We have been reading a lovely story about firefighters and learning about fractions in math class. We learned about halves, thirds and quarters the other morning. Some of the students’ handwriting has gotten a little messy so we did a demo this morning going through the stroke order of each letter and working on forming full, round, fat, pretty letters. We are going to spend our arts and crafts time over the next 2-3 weeks working on building a ginger bread house from scratch. I’ll be sure to post some pictures when we’re done. Happy New Year everyone!

Lily has been doing great work. She seems a little bit under the weather with her stuffy nose but her attitude is still positive.

Sunny is also a little sick. Her cough sounds better than before, but she’s still, clearly, a little under the weather. Her attitude has been productive and she has been on task in class.

Lauren has been doing good work though she has been a little too chatty with her classmates. We did some good work on improving her dexterity.

Esther has been on task though she, also, is a little too chatty with her classmates. She is rarely naughty when she thinks I’m looking, but if she thinks I’m gone she sometimes misbehaves.

Jerry has also been a little too excited in class this week. I’m glad that he is happy and interested in our work but he needs to work on not speaking out of turn.

Frank has had some trouble concentrating this week. Maybe it’s because he has been a little bit sick.

Carson came back to class on Wednesday with a very positive attitude. His listening comprehension is really quite good. When I ask the class questions about a reading, he almost always has the answer.

Eliza is still very quiet in class but she’s doing good work. It seems like she’s the most talkative when she is chit chatting with Tricia.

Tricia should put an effort into keeping on task and not chit chatting with Eliza too much.

Samson does read extremely well and has great comprehension but he needs to work on speaking with complete sentences and with correct grammar.

Henry has not has a good week. He didn’t do his homework over the weekend. In class, he has not been concentrating. He has trouble so I give him a lot of leeway as far as reading and comprehension, but he needs to try. If he isn’t trying, then he will continue to get into trouble.