This week we reviewed for the upcoming tests next week. On Monday we are having our VOC/Grammar test. On Wednesday we are having our reading comprehension test, and on Friday, we will have our Science test.

On the weekend the students should focus on studying for their VOC test. And write the rough copy of their research page about an animal of their choice in their student journal. I will correct any mistakes and we will write a good copy together in class next week as well as review our science for the upcoming test on Friday. I encourage the students to use as many VOC words from the science book as they can, this will demonstrate understanding and certainly help them on the tests.

I was very upset with Harrison on Wednesday. After break time, as I was getting the class back together to get ready for class, Harrison was knocking on the door of the other class room and shouting at students on the other side. I asked him to stop knocking on the door and he heard me. He then looked at me and turned back to the door and knocked on it again right afterwards.

Sean is doing great. I didn't realize he is a year younger than the other students in the class. I was very surprised to hear that.

Ashley knows her VOC and the meanings of the words very well. I am pleased with her work ethic.

Richard needs to practice his reading more. It would be a good idea for him to do some extra reading. Something that he is interested in would be best. Even if it's an English comic book.

Jordan is doing especially well in grammar and has a clear understanding of what I teach.

Joe needs to slow down his reading and make sure he is reading each word correctly.

Ben needs to continue to work hard. He needs to work on his reading skills for more fluent readding.

This week we learned about the life cycle in science and we read a story about the underground railroad in. I apologize for missing a class this week due to a concussion. It is getting better now though.

Ashley took a long time to hand in her homework from the week before and she forgot lots of her things multiple times this week.

Harrison's understanding of the science material is good, he just needs to memorize the words.

Joe should take his time to do his homework this weekend. He has plenty of time to do it and all the answers are in the science book he took home.

Jordan's listening was much better this week. I could tell he paid much closer attention to what I said because he could remember the answers.

Ben also understands the material very well. He just needs to practice using the new words he's learned.

Richard's reading is good and it is clear, he just needs to work on reading a little bit more quickly and naturally.

Sean continues to do well in class. He needs to stop arguing about childish things with his classmates. Things like where to put his pencil case and how close he sits to his friends.

This week we learned some new tenses. We learned about past perfect and future simple. The class has no trouble understanding why we need them and what they mean. The problem is knowing the right form of the verbs. This will take time.

I sent home their school books this weekend as homework, not something I usually like to do, but I want to see how well they can do it independently.

Joe seems very tired in class and often needs to wash his face to wake up. I worry that he is not alert enough to learn when he is too tired. I try my best to make the class as exciting as I can, but it is often not enough to keep him from almost falling asleep.

Jordan had no problems this week. He just needs to try his best when he is doing his homework and make sure it is done well and not just done quickly.

Ashley has to pay attention more closely when she is copying from the board, she will often make critical spelling mistakes that completely change words from the board. If she fixes this issue now, it will not affect her later in her school-life.

Ben is getting good at finding words in the stories from the context clues. Grammar will be a bit harder for him to master but if he continues to work hard he will do great.

Richard is doing great. No bad news this week.

Harrison continues to do the opposite of what I tell him to do. I am working hard to correct him, but it is a slow process.

Sean does good academically but his behavior is starting to test my patience. He laughs at the wrong time and for too long, and sometimes gets into petty arguments with classmates about ridiculous things.

This was a week where the whole class worked very well to finish all their work nicely. The class got through what they needed to to early and had time to do some of the activities that they like.

Ashley was great at finding the VOC words from the story just using the definition. This shows understanding of both the definition and the ability to figure out words from the context.

Joe was well behaved all week and respectful to his classmates.

It is a shame that Jordan's swimming class is always on Thursday. It is more difficult for him to do his homework properly since he doesn't get the full explanation.

Shawn is also doing well understanding the VOC words. His writing is also improving.

Harrison has a bad habit. If I tell him to stop doing something irritating, he continues to do it just to spite me right after I tell him. It is infuriating.

Ben continues to try hard and will continue to get good results.

Richard also has a great understanding of the VOC words and does well in class activities that uses this.

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.