Hello everyone! I hope you have a great weekend. It's been a good week for the dolphins. We have been working on our vowel and consonant blends. We worked on some math earlier in the week and had a fun Friday doing arts and crafts in the morning and ESL in the afternoon.

Irvin's reading skills are fairly good. He has no problem reading out loud when I ask him to. He is always excited and happy in class but sometimes too excited. His focus is improving and he needs to be reminded less to pay attention. Irvin needs to practice his writing skills and focus on the neatness of his printing. Good job.

Tony is a good student but he needs to learn to listen to me and put up his hand instead of talking to other students and distracting the class. It is very good that he knows the answers to questions but he needs to wait his turn. Tony needs some more practice in reading, and I would like to focus on his identifications of vowel blends like "oi"and "ou."

Stefanie has made some progress and seems much more relaxed in class. Her speaking and listening skills are quite good, and I would like to focus on her writing and reading skills. She has a basic knowledge of phonics but sometimes she has trouble putting the sounds together to pronounce a word.


Erin tried very hard this week during math class. She applied herself while we were learning how to correctly use a ruler and her efforts paid off. I hope to see this same effort when we practice our reading and phonics. Erin will need to work hard and practice consonant and vowel blends.

Melissa is a bright girl. Her printing is fairly good but she gets a little bit messy when she is writing. I think this is because she rushes through her work at times. I think she has the ability to produce much better work, she just needs to apply herself.

Paige always takes great care in her work. She takes her time during all of the assignments and always takes pride in the finished product. She has made improvements in her ability to follow instructions and complete tasks on her own.

Joyce is an extremely good reader. She is progressing very well on this level. I would like to focus on her writing ability and work on getting her to a point where she can spell words independently.

Emily is usually very quiet so it is difficult for me to determine where she is academically. I often ask her questions and she does not answer, but I am not sure if this is because she is shy. I would like to work with her on her phonics and make sure she can identify different vowel and consonant blends.

Ethan is a sweet boy and he is quite a good reader. I would like to see him applying himself a little bit more. It often takes him too long to finish classroom activities. This could be because he is busy talking. He has the ability to excel he just needs to focus a bit more. Good job so far Ethan!

Ian has made vast improvements. He seems much more focused these days. I would like him to practice reading and sounding out consonant blends and vowels. He can usually identify the sounds of letters but seems to have a bit of difficulty when it comes to putting all the sounds together. Keep up the good work Ian!

Terry excels in the areas of reading and writing and he is often one of the first students to finish his class work. I would like to see him practice his reading more and challenging himself in this area.

Adam can identify basic consonants and vowel blends. He loves to "sound it out" and I encourage him to continue trying. He should practice putting all the vowels and consonants together.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I look forward to next week and more hard work and fun times at Treehouse!