Dear James' parents,

James was very engaged and active throughout today's lesson. He was focused and he had many great ideas to help enrich all of the English language exercises we completed today. It was one of his best lessons ever! He did great!

For today's lesson, we covered the following:

Lesson 17:

Task 1 - Diary - 'Why I Like Rocks!'

Task 2 - Dog Man 3-2 - 'You've Gotta Be Kitten Me'

Task 3 - Book Report: 'Finding Gold in China!'

[Story Web - Sequence: Beginning, Middle, and End]

We focused on the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Summarizing Key Details from a Text/Personal Experience

2) Literary Elements: Plot (Beginning, Middle, End)

3) Descriptive Word Choices and Key Details

4) Sentence Structure: Simple to Complex

5) Reading: Punctuation Intonation (exclamation marks)

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing James next Thursday. 

My very best regards are with the whole family, as always.

Mr. Grande