Shark Attack!

Dear Parents,

This week we read an article about sharks. The students really enjoyed learning about sharks and found out that sharks have more to fear from people than people fear from sharks. They learned many interesting facts about sharks, such as they have no bones and about 100,000,000 sharks are killed by people every year. Some sharks are in danger of dieing out, which would mess up the food chain. This was a short story so we had lots of time for students to talk about how people can help save sharks and their habitat.

We also talked about bar graphs and how to read them.

While the other students at Tree House took their tests this week, we spent some time reviewing instead. Next week my class will take their reading test and a vocabulary test on the words from weeks 9 - 15. We will test just the week 15 words on Monday. The students do not have to do Student Journals this weekend so that they can have more time to study their vocabulary for their big test. I hope the students use this time wisely so they will be prepared for the test. Detailed progress reports will be sent home after next week.

All the best!

Teacher Andy

Individual Comments:

Arvin: Participates a lot in class and is handwriting is becoming much better.

Allen: Scored 100 on his vocabulary test! I'm super pleased about how well he works to learn vocabulary now.

Chanel: Scored 100 on her vocabulary test. Seems to have a much improved attitude in class.

Chloe: Scored 100 on her vocabulary test. Follows instructions well in class.

Jade: Always very alert and attentive in class.

Joshua: Scored 100 on his vocabulary test. Great job! Gets very distracted when doing classwork so takes too long to finish work.

Sam: Scored 100 on his vocabulary test. Continues to do a fantastic job in class.

Austin: Scored 100 on his vocabulary test! Class attitude has been great lately!

James: Showing improvement with vocabulary. Please be sure to study for the big vocabulary test next week.

Harris: Scored 100 on his vocabulary test! Really enjoyed the lesson about sharks.

Lauren: Doing well in class. Still gets shy at times but seems happy the rest of the time.

Lily: Scored 100 on her vocabulary test! Sometimes speaks when others are speaking so please be more considerate of others.