Dear parents,
First of all I hope you had a great Christmas!!
Personally, I didn’t have the Christmas feeling that strong as at home in The Netherlands where it is a large celebration of two days, by a cold temperature of -15. For the first time since 1981 The Netherlands had official a “White Christmas” with 30 cm of snow.
So this was unfortunately my final week at the Tree House Academy, the two weeks has gone so fast, it’s been a great experience!
Teacher Andy will be back at the academy within the next a few days and take over his classes as usual.
Both classes did more less the same home work this week, on Monday we started with the story of “Best Wishes Ed” which was about a Penguin on the North Pole. Tuesday we did all the questions related to yesterday’s story of Ed the Penguin, plus we reviewed the vocabulary for the Thursday. Wednesday we did the grammar about “commas and present Tense Verbs”. On my last day of class on Thursday we did “Science Desert” we learned more about the desert, animals and plants. We did another story of Student Journal “Mina’s Day” the students were given three questions related to the story to be answered at home.
I would like to thank, The Tree House for this amazing teaching experience, all the children and other teachers for making me feel “at home” at the academy.
Wishing you all the best for 2010! with a lot and happiness and luck in the year of the tiger..
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
My first week at the Tree House..
First of all Merry Christmas to all of you,
Best parents,
This was my first week at the Tree House Academy, taking over from teacher Andie, who is on a well deserved holiday in the USA.
It has been a great experience, the children have been great! Getting to know then, was very nice..
Back in the Netherlands I can not remember if have seen such a nice academy as the Tree House and they are making it even nicer..Before I came to the Tree House I wasn't in the Christmas mood, seeing hardly any Christmas decoration. However, everything changed since this week. The place looks great with trees, ginger bread man even Christmas balls.
So this week both classes did more less the same, including there weekly grammar, they do know what "Silent letters" are and why we actually have them. We did two lessons of "Science" and learned more about the rain forest and the animals that live there, also we spoke about the Woodland Forest, all the questions related to those two topics were made.
Another "Student Journal story of Dotty's Dot's" was done, I received some great drawings with the right answers.
On Friday we did a vocabulary test, which we practiced before. Students did very well.
Today, Thursday I gave the students homework the story named "Bears stay up" this to be read to the parents, maybe during the Christmas. Another vocabulary paper was handed out "Best Wishes, Ed" most students wrote them in their vocabulary book already. Yet another vocabulary test will take place on Thursday on the 31/12. (Wk. 16/17)
This time, I am not pointing out any students in particular, since I do think that each one of them has worked very well and has made me feel very welcome here.
I have to say that I really enjoyed my first week at the Tree House, even-though its a whole new experience for me, since day one I feel at home and guess I will be very sad to leave by next Thursday.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Regards,
Teacher Jan
Best parents,
This was my first week at the Tree House Academy, taking over from teacher Andie, who is on a well deserved holiday in the USA.
It has been a great experience, the children have been great! Getting to know then, was very nice..
Back in the Netherlands I can not remember if have seen such a nice academy as the Tree House and they are making it even nicer..Before I came to the Tree House I wasn't in the Christmas mood, seeing hardly any Christmas decoration. However, everything changed since this week. The place looks great with trees, ginger bread man even Christmas balls.
So this week both classes did more less the same, including there weekly grammar, they do know what "Silent letters" are and why we actually have them. We did two lessons of "Science" and learned more about the rain forest and the animals that live there, also we spoke about the Woodland Forest, all the questions related to those two topics were made.
Another "Student Journal story of Dotty's Dot's" was done, I received some great drawings with the right answers.
On Friday we did a vocabulary test, which we practiced before. Students did very well.
Today, Thursday I gave the students homework the story named "Bears stay up" this to be read to the parents, maybe during the Christmas. Another vocabulary paper was handed out "Best Wishes, Ed" most students wrote them in their vocabulary book already. Yet another vocabulary test will take place on Thursday on the 31/12. (Wk. 16/17)
This time, I am not pointing out any students in particular, since I do think that each one of them has worked very well and has made me feel very welcome here.
I have to say that I really enjoyed my first week at the Tree House, even-though its a whole new experience for me, since day one I feel at home and guess I will be very sad to leave by next Thursday.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Regards,
Teacher Jan
Friday, December 11, 2009
Sharks!
