Dear Brian's parents,

It is always nice to see Brian and I am so proud of how well he is using his translation device throughout the lesson. He is showing excellent growth towards 'independence' with his English language learning. He is also using his Anchor Chart binder with a high degree of effectiveness. Wonderful!

Thank you very much Brian's mother and father, for providing Brian with your positive encouragement and support in this important development. It is helping him so much with his language learning.

Brian's parents, I would like to ask you please, for our next step in Brian's language learning, that he is provided with an 'interactive' method of communication during our lessons.

It is very important for Brian to communiciate his knowledge and to demonstrate his knowledge, in class. The only method he currently has is 'verbal' and this method is too challenging for him and very ineffective. We spend so much time for him to put his thoughts in order and then find the words to communicate his thoughts plus I am 'guessing' at what he is trying to communicate. In one hour, we are spending a great deal of time trying to communicate and understand each other. He has not developed the vocabulary nor the literacy concepts enough to effectively communicate or demonstrate his knowledge.

During our lessons, it would be very beneficial for Brian's learning, to now interact with me through our lessons, using one or more of the following methods of communiciation and demonstration:

1) Type his responses on the lesson screen

2) Touchscreen his responses on the lesson screen

3) Have a mouse that can manipulate text on the lesson screen

4) Any other method which provides effective interactive abilities for Brian to communicate and demonstrate his knowledge, would be very much welcomed.

Thank you so much for your continued positive encouragement and support of Brian's English language learning.

For today's lesson (May.13th). We reviewed Brian's homework as well as worked on Lesson 10, Task 1 - U2L10 - May 13 - How Maps Help (Grammar)

We covered the following literacy concepts:

* Irregular Plural Nouns 

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

1) Lesson 10, Task 1 - U2L10 - May 13 - How Maps Help (On-Level Reading)

(Read, Record, and Submit)

 - pages 2-11 ONLY

2) ONLY if Brian has time, he can also complete the following:

Lesson 10, Task 2 - U2L10 - May 13 - Extra Homework

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Brian at our next Friday's lesson.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian had a very good lesson today, with some good active engagement and some thoughtful, energetic participation. When Brian is focused, he is able to retrieve his English language prior knowledge with much more effectiveness, which is great. Well done Brian!

For today's lesson (Lesson 08 - Task 2 - U2L8 - Apr 29 - Homework and Lesson 09 - Task 1 - May 06 - Follow the Map), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Common nouns

2) Proper nouns

3) Pre-reading strategies

4) Key Vocabulary

5) Phonics: ch, -tch, wh, ph

6) Reading strategies

7) New Vocabulary

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

1) Lesson 9 - Task 2 - U2L9 - May 06 - Homework

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and enjoy the remainder of your May 01st holiday. 

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian had another engaged and focused lesson today (Apr.29th). Brian's reading fluency, vocabulary decoding success, and reading comprehension, are all progressing well with growing and improving proficiency. His sentence frames, when answering open-ended questions, are become more accurate. His independent use of English-Chinese translation strategies are developing well, also. Wonderful! Keep up your great English language learning progress Brian! We'll continue to work on refining Brian's accuracy with letter structures and aslo his vocabulary pronunciation, especially with blends such as 'th'. Thank you.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Brian's homework and the focus was on letter structure accuracy as well as working on Lesson 8, Task 1 - U2L8 - Apr 29 - 'Squirrels Help'.

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies (title, author, illustrator, and genre: fantasy)

2) Reading strategies (punctuation)

3) New Vocabulary

4) Retell Chart: Character, Setting, Events

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian complete and submit the following:

1) Letter Structure Accuracy Practice 

- I will send Ling Song letter practice worksheets to pass on to you.

- Please have Brian complete 4 worksheets before our next class.

2) After Brian has completed his letter practice worksheets, can he please complete and submit at least the following 2 pages from the Extra Homework lesson (page 41 & page 45):

Lesson 8, Task 2 - U2L8 - Apr 29 - Extra Homework

Thank you.

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

p.s: next Friday's May.06th lesson is a free bonus lesson that I have offered to you. Thank you.

Respectfully,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

It was very nice to see Brian using his Chinese translation device throughout today's lesson and I thank Brian's mother for her patience and support in helping Brian learn to use the device during class. It was wonderful to see how he became more confident and independent with its use by the end of class. Thank you once again.

For today's lesson, Brian learned many literacy concepts during his homework review and this lesson curriculum learning class (Lesson 7, Task 1 - U2L7 - Apr 22 - Let's Help).

We covered the following:

1) Printing uniform letter structures

2) English to Chinese translation of new vocabulary (device and notebook)

3) Pre-reading strategies

4) Reading strategies

5) Reading Fluency and Comprehension

6) Key Vocabulary

7) New Vocabulary

8) Phonics: 'th', 'sh', '-ng'

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete and submit the following lesson:

1) Lesson 7, Task 2: U2L7 - Apr 22 -Homework

Thank you.

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

Very best regards to you all,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian worked very hard today and he did very well. We covered many literacy concepts during his homework review and this lesson curriculum learning class (Lesson 6, Task 1 - U2L6 - Apr 15 - Meerkat Family).

We covered the following language concepts:

1) Printing uniform letter structures

2) English to Chinese translation of new vocabulary (notebook)

3) Pre-reading strategies

4) Reading strategies

5) Reading Fluency and Comprehension

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete and submit the following lesson:

1) Lesson 6, Task 2: U2L6 - Apr 15 -Homework

Thank you.

