Week 12 Transformers class!

This week in reading we read "Leah's Pony", which talks about a family who has to sell things on their farm because of a bad harvest. The students learned about helping out neighbors and also not owing the bank any money!

In Science Teacher Tom taught the class about the different systems in the body: Ex: digestive system, nervous system, skeletal system, muscle system,and circulatory system. I was out of the country for 3 days, that is why my Monday and Tuesday classes were filled by substitute teachers. I must apologize for any inconveniences that my absences may have caused.

Both classes finished the corresponding Science and Reading workbooks and made the corrections. I gave the kids week 13 vocabulary (29 words). There are more words to study for this week so I hope they can spend more time on the words this weekend.

We learned a new song called "Complicated" - by Avril Lavigne. All the kids loved this song! Although it was hard to sing, they tried hard to get the words and rhythm right. This song talks about a boy who pretends to be someone else and can't be himself. His girlfriend finds it unnecessary how he has to act different in front of other people.

In class B, the students wrote on what they're thankful for. They also thought about and wrote on the unfortunate things that are happening in the world right now.

In class A, I gave the kids grammar sheets to study at home. This will be reviewed in class next week (Class B will be doing the same next week).

INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS:
Class A:

Livia makes excellent sentences and draws lovely pictures. Sometimes though when she's doing the workbooks, she will do it really fast. Her writing tends to become messy and then she'll start making careless errors. I must remind her that it is not a race to see who finishes their work first. Also, I would like Livia to practice reading and speaking a bit louder! =)

Belinda didn't finish doing her vocabulary homework this week. However, I can tell in class that she is trying hard and trying to get good marks. When I ask questions in class she is able to think and provide thoughtful answers! I hope everything gets sorted out at her Chinese school!

Ryan is progressing very well, his writing neatness is definitely improving (more so on class work, needs to improve more on his hw writing). Ryan provides good answers and thoughtful remarks during classroom remarks. However, Ryan should learn to not interrupt people when they're speaking and also not be complaining as much in class (Ex: he'll complain that Livia finished faster or that he had to sit in the 'bad seat' - which is the second row).

Jay is making good sentences and I can tell he's thinking more in class. He's answering questions much better now and is listening more attentively. I hope Jay can keep up his usual neat writing (this week his writing was extremely messy on his homework). Jay also needs to read more at home so that he can read a little bit faster and with more expression.

CLASS B:
Sydney's sentence structures are good and the content pretty creative. She works fast in class but needs to read the workbook directions more carefully. She's a great singer (she learns the melody and rhythm really fast!). However, she did not study for her vocabulary quiz this week!!

Tiger didn't do his homework sentences and did not study much for his vocabulary quiz this week. I hope this will not continue. He needs to read directions in the workbook more carefully as well. Tiger was sick on Thursday so I will teach the grammar lessons I've prepared for the class next week! =)

Brian need to pay attention to details when he's doing his workbooks. He needs to read the directions more carefully. Brian got the highest score on the vocabulary quiz this week! Great job! I can see that he's trying very hard to learn the songs too! =)

Richard needs to pay attention to details when he's doing his workbooks. He did a great job on the vocabulary test this week!!!!! I am so proud because he's made such a big improvement! I can tell he's trying harder, even at singing!