Dear Parents,
This week we read a story about sharks and the students learned that sharks have more to be afraid of from us than we do of them. People kill about 100,000,000 sharks a year! Compare this to only about 10 people deaths by sharks a year and you can see why. Sharks usually attack people only because they're hungry and confuse people for food. If we continue to kill this many sharks, some of them will be dead forever.
On Sunday I founds 2 beautiful 2-month-old girl puppies that some awful person left in a box on the side of the road. I took them home so they would not be left on the street but I must find a home for them VERY soon. Please let us know if you or anyone you know would be interested in helping to take care of these poor puppies.
This weekend the students do not have new vocabulary or student journal. They will take a vocabulary test on all the words from week 9 (Lemonade For Sale) to week 14 (Sharks) next week. They will also have another reading test next week.
On Wednesday I will go back to USA for 2 weeks for Christmas. I have been teaching in Taiwan for 5 years and this will be the first time I will get to celebrate Christmas in the USA. I will leave lesson plans and instructions with the substitute to follow while I'm gone.
I hope everyone has a great Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
This week we read a story about sharks and the students learned that sharks have more to be afraid of from us than we do of them. People kill about 100,000,000 sharks a year! Compare this to only about 10 people deaths by sharks a year and you can see why. Sharks usually attack people only because they're hungry and confuse people for food. If we continue to kill this many sharks, some of them will be dead forever.
On Sunday I founds 2 beautiful 2-month-old girl puppies that some awful person left in a box on the side of the road. I took them home so they would not be left on the street but I must find a home for them VERY soon. Please let us know if you or anyone you know would be interested in helping to take care of these poor puppies.
This weekend the students do not have new vocabulary or student journal. They will take a vocabulary test on all the words from week 9 (Lemonade For Sale) to week 14 (Sharks) next week. They will also have another reading test next week.
On Wednesday I will go back to USA for 2 weeks for Christmas. I have been teaching in Taiwan for 5 years and this will be the first time I will get to celebrate Christmas in the USA. I will leave lesson plans and instructions with the substitute to follow while I'm gone.
I hope everyone has a great Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Teacher Andy
Friday, December 4, 2009
Jamaica Tag-Along
Dear Parents,
This week the Aliens read a story called 'Jamaica Tag-Along' about a young girl that wants to play basketball with her older brother, Ossie. Ossie says Jamaica is too young to play with him and his friends and that upsets her. Jamaica then goes to a playground but gets bothered when a little boy tries to play with her. She then realizes that she is doing the same thing her brother does so she lets the little boy play. This story helps the students understand not to be mean to people just because they're younger or smaller. The early class got to go to the park to read this story on a sunny, lovely Wednesday afternoon!
In grammar we studied singular and plural nouns, proper nouns, and how to make nouns possessive. This is something that is quite tough for students to understand so we will spend some time on this.
We started a new chapter in science about land habitats. Different plants and animals live in different places depending on their needs. The students really enjoyed this lesson in science.
Today for Fun Day we will play pool.
This weekend the students must write the new vocabulary words into their vocabulary books. We read the take-home reader 'Jun and Pepper Grow Up' together in class. They are to finish the student journal and bring it back to class on Monday.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Teacher Andy
This week the Aliens read a story called 'Jamaica Tag-Along' about a young girl that wants to play basketball with her older brother, Ossie. Ossie says Jamaica is too young to play with him and his friends and that upsets her. Jamaica then goes to a playground but gets bothered when a little boy tries to play with her. She then realizes that she is doing the same thing her brother does so she lets the little boy play. This story helps the students understand not to be mean to people just because they're younger or smaller. The early class got to go to the park to read this story on a sunny, lovely Wednesday afternoon!
In grammar we studied singular and plural nouns, proper nouns, and how to make nouns possessive. This is something that is quite tough for students to understand so we will spend some time on this.
We started a new chapter in science about land habitats. Different plants and animals live in different places depending on their needs. The students really enjoyed this lesson in science.
Today for Fun Day we will play pool.
This weekend the students must write the new vocabulary words into their vocabulary books. We read the take-home reader 'Jun and Pepper Grow Up' together in class. They are to finish the student journal and bring it back to class on Monday.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Teacher Andy
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