Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
It has been an absolute pleasure to be Jack's English language teacher for these past few months.
I wish Jack the very best in his academic development. Have a great remainder of your school year, Jack!
Remember Jack, be organized and no loose paper please, use a stapler! :)
With my highest regards to the whole family,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had a very good lesson today.
He is beginning to organize his school work in a much more coherent and effective way, which is great. Keep it up, Jack!
For today's lesson, we worked on the following curriculum concepts and strategies:
* Key/New Vocabulary
* Pre-reading Strategies
* Reading Fluency and Comprehension
* Genre: Poetry - Haiku
* Reviewing Jack's Test-taking Strategies
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 29 - Task 2 - U2L10 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Enjoy your day and I look forward to seeing Jack tomorrow.
With my best regards,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had very good lesson today.
We will continue to work on Jack's organizational skills. Thank you.
For today's lesson, we worked on the following curriculum concepts:
* Poetry Terminology
* Literary Elements of Poetry
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 27 - U2W4 - Mar 05 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Enjoy the rest of the week and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best regards,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had another very good lesson today.
Unfortunately, Jack is not organizing his class work for me so I will be focusing on his organizational skills in upcoming lessons. Thank you.
For today's lesson, we worked on the following curriculum concepts and strategies:
* Key/New Vocabulary
* Pre-reading Strategies
* Reading Fluency and Comprehension
* Genre: Expository Text
* Test-taking Strategies
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 26 - Task 2 - U2L8 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Enjoy the rest of the week and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best regards,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had another very good lesson today.
For today's lesson, we worked on the following curriculum concepts and strategies:
1) Irregular Plural Verbs
2) Key/New Vocabulary
3) Pre-reading Strategies
4) Reading Fluency and Comprehension
5) Suffixes
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 24 - U2W3 - Feb 19 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had another very good lesson today.
For today's lesson, we worked on the following curriculum concepts and strategies:
1) Food Webs
2) Key/New Vocabulary
3) Pre-reading Strategies
5) Reading Fluency and Comprehension
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 23 - Task 2 - U2L6 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack's had a very good lesson today.
For today's lesson, we worked on the following curriculum concepts and strategies:
1) Grammar: Homework Challenges
2) Key/New Vocabulary
3) Pre-reading Strategies
5) Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 21 - U2W2 - Feb 05 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack's work in class has improved so much since he began his lessons with me. His homework completion efforts have improved very much as well. I am very proud of Jack's English language progress as well as the positive changes with his learning success behavior. Very well done, Jack!
For today's lesson, we worked on the following curriculum concepts and strategies:
1) Affixes: Prefixes and Suffixes
2) Root Words = Base Words
3) Key/New Vocabulary
4) Stage Direction
5) Genre: Drama
6) Character Voice
7) Homework Review
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 20 - Task 2 - U2L4 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had another very good English language lesson today. He is trying his best and he continues to understand teacher expectations very well. Wonderful!
Keep up the good work, Jack!
For today's lesson, we worked on improving Jack's understanding of:
1) Written Instruction Comprehension
2) Parts of Speech
3) Key/New Vocabulary
4) Antonyms
5) Genre: Drama
6) Homework Review
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 18 - U2W1 - Jan 22 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had a very good English language lesson today. He worked hard and he is beginning to understand teacher expectations very well.
Keep up the good work, Jack!
For today's lesson, we worked on improving Jack's strategies for:
1) Adverbs
2) Paragraph Structure
3) Story Themes
4) Affixes: root words, prefixes, and suffixes
5) Genre: Folktales
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 17 - Task 2 - U2L2 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
It was very nice to see Jack today. He worked hard and had an excellent English language lesson.
For today's lesson, we worked on improving Jack's strategies for:
1) Instruction Comprehension
2) Types of Sentences
3) Types of Clauses: Independent / Dependent
4) Conjunctions
5) Reading: Punctuation Intonation
6) Genre: Folktales
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 15 - U1W5 - Jan 08 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Jack next week.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
It was very nice to see Jack today. He worked hard and had an excellent English language lesson.