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Brian's parents: to help Brian develop the independence and proactive skills to translate new words on his own, can he be provided with a translation device and/or a translation website please; which he can use at home (for his homework) and for in-class activities. Thank you so very much!

p.s.: he can write his new words, with the Chinese translations, into his notebook or right into his Wonders books. 

p.s.s.: multiple-meaning words (homonyms) such as 'bat-bat' can be tricky at this stage of Brian's language learning process. I will be teaching him about homonyms in class, however I also would like to ask for your support in helping him choose the correct meaning of any homonyms he is translating, as per the context of the text he is working on.

Thank you so much for your support.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to our next Friday's lesson.

Very best regards to you all,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U2L5 - Apr 01 - A Community in Nature), we covered the following concepts:

1) Date: Days, Months, Ordinal Numbers

2) Pre-reading strategies 

3) Reading strategies

4) New Vocabulary

5) Reading Fluency and Comprehension

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For HOMEWORK, Brian can complete and submit the following:

Lesson 05 - Task 2 - U2L5 - Apr 01 - Homework

Thank you.

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Enjoy your weekend and I look forward to seeing Brian at next Friday's lesson.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

Brian is beginning to speak with accurate vocabulary in relation to questions or instructions being asked of him and also with simple accurate sentence frames, which is great. His reading skills are improving as well. He is decoding unfamiliar vocabulary with growing success. His articulation and enunciation of multi-syllabic vocabulary is improving also. His understanding of punctuation intonation/inflection is developing well. Keep up the great work Brian!

For today's lesson (Lesson 4, Task 1 - U2L4 - Mar 25 - 'Staying Afloat' (on-Level Reading), we covered the following concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies 

2) Key Vocabulary 

3) Reading strategies and new words 

4) Character, Setting, Events Chart

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For HOMEWORK, Brian can complete and submit the following lesson:

Lesson 4, Task 2 - U2L4 - Mar 25 - Homework (Grammar)

Thank you.

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Enjoy your weekend and I look forward to seeing Brian next week, at Friday's lesson.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 3, Task 1 - Building All Around), we focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Reading strategies

3) New Vocabulary building

4) Days of the Week

4) Months of the Year

Brian followed along and participated with strong engagement and motivation today. He did very well in his learning, using listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, with developing effectiveness. His use of his notebook is coming along very well. Great work today, Brian!

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete and submit the following lesson:

Lesson 3, Task 2 - U2L3 - Homework

Thank you.

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Have a very good weekend to the whole family and I look forward to my next lesson with Brian.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's mother,

Today's lesson was focused on Brian's Reading Skills (Fluency and Comprehension) as well as on Vocabulary Building (learning new English words). He did very well overall and he successfully understood and followed my instructions throughout the class. He used his Notebook very effectively and he was motivated to accurately use it when prompted to do so. Very well done, Brian!

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete and submit the following lesson:

Lesson 2 - U2L3 - Mar 11 - Homework. 

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Thank you very much and have a very nice weekend.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's mother,

I do apologize once again for the confusion during Brian's lesson yesterday, on Fri.Mar.04th. Please don't worry about the English game 'Blooket'. I was frustrated with it because I know Brian would enjoy it very much but I will wait until Brian becomes more independent with his English and Brian and I can play it in the future, on our own, no problem. There are other simple games that Brian and I can play now and which you don't have to worry about helping Brian with (they will be much easier for him and more fun). 

Your continued wonderful help with Brian's English language learning ONLY, will be so very much appreciated (you must be so relieved, NO MORE BLOOKET for you, lol!). I look forward to the make up lesson at the end of this current term.

We will read the story from yesterday's lesson (Lesson 2 - U2L2 - Task 1 - Ben brings the mail) next Friday (Mar.11th). Next Friday will be a READING lesson for Brian, for your information. Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete and submit the following:

Lesson 2 - U2L2 - Task 2 - Mar.04th - Homework

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Thank you once again for all your patience and wonderful, loving support of your son's learning. He is a very intelligent, sweet boy and he will learn quickly, I know. 

I look forward to our next lesson on Friday. Have a wonderful weekend.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear Brian's mother,

It was so nice to see you and Brian once again. Thank you very much for your help today. Brian worked very hard and he followed instructions very well, in both Chinese and English. As the lesson progressed, his speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills improved significantly. He is a very smart boy, without question.

For today's lesson (Lesson 1, Task 1 [U2L1] - Jobs Around Town), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: p.8-9

2) Vocabulary: p.10-11

3) Phonics - Short 'e' sound: p.12-13

4) Reading strategies: p.14-23

5) Comprehension (Character, Setting, Events): p.24-25

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete and submit the following:

Lesson 1, Task 2 (U2L1) - Homework

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Thank you. 

p.s.: For our next lesson (Fri.Mar.4th) I would like to play Blooket with Brian, as a reward for his hard work in class. It was unfortunate that Blooket did not work today for some reason. I asked for help from Mrs. Ling Song and her daughter. They were very helpful and I have a better idea now how Blooket works for students in China. I believe Mrs. Song will be contacting you soon to see if Blooket can be played on your internet system (something to do with an Internet Firewall). Hopefully we can play it together next week as his reward for his very hard work! Thank you once again.

Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear Jaime's mother,

Happy Family Day to you all! I am very glad that you went traveling to Peggy's Cove today. It is a lovely location (and yes, many visitors go there!).

Jaime had another very good lesson today (G1U1L7). We worked on the 'Just for Fun' story about friendship. We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Short 'o' sounds/words

2) Reading strategies

3) Punctuation Inflection/Intonation

- Question Marks ?

- Exclamation Marks !

4) Pronunciation strategies: 'r', 'l', 'th' sounds

5) Key Details = Text Evidence = Important Information

6) Details Chart

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For HOMEWORK, can Jaime please complete the Task 2 - U1L7 - Homework. Thank you.

http://www.aedcedu.com/course/573/task/16921/show

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Enjoy the rest of this special day.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande