Dear Brian's parents,

Brian worked very hard on his weekly test during today's lesson. He achieved a mark of 73% (B-).

I would Brian to independently complete this weekly test for homework and to focus on careful understanding of question instructions and vocabulary comprehension (the use of his translator is encouraged).

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Therefore, for HOMEWORK, can Brian please independently complete the following weekly test:

Lesson 30: U4W5 - Mar 22 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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

My very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian had a very good English language lesson today. His reading is significantly improving as is his vocabulary knowledge. He is beginning to comprehend the main idea and key details in a story and to communicate them in a developing and overall successful manner. Keep up your great English language learning, Brian!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Brian's Anchor Chart binder and we covered Lesson 29- Task 1 - U4L10 - In Class - Teach a Dog.

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, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Nonfiction

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

6) Sequence

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

Lesson 29 - Task 2 - U4L10 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Brian in two weeks.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian is such a bright, sweet, and engaging boy and an overall wonderful student to teach. He had another strong lesson today.

Brian is beginning to demonstrate independence and proactive learning throughout our lessons (e.g.: searching through is notebook and/or Anchor Chart binder, to recall or reinforce his knowledge, to answer my questions, or to successfully complete an activity). He is making very positive progress in his learning and in his active learning strategies for academic success. Wonderful!

Keep up the great work, Brian!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 28 - Task 1 - U4L9 - In Class - Animals and 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: Nonfiction

5) Phonics: Long 'e'

6) Sequence

7) Printing Practice

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please independently complete the following:

1) Lesson 27 - U4W4 - Mar 01 - Homework - Weekly Test

2) I would also highly recommend that Brian practices his printing using the worksheets that I will be providing you.

This extra printing practice does NOT need to be submitted to me for evaluation. I will evaluate his printing through his regular homework assignments.  

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

Although Brian was late today, he still had another strong English language lesson. For today's lesson, we reviewed Brian's Anchor Chart binder and we covered: Lesson 26 - Task 1 - U4L8 - In Class - The Hat.

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: Fantasy

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

Lesson 26 - Task 2 - U4L8 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

It is always very nice to see Brian. He is a sweet boy and he tries very hard to understand the English language and the context of its usage. He independently uses his translator to help him comprehend important text and key vocabulary. Keep up the good work, Brian!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Brian's homework and his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 25 - Task 1 - U4L7 - In Class - Bug Me

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, and comprehension

4) Phonics: long 'i' sound

5) Common and Proper Nouns

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

Lesson 25 - Task 2 - U4L7 - Homework - Spelling/Phonics

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian had a very good English language lesson today, eventhough he was very hungry, which distracted him throughout the lesson. His hunger negatively effects the retention of knowledge being taught and therefore, his overall learning success during the lesson is compromised.

Brian's parents: for Brian's learning success, can he please come to his English language lessons already fed and ready to learn. This will significantly and positively impact his learning outcomes and increase the likelihood of his knowledge retention success. Thank you very much.

For today's lesson, we covered: Lesson  24 - U4W3 - Feb 08 - In Class/Homework - Weekly Test.

We focused on the following literacy concepts and test-taking strategies:

1) Key / New Vocabulary: translations and synonyms

2) Reading strategies: context clues and comprehension

3) Test Questions strategies: understand ALL the vocabulary in the Question and in the Answer Choices (use his translator).

4) Context Clue Translation: if Brian does not understand the 'word' that he is trying to translate (due to multiple meanings or the Chinese translation is challenging), he should translate the words around the 'word' (phrase translation) or the entire sentence (sentence translation). This will usually provide Context to the 'word' for easier comprehension.

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please independently complete the following weekly test:

Lesson  24 - U4W3 - Feb 08 - In Class/Homework - Weekly Test

*** Brian is encouraged to use his Chinese-English translator throughout the test, to understand ALL the vocabulary on the test.

