Field Trip to the Art Musuem

Hi Guys,

I hope you all had a nice Halloween. It's a shame we couldn't have our Sports Day because of the rainy weather. Oh well, safety first...so it is a good thing it was postponed.

Tomorrow morning, we'll be taking a field trip to a cool museum. We'll see lots of beautiful colorful paintings and have lots to write about for creative writing class!

In the afternoon, we have our experience class. This month's theme is baseball, so we'll continue to learn the basic rules and history of the great game. If weather permits, we'll even play a few innings.

Friday is the weekly Spelling Quiz, so practice a little every night.

Halloween Party

Hi Guys,

Tomorrow we have our Week 9 Spelling Quiz. Practice a lot with your child tonight. Tomorrow we will also have an optional Halloween Party. If your child wants to dress up and wear a costume, that will be awesome. Also, if you don't want to wear a costume, that is perfectly OK. Furthermore, if your child wants to bring some snacks to share with his/her classmates, we will do that after lunch.

I apologize for the short notice. I was originally planning on having the party on the day after Halloween. This year, we have a special day off on Monday, October 31st... which is Halloween.

Have a great weekend,

Mr. Kuhel

The Importance of the Daily Verb

This Friday, we'll have a quiz on the story Henry and Mudge. The more your child reads, the better he/she writes, understands and participates in class. The story is in the Homework Cycle Workbook, so try to have your child read the story out loud to you once or twice this week. Reading out loud is a great way to practice pronunciation. It also allows your child to use 3 senses (eyes, ears, and mouth) to remember the story.

Last week's Spelling Quiz went very well. The class is really beginning to thrive in my system. The class average was over 90%, which is unbelievable.

The Daily Verb is an important exercise. Island-wide it's difficult to find any Taiwanese students that consistently use articles (a, the), possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her etc.), plurals (add and "s") or correctly conjugate the verb... especially while writing short paragraphs, essays or answering comprehension questions for HW or quizzes. The Daily Verb provides the simple review and repetition the students desperately need. It only takes a few minutes to do the Daily Verb, but come June, all the kids will efforlessly be able to use these basic, yet critically important English fundamentals fluently. The point is, make sure they do it every evening. If you want to practice and improve your English, read all the Daily Verbs (after I correct them!) with your child once or twice a week. Confidence and excellence both come from practice and preparation.

Have a great week,

Mr. Kuhel