I was very please with the work ethic of the entire class this week. I think the take home story made a big difference in their understanding of the story. I will definately do that more often. This Thursday was a science test. I have yet to score them. The students will get their scores back next week.

I was especitally pleased when this week, in our grammar book, we finally came to some present tense grammar. The students didn't have any problem at all with the questions. But I noticed, that when the work they are doing gets into a pattern, they tend to stop thinking. Sometimes, especially at the end of the page, there are a couple of trick questions. The students miss these questions because they think they are like all the others.

Jordan was good this week, and I can see that he tried hard on his science quiz. Even if he was not sure of the answers, It was clear that he tried to write the best answer he could.

Joe did quite the opposite. I could see that he felt frustrated with the quiz and he was not sure of the answers. I think he feels a little bit overwhelmed sometimes. He seemed to give up on the written part of the quiz.

Sean is sucking up all kinds of information and is really getting good at putting sentences together.

Richard had alot of fun at funday this week. I was lucky enough to be his coach. He may have a real talent for pool. He was able to sink quite a few balls.

I find it difficult to read Ashley. Sometimes she seems on the verge of opening up to me, but just at that moment, she puts her guard back up again and pushes me away.

I am very proud of Ben. What more can I say?

At the begining of the semester, Harrison didn't seem to be paying attention, but somehow he was able to understand the lessons. Lately, this has changed. He still doesn't seem to be paying attention, but now he truly is missing out on a lot of content because of it. It is very difficult to keep his attention and I can see that some classes, if it get very out of hand, he gets close to tears because I have to talk to him so often. I will have more one on one chats with him to see if I can get him to talk about what is going on in his mind, and what we can all do to help him.