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.