Today is a Tuesday. I had the day off of work yesterday because I wanted to go to the hospital with Kazuko to have our baby checked-out. He seems to be doing fine, but he is still in the breech position. It doesn't look like he will be able to turn, so he'll have to come out via cesarian section. No matter what, I am really looking forward to seeing him. Last week, I spent most of my time at work giving my students a test. The test is called the TEST of EMERGING ACADEMIC ENGLISH (or T...

Hello there and happy Thursday! It is rainy/ sleety/ snowy/ windy here. I don't think that the kids will have too much fun Trick or Treating tomorrow night unless they wear their ponchos. One of the most exciting peices of news in my life is that I have discovered a WONDERFUL website which helps early elementary school-aged children learn to read. The name of the website is starfall.com (www.starfall.com.) It is a fantastic place to have students read and practice with sight words, phon...