St. Patrick's Day

We have continued working on the past and future tense verbs in morning circle. We had fun in Daan Park on Tuesday. Teacher Scott told us all about the story of St. Patrick's Day and we wore the hats that we made the day before. Then we came back to Tree House for some special green dumplings. In math class, we have continued learning about two digit numbers and moved on to adding and subtracting double digit numbers.

Jerry is doing very good work in class. Every now and then, his skin gets very itchy. I always tell him not to scratch but I understand that it must be very hard. When his skin gets like that, is there anything I can do to make him feel more comfortable? A glass of water or a special cream?

Lauren's work ethic is still very strong in class. She told me the other day that she doesn't like math because she's not very good at it, but she had just answered a very complicated problem that nobody else knew the answer to. It's funny, because she is actually very good at math. When I told her that, I don't think she believed me.

Frank is continuing to do very good work in class. He surprised me in math class the other day. He raised his hand and said he really wanted to answer a new, hard question and got the answer completely correct. He's clearly putting forth a very strong effort and it is paying off.

Esther's command of the past and future tense is very strong. She is learning to speak very accurately and has a strong command of the new math we are learning.

Lily has continued to do superb work in the classroom. Her attitude hasn't been the best this week. Once or twice I found her crying over things that seemed rather trivial. Sometimes it's hard to tell if she is just pretending or if something is really bothering her. I think, part of it, may be looking for attention. I will keep my eye on her next week.

Sunny has been doing very good work in class and seems to be more and more excited about learning. Her attitude has been very positive and she has been making great progress in class. She needs to work on her pronunciation of R and L sounds. We have been working on that in class and I will keep my eye on her.

Henry still hasn't finished his homework that was due last Monday. Our homework assignments are not very hard and shouldn't take long to finish. This has been a problem for him all year long.

Carson's strong work ethic is really paying off. He's doing very good work in class and is very focused. His reading level has improved considerably. Great work.

I have split up Tricia and Elisa in class and it seems to be helpful for them to remain focussed. Elisa mentioned to me yesterday that she had trouble seeing the board. I will make sure to have her sit in the front from now on.

Tricia comes to class everyday with such a positive attitude and a big smile on her face. Her level is improving quickly which is mostly due to her strong work ethic. Her postivie attitude and outgoing personality will be very helpful towards language learning down the road.

Eliza has shown a definite improvement in her work ethic recently. She is slowly becoming more and more outgoing in class. I'll keep my eye on her continue encouraging her to speak out more.