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian had another strong English language lesson today. He was actively engaged throughout the lesson, consistently refering to his Anchor Chart and his translator, in order to follow along with today's reading, with more accuracy and comprehension. Wonderful!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Brian's Anchor Chart binder and we also covered Lesson 23 - Task 1 - U4L6 - In Class - Go Gator!.

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 and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: decoding, fluency, and comprehension

4) Genre: Nonfiction

5) Text Feature: Maps

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

Lesson 23 - Task 2 - U4L6 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian had a strong lesson today. We covered many literacy concepts that reinforced his prior knowledge or was knowledge newly acquired. His Chinese-English translator was very helpful, thank you. He worked very hard today. Great job today, Brian!

Ms. Ling will be contacting you to help with my assigned homework for Brian as well as an Anchor Chart binder for Brian. Thank you.

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 22 - Task 1 - U4L5 - In Class - Survivors.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations

3) Reading strategies: fluency and comprehension

4) Phonics: long 'o' sound

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

Lesson 22 - Task 2 - U4L5 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Brian's parents,

It was very nice to see Brian (and his mother) once again. He is growing up my goodness! He looks like he has gotten taller which I am sure is very exciting for him.

For today's lesson, (Lesson 21 - U4W2 - Jan 18 - In Class/Homework - Weekly Test), I focused on diagnostically assessing Brian's English language proficiency, in the following three language components: listening, speaking, and reading. The fourth component, writing/grammar, I will diagnostically assess with his weekly test homework submission. It is very important that Brian completes his homework, independently, and with access to an English-Chinese translator. Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please independently complete the following:

Lesson 21 - U4W2 - Jan 18 - In Class/Homework - Weekly Test

***It would be best if this homework was printed out and Brian could answer test questions directly onto the paper print out and then submit for assessment.

Thank you.

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Once again, it was very nice to teach Brian again. He is a joy to teach.

Have a wonderful Chinese New Year celebration and I look forward to hearing all about the festivities from Brian, next Wednesday.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Mr. Grande.

Note:  reread this reading and finish phonics next week.  This reading was difficult enough for all the students to justify 2 weeks. 

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian worked very hard today! He was engaged and participated actively throughout the lesson.

I administered the Lesson 3: U3W1 - Jun 10 - Weekly Test (in-class) and Brian achieved a mark of 67% (C+). We reviewed the questions that he had trouble with and we practiced test-taking strategies that will assist him on future tests.

We also worked on Lesson 4: Task 2 - U3L3 - Jun 10 - 'Ready, Set, Grow'.

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Test-taking strategies

2) Pre-reading strategies

3) Key Vocabulary

4) Phonices: long 'i' sound (i_e)

5) Reading strategies

6) New Vocabulary

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

Lesson 4 - Task 1 - U3L3 - Jun 10 - Homework

Thank you. _______________________________

Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

My very best regards are with you all, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian engaged and participated well throughout today's English language lesson. Once he began to remember his teacher's expectations of him, he became more independent in his work, especially when translating.

Unfortunately, Brian did not complete his homework for this week so his teacher needed to reteach some of the lesson curriculum from last week. This is because he did not reinforce his learning by homework completion, which is crucial for a low level beginner of English language learning. With one hour per week lessons, homework is a vital learning activity.

I would recommend that Brian consistently completes his weekly homework to reinforce his learning from lesson to lesson. He only has a one hour English lesson per week, which makes it very difficult for him to retain the knowledge learned. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

For today's lesson (Lesson 2 - Task 1 - U3L2 - May 27 - 'Kate Saves the Date'), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

- Author

- Illustrator

- Title

- Date Awareness

- Picture Comprehension: "What do you see?"

- Details in Sentence Frames

- Noun & Adjective Identification

2) Genre: Fantasy

3) Reading strategies

4) New Vocabulary 

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please independently complete the following:

1) Lesson 3: U3W1 - May 27 - Weekly Test - Homework (G1W3W1)

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

My very best regards are with you all, always.

Mr. Grande