For today's lesson, we worked on improving Jack's strategies for:
1) Test-taking: Writing
2) Careful Reading and Comprehension of Instructions
3) Grammar: Complex Sentences
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 14 - Task 2 - U1L10 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a great ski/snowboarding trip on Friday, enjoy the rest of your holiday break, and I look forward to seeing Jack in two weeks.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
It was so nice to see Jack's well organized Anchor Chart binder today! He did a great job and I am very proud of him.
Keep up the good work, Jack. Well done!
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) Mind Map / Idea Web: 'Helping My Community - Starting My Own Business'
2) Key/New Vocabulary
3) Reading Comprehension Strategies
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack complete the following lesson:
Lesson 12 - U1W4 - Dec 18 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a great weekend and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my very best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
I was sorry to see that Jack was sick today. He still tried his best to follow my lesson instructions and complete the lesson activities he was tasked to complete. He did well, overall.
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) Writing Skills: Compare and Contrast
2) Key/New Vocabulary
3) Reading Comprehension Strategies
4) Context Clues
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack do his best and complete the following lesson:
Lesson 11 - Task 2 - U1L8 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a really good week and weekend.
I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Once again, Jack came to class today ready to work and he was prepared for his English language lesson.
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) Prereading and Reading Strategies
2) School Work Neatness and Expectations
3) Key/New Vocabulary
4) Scientific Concepts
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack do his best and complete the following lesson:
Lesson 9 - U1W3 - Dec 04 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a really good week and weekend.
I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack was tired today but he still worked hard and tried his best to follow the lesson activities closely.
Have a good rest tonight, Jack!
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) Test-taking strategies
2) 'Hamburger Paragraph' writing strategy
3) Key/New Vocabulary
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 8 - Task 2 - U1L6 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week and weekend.
I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
It is always nice to see Jack. He does try his very best to improve and succeed with his English language learning, which is great.
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) Homework Expectations
2) Multiple-meaning words: Homonyms
3) Key/New Vocabulary: English-Chinese Translation strategies
4) Context Clues
5) Pre-reading and Reading strategies
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack please complete the following lesson:
Lesson 6 - U1W2 - Nov 20 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week and weekend.
I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack came to class today ready to work and prepared for his English language lesson. Wonderful!
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) Figurative Language
2) Idioms
3) Strategies: Test-taking skills
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack do his best and complete the following lesson:
Lesson 5 - Task 2 - U1L4 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a really good week and weekend.
I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best wishes,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
It was very nice to see Jack again. He shared that he visited a high school today and that's exciting for him.
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) Teacher 's homework expectations: evaluation and improvement strategies
2) Pre-reading: text-to-self and text-to-world connections
3) Key / New Vocabulary
4) Action - Effects Graphic Organizer
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack do his best and complete the following lesson:
Lesson 3 - U1W1 - Nov 06 - Homework - Weekly Test
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful remainder to your week and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best regards,
Mr. Grande
Dear Jack and Jack's parents,
Jack had a very good English language lesson today. He was engaged throughout the lesson and he tried his best to follow his teacher's prompts and instructions. Keep up the good work, Jack.
For today's lesson, we covered:
1) English Alphabet: vowels and consonants
2) Short and Long Vowel sounds
3) Pre-reading: connections
4) Reading: fluency and comprehension
5) Key / New Vocabulary
6) Reading Genres: Fairy Tale / Folktale
7) Sequence of Events (Summary)
8) Sequence in Writing: Order
9) Synonyms
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For HOMEWORK, can Jack do his best and complete the following lesson:
Lesson 2 - Task 2 - U1L2 - Homework - Grammar
Thank you.
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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Jack next Wednesday.
With my best regards,
Mr. Grande
