This week we did a summary of a story we read last week about the Japanese concentration camp. The children had some difficulty with the tenses of the summary which comes as no surprise. With the end result was quite impressive. I have noticed in my time with this class so far that they especially have trouble remembering irregular verbs in the past tense, so I have decided to make a book including ALL irregular verbs that they can use when they are doing any sort of work.

Joe has to make sure he does his homework this weekend. I have put the homework he needs to redo neatly and in complete sentences in his student journal so he doesn't forget.

Jordan left in a hurry on Thursday. I believe he also has some work that needs to be rewritten neatly and in complete sentences.

Ashley needs to remember when she does her homework this weekend that all the verbs she will be using will probably need to be in past tense.

Shawn did quite well in organizing his thoughts for the summary this week. The homework will be more difficult than what we did in class. He needs to check all his verbs and make sure he doesn't make run-on sentences.

Richard has handed in some very impressive work. The homework he handed in for the song we did was quite impressive. Keep it up!

Harrison got caught off guard in class a few too many times. For example, I could tell he wasn't paying attention when he was pretending to play the flute with his pen. So I asked him a simple question about what we were talking about and he was embarrased that he didnt' know the answer and got caught fooling around. I hope if I catch him often enough in that way that he will realize how much he is missing.

It's too bad Ben missed out on the fun day this week. I'm sure he would have really loved the art project I prepared for them. They really turned out well.