Vocabulary

Lot of words, more than a hundred words from New Moon. We finished the book first before we began writing our vocabulary book. I wanted to make sure that we read as much as we can in class in order to maximize our pace for reading.

Make sure all of you finish the vocabulary this Tuesday, don't forget it.

Meanwhile this week....

Teddy and Howard, you guys know what you guys did wrong. Please don't let it happen again. Don't waste time in class and admit your mistakes. Howard, your attitude is poor in school and worst at home. Please take time to think about the word respect.

Anne, great job at reading ahead. You comprehend the story well and you are very active in class, make sure to speak louder.

Pon Pon, I can't wait until I read the fourth book, how far are you?

Betty and Valerie, if you have questions or difficulties with the story, feel free to ask me. I know sometimes the story can be hard to understand, so make sure you raise your hand if you don't understand something.

Teacher Paul

Methane Tower of Bubbles

Be Efficient and Fast

What is this commercial trying to tell you?

New Moon is almost finished

We had a good week at school and we are almost finished with the New Moon. Edward is trying to offend the Volturi and Bella and Alice are trying to save him. We will find out this week in class and finish the book.

This week we also had science experiments and in my class, we learned about dry ice.

What is dry ice? It's not made of water, it's actually made of carbon dioxide. It is a very interesting substance because at room temperature, the solid form of CO2 turns into gas without going through liquid state. This is called sublimation.

All the students enjoyed the science experiments very much.

Anne - Good job on reading. You are answering lots of questions.

Valerie and Betty - Both of you are reading louder and I see you guys try to answer more questions. Keep trying!

Teddy - Please be more careful when you read and pay more attention to what you are reading. Try to understand the story better.

Howard - Make sure you read clearly and try not to mumble the words. I am glad you try to answer the questions and you understand the story quite well.

Pon Pon - Give others a chance first before answering, I will call on you. You are doing fantastic in class in both reading and comprehension.

I hope you enjoy the following video

Teacher Paul

Back from America

Hello everybody, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, mom and dad, grandpas and grandmas, teachers and students, doctors and nurses, and all the strangers who loves to read my blog!

I was gone for quite a while and I was very pleased to hear that all of the students in my class didn't cause any trouble to Teacher Annie. During my vacation, I went to San Francisco to meet up with my friends from college days. The purpose of my trip was half business and half vacation. One of my good friends, Frank, who is very interested in coming to Taiwan. He wants to come to help me teach, and manage the school. Hopefully, if this plan goes through, we can further improve our program and make Tree House a better school.

Now back to classroom business. This week we started to read New Moon again and we are trying to finish this book quickly so we can get to the third book, Eclipse. New Moon starts off slow, talking about Edward and Bella's separation and Bella's emotions. The story gets more interesting when Jacob enters the pictures and Bella finds new purpose for her life.

Pon Pon - You are doing fine in class, please refrain answering some question because you've already read it in Chinese and make sure you raise your hands.

Betty Anne Valerie - I am happy to see all of you concentrate very hard in class to read. I also see everyone actively participate in class. Please keep up the good work and ask/answer questions.

Howard and Teddy - I am glad you guys don't bother each other. Howard please pay more attention when reading and Teddy, I am happy to see you are trying hard in reading, please keep up the effort. Hopefully, you can read more fluently.

Teacher Paul

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