Good Morning Class,

Today we went over the Achievement Test for Level 2 of the Foundations Reading Library that we took last week.

It was interesting to see which questions most people got right and which questions most people got wrong. You all did very well on many of the questions.

At the end of class we took the Achievement Test for Level 1.
It should be easier than last weeks test.
Next we will take level 3 after everyone has finished reading the graded readers.

I brought in levels 4 and 5 today so for those of you who are ready, let's start reading those this week as homework.
Keep up the good work and see you next week!

Hello Class!

Today we did the following:

• Took the "Level 2: Achievement Test" for the Foundations Reading Library
  
• Looked at the Yomiyasui Level (YL) Chart for the Foundations Reading Library
• Talked about the Chart for all the books and the word totals
• Introduced the new "iKnow!" Website!

I have corrected all the tests and it was interesting to see which questions most people got right and which questions most people got wrong.
It was very interesting.
There was one question that almost everyone got wrong and there were questions that almost everyone got right.

Here are a few examples:

Part A:
1 I'm so _____. I have a test tomorrow (1/8)
2 I've got a ____ for the concert (6/8) 2 were spelling mistakes
3 I'm ____. Class starts at 8:00 and it's 8:20 now! (7/8)
4 I'm so ____. I don't have a sweater. (8/8)
5 It's too ____. (7/8)
6 I ____ my cat. (7/8)
7 ____ are very dangerous. (3/8)
8 Can you ____ of me? (0/8)
9 Oh, no it's raining. I'm ____. (3/8)
10 It's a nice day. I'm going to the ____. (4/8)
11 I can't open it but I can ____ it. (5/8)
12 I don't have much ____. (8/8)
13 I love listening to ____. (8/8)
14 Don't pull it, ____ it. (6/8)
15 We have a new ____. (6/8)

Part B.
I like that song. Let's play it again! (8/8)
People can talk, but animals can't (8/8)
Hot Rock are a great band. I listen to them. (8/8)
My father works in a shop. What about yours? (7/8)
Don't worry about me. Everything is okay. (8/8)
Dark Sun are playing in the park on Saturday. I'm so excited. (7/8)
This is too heavy. I can't carry it. (8/8)
I don't have any money. I can't buy it. (8/8)
Is that your new snowboard? Or is it the old one. (8/8)
Ji Sung is late. So Yoon Hee waits for him. (8/8)
I am sorry to hear your brother is sick. (5/8)
I'm playing soccer on Sunday. (7/8)
She can't run. Her leg's broken. (8/8)
I've got three sisters and two brothers. (7/8)
I don't want to buy anything. I'm just looking. (8/8)

Part C.
Do not play on the benches. (7/8)
Come and look at this. (8/8)
Do you want to go on this skatestage? (7/8)
Where is he now? (7/8)
I can buy it with my money (8/8)
Can I have this guitar please? (8/8)
I don't want Mom and Dad to see the broken guitar. (6/8)
His guitar is broken. He can't play music now. (6/8)
Mr. Jenkins works at the zoo. (8/8)
Don't give food to the animals. (8/8)
Give it to me now! (7/8)
Jenny goes goes over the fence to Mike. (8/8)
Don't worry, everybody likes your singing. (7/8)
Does anybody like Gemma's new clothes? (5/8)
We can fix it. Then it will be ours. (8/8)
The boat has no engine and we don't have any money. (6/8)
"What's that old thing?" she asks. (5/8)
Why are these things in the cave? (8/8)
I really like this cave. It's really exciting! (4/8)
Look at this old bed. It's great! (7/8)

Your homework, of course, is to...
Read, Read, Read!

Hello Class,

Today we talked about the Graded Readers that you read and summarized the stories.

Sarah's Surprise
The shop's owner's husband took some food and the part-time worker called the police.
It was a big misunderstanding.

Slam Dunk for Mark
Mark chose his grandmother over his friends and basketball.

Quiz Night
Ji Sung was very smart and honest.
His rival tried to cheat, but she couldn't get the answers to the questions.
Ji Sung lost to her, but he didn't give in to the temptation to cheat.

A Good Friend
Yoko and Eric are good friends, but at first Yoko's mother didn't like Eric because he had long hair and asked Yoko to go to the beach.
Yoko's mother thought that Yoko was too young to have a boyfriend.
One day, Yoko lied to her mother and sneaked out of the house to meet Eric at the beach.
He told Yoko that it was bad to sneak out of the house and told her to go home.
At that time, Yoko stepped on some broken glass and cut her foot.
He took her to the hospital and called her mother.
Her mother came to the hospital and Yoko told her the truth.
Her mother changed her mind about Eric and said that he was a good friend.

Homework:
1. Write example sentences for last week's blog
2. Read, Read, Read

Good Morning Class,

Today we talked about the Graded Readers we have been reading from the Thomson Foundation Library.

We looked at some of the phrasal verbs - verbs that are phrases - and created some example sentences.

We wrote example sentences for "get on" and "get off".
Can you write some sentences for "get in" and "get out"?
There are some ideas below to help you:

Get on -
the bus - I get on the bus at the bus stop on at the corner of 5th and Washington.
the train - I get on the train at Kashiwa Station.
a bicycle - Yesterday Mari got on her bicycle in front of the library.
a motorcycle - The terminator got on a motorcycle and rode away.
a horse - The cowboy got on his horse and rode into the sunset.
a ship - They got on the ship in Alcapulco, Mexico.

Get off -
the bus - Where do you get off the bus?
the train - He got the off train in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
a bicycle - He got off his bicycle and went into the store.
a motorcycle - He got off his motorcycle and went into the library.
a horse - She got off her horse and went into her house.
a ship - They got off the ship in Cancun, Mexico.

Get in -
a car
a taxi
a coach
a horse-drawn carriage
a canoe
a rowboat

Get out of -
a car
a taxi
a coach
a horse-drawn carriage
a canoe
a rowboat

Put on your clothes
Take off your clothes

Get dressed
Get undressed

Homework:
1. Write sample sentences for "get in" and "get out" and add them to a comment.
2. READ, READ, READ