James did an excellent job in class today. We corrected his homework and he practice writing the contractions. I reminded James of where the apostrophe should go when writing contractions (between the n and the t - wasn't). James did well practicing with me and we will review this again next week. He did a great job with the lesson reading and post reading questions. Excellent work from James today. 

Thanks, 

Katie.

Hi,

This is James' homework for this week. He can complete the second of the two links.

Thank you,

Ms. Katie

Hi James,

This activity, Lesson 1, task 3 is your grammar homework for this week. It is the the first of the two links. 

Thank you,

Ms. Katie

James did an excellent job in class. We first took up his unit test and he had only one error! Great work! James did well with the lesson reading and his vocabulary review. James formed and wrote several vocabulary word sentences.

Excellent participation from James today.

Thanks,

Ms. Katie

Hi James,

This is your homework for the week of Aug. 11 to 18. 

You can do the first of the two activities.

Thanks,

Ms. Katie.

James did well on his unit test. 11/15 We took it up together in class.

I reminded James that we spell 'cube' with a /c/ (not a k) and he practiced all long vowel sound words from the unit. James did well with a short reading and we reviewed Venn diagrams. James made a diagram comparing two hobbies he likes.

Good work today from James.

Thank you,

Katie.

Wednesday, Aug. 4

James did a great job today in class. His homework submission for the week was excellent so we moved onto the reading and vocabulary practice. James did well with his reading and used all new vocabulary words in sentences. James reviewed contractions and using them correctly. 

Excellent work from James. 

Thank you,

Ms. Katie.

James did a great job today in class. He read again about the differences between long ago and now and was able to compare both times. He filled in a Venn diagram. James and I talked about why this reading today was nonfiction. James can continue to review the difference between fiction and nonfiction texts. 

James and I practiced his spelling words and he had a hard time with 'nose' 'cute' and 'nope.'

James' homework for this week is the unit test.

Thanks,

Ms. Katie.

James did an excellent job in class today. We went over last week's homework and he was able to complete all activities and corrected the few errors he had. 

James and I reviewed what a Venn diagram is (the diagram with circles to sort information). He did very well filling one in comparing life in the past to life in the present. 

Great participation from James today.

Thank you,

Ms. Katie.

James did a great job in class today. He was attentive and did very well with his reading. We are looking at long vowel sounds created by the bossy 'e'. James will continue to practice the pronunciation and correct reading of words with the long and short vowel sounds.

He did great using a Venn diagram to compare life in the past and present.

Thanks and have a great holiday James!

Ms. Katie.

Hi James,

Last week you completed the first of the two activities. This week please complete the second. Some of the pages are new activities and the end is review. You will have a chance to fill in the Venn diagram on your own this time. 

I am sure you will remember now how to separate the words by syllable now as well. 

Thanks and good luck,

Ms. Katie.

Hi James,

This is your homework for the week of June 9-16. It is your third unit test.

Thanks,

Ms. Katie.

James did a great job in class today. We practiced completing sentences using verbs in the simple present and future tenses. I reminded James that when we use a verb in the future with 'will' we do not add an /s/ to the verb, "My mom will cook dinner." (not cooks). He was attentive for his grammar lesson and I think he understood what I was saying. We will revisit this in our next lesson. 

James did well with the lesson reading of a folktale and the comprehension/discussion questions that followed. 

Great job today from James. For homework this week James will do the unit test for lesson 12.

Thanks,

Ms. Katie.

James did a great job with his grammar practice and reading today. We reviewed using verbs in the simple present tense and he did an excellent job selecting the correct form of each verb. Encourage James to read his sentences when he finishes writing them outloud to hear if he has any errors of verb usage.

He read a nice folktale and did very well answering the discussion questions.

Today, James and I completed lesson 10. Please have him complete the homework for lesson 9, task 3. This is a practice of past tense verbs and will be a good review for James.

Thank you,

Ms. Katie.

Hi James,

This activity (lesson 9, task 3) is your homework for the week of May 26.

Thank you,

Ms. Katie.

James did a great job today. He was very attentive and participated well. We looked at his unit test but he only had one correction so we moved on  to the lesson. Today, James read a nonfiction text about plants. We compared it with last week's story and James did a great job talking about how they were different (fiction text had characters, told a story, nonfiction text gave information and did not have characters). 

James and I practiced writing a few sentences and we will begin to practice using prepositions properly in sentences. James often leaves prepositions of place out of his sentences. "I went school today." Correction: "I went to school today."

Thank you and see you next week. 

Ms. Katie

James did an excellent job in class today. We began with a review of his homework and a few corrections. James and I reviewed what our sentences need (capital letter, punctuation, careful reading that all words are there). James made a few of his own new sentences and he was able to identify  my errors when writing them. James did well with the lesson reading. I asked him how we know it is a play (it had characters, dialogue and usually takes place in a theater), James said he was unsure of what a play is. He could review what a play is before doing his unit test.

This week for homework James will complete the unit test. 

Thank you,

Ms. Katie.

James did a great job today. He read two short texts and we talked about how they  were the same or different. James recognized that one text told a story and and other was to give us information. He was able to tell me that they were the same because they were both about strawberries. James did a great job making sentences for his vocabulary words. Thank you and have a nice vacation James! 

Ms. Katie.

Hi James,

This will be your homework for this week (Lesson 6, task 3). I see that there are two links here. You only have to do the first one. 

Thank you and have a nice vacation!

Ms. Katie.

James did an excellent job today in class. He correctly spelled all spelling words and made great sentences for his vocabulary words. James did well with his lesson reading. He will continue to study the long /i/ sound in this unit and I encourage him to continue to practice at home (Tim/time, pin/pine, hid/hide). James began practicing using verbs in the present with me. I told him when the subject is singular in the sentence the verb has an /s/ or /es/ as the end but when it is plural it does not. James was not so sure about this. He will work on this in this week's homework. 

Thanks and see you next Wednesday.

Ms. Katie.

It was great to have James in class today. He did an excellent job reading today's story. He was able to identify the beginning, middle and end of the story. James practiced his spelling words and wrote each one correctly. Excellent work from James today. For homework this week he will complete the first section test (lesson 3, task 3). I will grade his test and if there are any problems we will take it up in our next lesson. 

Thank you,

Ms. Katie.