Reading Award

For the first trimester, Jedadiah earned a reading award for being proficienct or advanced in reading at the kindergarten grade level.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics

The past several weeks the coaches have been evaluating all of the gymnastics students.  This Saturday the students received an evaluation sheet rated from 1-4 all of the areas of review.  Since Jedadiah is now in the Boys Academy, Level 1, we were happy to see that he had scored mostly 3’s and 4’s in all areas!  Good job, Jedadiah!

School Work

Another student drops out

Another student drops out

We were all saddened by the news when we heard that Ryan was being pulled out of the program.  Especially to Jedadiah because he thinks of Ryan as his brother and Jedadiah expected him and Ryan to go through eighth grade together.  I know that Jedadiah was gloomy when he hugged Ryan and said goodbye.  I am certain that we will see Ryan in the future, but it won’t be the same. 

Vacation Homework

Vacation Homework

All of the kindergarten students were given a green folder filled with 10-worksheet of math, writing the numbers from 1-30 and 10 papers to write journals, writing 2 sentences for each journal entry. 

I was under the impression that the students were required to submit the completed folders to Sra. Cervantes on Monday morning.  However I noticed that only a small handful of students were turning in the homework. Some of the parents asked me if the homework was supposed to be turned in or was is only busy work to keep the kids occupied during vacation.  I said I had assumed it was to be submitted to the teacher. Regardless if the homework is to be graded or not, I am proud that Jedadiah finished all of his work. 

Week 19, Jan. 9-13, 2012; First Week back after vacation.

Rehearsal

I told Jedadiah that we would begin school on Monday, so by Thursday I noticed that he was beginning to babble in Spanish using either made-up words or words that he knew.  It was interesting to see his mental focus changing from English to Spanish. After three weeks off, I am sure that his first day back was mentally exhausting!

Overview of Christmas Break

For me and the kids, having three week off was wonderful. 
We had lots of fun going to Laguna Beach, the Huntington dog beach, the Wedge at Balboa and Corona del Mar.  The water temperature may have been in the high 50's but that didn't stop the kids from getting in the water and either jumping the waves or boogie boarding. We enjoyed a visit from Grandma, where the kids baked lots of cupcakes, bread, cinnamon rolls and cookies.  This year, Samara showed an interest in being the baking assistant.

We also went to the skateboard park on five different occasions and Pike's Peak Park one time, where we met some old friends. One Friday morning, we went to the open play time at Scat's gym in Chino Hills. We watched lots of episodes of Bey Blade, Pokemon, PowerRangers and Shake it Up. In between all of these activities, he finished his 10 pages of math homework and 10 journal entries where he had to write 2 sentences on each page and draw a corresponding picture.  We even remembered to put another layer on our family pinata, which we need to take to the next Dual Immersion Family Meeting in February.
The craziness starts again today.  We will have spring break the last week of March and the first week of April.  Hopefully Sra. Oliver will be back to school on January 23, 2012.