi pointed at Ruby and said, “Why is she crying?” Then, I had a flash back to months ago when she first came. She cried continuously for 3 weeks.

Sherri raised her hand when I asked, “Whose dad is NOT strong?” I looked at her and said, “So, you’re dad is WEAK!” She shook her head and said, “No, my dad is strong!”.

Chloe was annoyed with Mr. B when he asked her, “How many paper towels do you use to wipe your hands?’” She actually took many like five or more. Later on, she apologised to Mr. B saying that she had been rude to the teacher and she should only take one or two paper towels to dry her hands. I also made her say sorry to the trees, because wasting paper is another way to kill trees.