Earthquake!!!!

Dear Parents,

We studied changes in the Earth this week in science class. They learned about how the Earth changes slowly, from erosion, and quickly, from earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes. It's kind of funny that the day after we studied earthquakes, Taiwan had a big earthquake near Kaohsiung. Maybe I should be more careful about what I teach to the students? They really enjoyed learning about these things and already have a good idea of what earthquakes are about. We will have a science test next week on this chapter about the weather and changes in the Earth.

For grammar the Aliens studied linking verbs (to be) and helping verbs. They also learned how to read charts and find out what information is on them.

The students took a vocabulary test today on the week 1 words and had some grammar questions too. They were given a new vocabulary list to write into their books for weekend homework.

Also for homework they are to do their Student Journals. We read the story 'Thomas Adams Invents Chewing Gum' about an inventor who first made the kind of chewing gum we still chew today. They are to read the story to parents, answer the questions, draw and color a picture about the story, and bring them back on Monday. I enjoy the creative pictures that students come up with.

Lasertag was fun as always last week. The kids really enjoy this outing. I was proud of Frank because he was really scared at first of playing, but I went in with him and he ended up having a terrific time! This Friday we will begin our elective classes. I will be teaching music class with Mr. B.

Have a wonderful weekend!

All the best,

Teacher Andy