We have school on Monday

 Fairfax County children don't have school, but we have school.  I'm going to be here.

Do you have a favorite day of the week?  Do you have a favorite season?  Write about it!

What are you going to do this week?

 

Practice future with going to

What do you want to do this weekend?

What do you have to do this weekend?

What are you going to do this weekend?

It's going to take some time!

 

English grammar takes time!

Try to remember the rules and make many examples. Focus on using correct examples.

: What's a verb?  What's a verb tense?

Practice future with going to

Our book mixes the verb tenses a lot just like people do in real life.  

Please do not study ALL the English verb tenses on the internet.

In this level, we practice future with "will", future with "going to", Present Continuous, Simple Present., Simple Past and the modals: can, could, should, have to, & need to.

Happy Chuseok! (Korean holiday during the Autumnal Equinox)

 

Challenge: Ellii handout that I might use in class

Did you do anything special today?  What did you eat?  Did you ever celebrate a holiday about the moon, about harvest, or about the Equinox?

Read all about it

Our school gives reading tests mostly to show people who give us money that we are a good program.  It often takes 100 hours of reading to move up 5 points on the test.  Last summer, however, three people moved up almost 10 points in only 5 weeks.  Please read as much as you can.  It's best if you feel interested and know most of the words -- no more than 7 new words per page.  

What is your favorite genre?  What are your favorite books?

What a wonderful world

Wonderful, pretty, and smart are adjectives.  Adjectives describe people, places, things or ideas.

See, hear, and think are non-action verbs.  We usually don't use them in present continuous (be __ing)

What do you see right now?  What do you hear right now?  What do you think of fasting?


Did you see anything beautiful today?  What did you see?

Do you have children?  Do you watch any children grow?  Write about a child.

NO SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2-- It's Yom Kippur!

Fairfax County Schools are off for a religious holiday.  I think this Children's book has a nice explanation for our level, but some of the activities are hard to see.  Is it easy for you to understand?

Do you celebrate Yom Kippur?  If yes, what are you doing today?

If not, do you have any traditions that involve fasting?  How often do you fast?  Do you have any traditions that involve saying, "I'm sorry?"  Do you have any traditions that involve praying?