Dear James' parents,

I am finding that James is becoming less and less engaged during our lessons. I was worried about this and spoke Ms. Ling Song today. We had a very productive discussion and developed some optional fun curriculum that may be more joyful and engaging for James. Ms. Ling will be contacting you to discuss these optional curriculum ideas with you. Hopefully you will find these ideas acceptable in helping James reengage with his lessons and to find joy in learning once again. Thank you for all you do for James. He is a dear, sweet boy. I hope we can all help him once again find happiness in learning. Thank you. 

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework and we also covered Lesson 11 - Task 1 - U4L1 - In Class - Our World, Our Life.

We focused on the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: fluency, decoding, and comprehension

4) Genre: Informational Text

5) Compound Words

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 11 - Task 2 - U4L1 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

James did well overall today. He still needs many prompts to engage in the lesson however after a long talk, he began to become more responsive and accurate in his communications, which is great. I will continue to work hard with James to help him build confidence and to be motivated to succeed. He is such an intelligent boy and I know he can do it. You can do it, James! I believe in you.

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 10 - Task 1 - U3L10 - In Class - The Sound of Trash.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Text Features: table of contents, pictures (photographs, illustrations, diagrams), and comments

6) Main Idea and Key Details

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 10 - Task 2 - U3L10 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

I must apologize for arriving 30 minutes late to today's lesson. I overslept my alarm (my mobile phone was on low volume by accident). Ms. Ling Song will be contacting you in order to arrange a teaching schedule for me to make up these 30 minutes, for James' future lessons. Thank you very much for your understanding.

With a shorten lesson, James still had a very good, engaged English language lesson today. We had time to review James' homework as well as his Anchor Chart binder (briefly). We also covered some of Lesson 9 - Task 1 - U3L9 - In Class - Let's Communicate.

We focused on the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: fluency and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 9 - Task 2 - U3L9 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing James next Friday.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

Thank you for speaking with James. He was much more focused and engaged in today's English language class. He did very well throughout the lesson. Thank you very much once again and good work today, James!

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework submission as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 8 - Task 1 - U3L8 - In Class - Weather All Around.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Key / New vocabulary: translations, definitions, and synonyms

2) Prereading strategies: identification, predication, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

3) Reading strategies: context clues, text features, fluency, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository (Informational) Text

5) Synonyms and Antonyms

6) Text Features: map, captions, photographs, compass rose (north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest)

7) Pronouns and Verbs (first, second, and third person; singular and plural)

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following: 

Lesson 8 - Task 2 - U3L8 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

Today was a challenging lesson for James. He was distracted by something he was doing at his desk and it took a significant amount of time for him to complete activities we were working on.

Also, because of this distraction, James had a significant degree of difficulty focusing and understanding the challenging Grammar concept of Past, Present, and Future Verb Tenses.

I would like to ask you to please help James understand the importance of focus and engagement in his English language lessons, for language learning success. Today's lesson was unfortunately a lesson in which James was unable to effectively acquire important foundational language knowledge. Thank you.

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 7 - Task 1 - U3L7 - In Class - Weather Affects Us.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: fluency, decoding, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Mind Map / Idea Web: Types of Weather

6) Verb Tenses (very difficult for James)

***Dear parents: can you please print out James evaluated homework assignment (Lesson 6 - Task 2 - U3L6 - Homework - Grammar) which outlines my specific evaluation, corrections, and comments.

***This print out has valuable information regarding Verb Tenses which may assist James with his understanding as he refers to it in future (along with the Verb Tense in-class work he did, which can be found in his notebook).

Thank you very much.

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 7 - Task 2 - U3L7 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

James worked very hard throughout today's lesson. He did great!

For today's lesson, we reviewed
James' excellent homework submission as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 6 - Task 1 - U3L6 - City Communities.  

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, decoding, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

5) Text Feature: special print (bold) and table of contents (author, title, subtitles, chapters, pages, and sometimes illustrator)

6) Synonyms and Antonyms

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 6 - Task 2 - U3L6 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing James next Friday. 

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

James had a very good English language lesson today. His reading is improving so much and his vocabulary knowledge is expanding and growing wonderfully. Keep up your great English language learning, James!

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework and his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U3L5 - In Class - Let's Help Out.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, and text-to-self connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: fluency, decoding, and comprehension

4) Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

5) Adverbs of Time: yesterday, today, tomorrow, last week, this week, next week

6) Ordinal Numbers

7) Subject-Verb Agreement

8) Commas: Sequence ('My dog, cat, and goldfish are all awesome!')

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 5 - Task 2 - U3L5 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

Now that the curriculum has been adjusted to accommodate James' English language level of proficiency, his confidence is returning as well as his effective communication of the knowledge he has and is learning. It's really good to see a smile back on his face as he takes risks with the English language and succeeds! Wonderful!

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 4 - Task 1 - U3L4 - In Class - A Different Set of Stars.  

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Key / New Vocabulary: translations and synonyms

2) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

3) Reading strategies: articulation & enunciation, fluency, and comprehension

4) Genre: Fiction

5) Text Features

6) Compound Words

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 4 - Task 2 - U3L4 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and, as always, I look forward to seeing James next Friday. 

My very best regards are with the entire family.

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

It is always nice to see James. He is such an intelligent and engaging boy, especially when discussing his personal interests. I enjoy listening to James as he shares his life joys, especially with activities which involve 'play', lol!

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 3 - Task 1 - U3L3 - In Class - Up in the Sky.  

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, indentification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key / New Vocabulary - translations and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: articulation & enunciation, punctuation intonation/inflection, context clues, fluency, and comprehension

4) Genre: Fiction

5) Comparison Chart

6) Compound Words

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U3L3 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing James next Friday. 

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

It was a successful English language lesson with James, today! At this Unit level, he is demonstrating much more confidence and accuracy in his English language knowledge comprehension and communication. He definitely is learning with much more joy at this Unit level, which is wonderful to see him doing once again. Thank you.

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 2 - Task 1 - U3L2 - In Class - Force at Work.  

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - synonyms and translations

3) Reading strategies: articulation & enunciation, punctuation inflection & intonation, fluency, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Informational Text

5) Text Features: Table of Contents (title, subtitles, author, chapters, pages, [illustrator]), Pictures (photographs and illustrations), Special Print (bold, coloured), Captions, Labels, Diagrams

6) Similes

7) Author's Point of View Anchor Charts

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 2 - Task 2 - U3L2 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing James next Friday. 

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

James had a very good English language lesson today. This Unit 3 G2 Wonders curriculum is much more manageable for James. He was able to understand today's readings with much more success. This curriculum is much more in accordance with where he is at with his English language proficiency. I asked him what was his favorite English language book and he showed me his book on 'The Solar System'! We talked about space a lot today, which was so helpful with extending his English conversation and vocabulary skills. He also had access to his Chinese-English translator and his Anchor Chart binder (thank you!), which helped him a great deal. Super!

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' Anchor Chart binder and we also covered Lesson 1 - Task 1 - U3L1 - In Class - Live and Learn.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, synonyms, and definitions

3) Reading strategies: articulation & enunciation, fluency, decoding, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository (Informational) Text

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 1 - Task 2 - U3L1 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful Chinese New Year celebration and I look forward to hearing all about your festivities when I next see James!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Mr. Grande.