Dear Chloe's parents,

Chloe had a very good English language lesson today. She worked hard, was fully engaged, and was in very good spirits. She seemed very excited for the Christmas break!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's weekly test homework as well as her Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 20 - Task 1 - U2L4 - The Dog and the Bone.

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 - Synonyms and Translations

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Problem and Solution

5) Suffixes

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 20 - Task 2 - U2L4 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful holiday season and a Merry Christmas to the whole family. I look forward to seeing Chloe in the New Year (Thu.Jan.05.2023)! 

My very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework as well as covered Lesson 19 - Task 1 - U2L3 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: Prediction, Identification, Text-to-Self , Text-to-Text, and Text-to-World Connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - Synonyms, Definitions, and Translations

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Fable

5) Suffixes: '-ful' and '-ly'

6) Successful Learning strategies: use a ruler, read instructions carefully, proofread your work, and be neat

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please independently complete the following:

Lesson 18 - U2W1 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

Chloe is progressing so well in all areas of her English language learning (speaking, listening, reading, and writing/grammar). She should be very proud of herself as am I and I know you are as well. Wonderful!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework as well as her Anchor Chart binder. Plus we covered Lesson 17 - Task 1 - U2L2 - In Class - Where Are They Going.

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 - Synonyms and Translations

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Realistic Fiction

5) Text Features: Table of Contents (Title, Author, Illustrator, Chapters, Subtitles, Pages)

6) Summarize Chart (Beginning, Middle, and End)

7) Prefixes: 'un-' = not (unhappy = not happy)

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 17 - Task 2 - U2L2 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

My very best regards are with the whole family.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework as well as covered Lesson 16 - Task 1 - U2L1 - In Class _ Animal Discoveries.  

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 - Translation

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Realistic Fiction

5) Citing Text Evidence (p._, para._, s._)

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 16 - Task 2 - U2L1 - Homework - Spelling-Phonics

Thank you.

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

My very best regards are with the whole family.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework as well as her Anchor Chart binder. Plus we covered Lesson 14 - Task 1 - U1L10 - Families at Work.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary - Translation

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Informational Text

5) Venn Diagram: Compare and Contrast

6) Inflectional Endings: '-ing', '-ed', '-s', '-es'

7) Text Feature: Table of Contents

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 14 - Task 2 - U1L10 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

My very best regards are with the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear Chloe's parents,

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework as well as covered some of Lesson 13 - Task 1 - U1L9 - Families Work. Chloe once again worked hard and did very well throughout the class. Well done, Chloe!

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

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text (Informational)

5) Sequence Words and Commas

6) Capital Letters 

7) Periods

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 13 - Task 2 - U1L9 - Extra Homework - Spelling

Thank you.

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

My very best regards are with the whole family.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

Chloe had another very strong English language lesson today. She was very engaged in her learning and she is exceptionally motivated to understand all the vocabulary she is reading in our activities. Her independence with Google Translate is excellent! Keep up your wonderful, hard work Chloe!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework as well as her Anchor Chart binder. Plus we covered Lesson 11 - Task 1 - U1L8 - People Helping Whales.  

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

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Informational Text

5) Punctuation

6) Long Vowel Sounds

7) Short Vowel Sounds

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 11 - Task 2 -U1L8 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I hope Chloe is enjoying her birthday week!

Happy Birthday, Chloe!

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear Chloe's parents,

It is always very nice to see Chloe. She is such a smart girl and she tries so hard to succeed in her learning. Chloe is a joy to teach.

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 10 - Task 1 - U1L7 - Caring for Animals.  

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

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

5) Mind Map

6) Root Words

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please independently complete the following:

Lesson 9 - Task 1 - U1W3 - Nov 03 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

With my very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear Chloe's parents,

It is always very nice to see Chloe. She tries her best and truly wants to succeed in her English language learning. Chloe is a joy to teach!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework submission as well as her Anchor Chart binder. Plus we covered Lesson 8 - Task 1 - U1L6 - A New Home for Henry.  

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: predictions, identifications, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Fiction

5) Text Features: Table of Contents (Chapter, Subtitle, Page), and Illustrations

6) Character, Setting, Events Chart

7) Sentence Clues

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 8 - Task 2 - U1L6 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

My very best regards are with the whole family.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

It is always very nice to see Chloe. She is such a respectful and kind girl as well as a very intelligent student. Chloe is a true joy to teach. 

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's Anchor Chart binder plus covered Lesson 7 - Task 1 - U1L5 - Our Pet Friends  

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: predictions, identifications, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - Chinese translations and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, Decoding, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Fiction

5) Word Web

6) Character, Setting, Events Chart

7) Ask and Answer Question strategies

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please independently complete the following:

Lesson 6 - U1W2 - Oct 20 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

Chloe's reading is improving so much! Thank you for encouraging her to read English text at home. She was very excited about the comic book she bought at her school's book sale. She was reading some of it to me today. It's so nice to hear how excited she is about reading! Thank you.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's excellent homework submission as well as her Anchor Chart binder. Plus we covered Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U1L4 - Happy New Year!  

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation and Comprehension

4) Genre: Fiction

5) Text Features: Table of Contents (Chapter, Subtitle, Page)

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 5 - Task 2 - U1L4 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and weekend, and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

My very best regards are with the whole.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

Chloe worked very hard today and she was engaged throughout the lesson. She was very motivated to succeed in her English language learning. Wonderful! Chloe is a joy to teach.

For today's lesson, we reviewed her weekly test homework, in detail, and Lesson 4 - Task 1 - U1L3 - Families Celebrate, was introduced.

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Multiple-choice test taking strategies

2) Key vocabulary

3) Concept clues

4) Test writing strategies

5) Paragraph, Indent, and Margin

6) Text Evidence

7) Test Questions: Comprehension strategies

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following lesson:

Lesson 4 - Task 2 - U1L3 - Homework

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

My very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande

Dear Chloe's parents,

It was very nice to see Chloe again today. She is such a sweet and intelligent girl and she tries so hard to learn the English language, throughout the class. Her reading is already showing signs of improvement.

I would recommend that Chloe chooses books that she enjoys, whichever books they may be, and reads these English books everyday. This will significantly help her to continue improving her reading fluency, comprehension, and articulation / enunciationa skills, and she will learn to read English, with enjoyment. Thank you. 

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's excellent homework submission as well as her Anchor Chart binder. Plus we covered Lesson 2 - Task 1 - U1L2 - 'The Quest'.  

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: identification and prediction

2) Key/New vocabulary

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Fantasy

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please independently complete the following:

Lesson 3 - U1W1 - Sep 29 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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

My very best regards are with the entire family.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Chloe's parents,

It was very nice to see Chloe today. She is such a respectful and kind girl and she is a true joy to teach. She truly does try hard to succeed in her English language learning. Her use of Google Translate is becoming very significant in her learning success. Thank you very much for providing Chloe the use of a laptop to assist her with the necessary translations that she requires. Wonderful!

Today's lesson (Lesson 1 - Task 1 - U1L1 - Friends and Family), was focused on the following literacy concepts: 

1) Pre-reading strategies: predictions and text-to-self connections

2) Key/New vocabulary

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation, Fluency, and Comprehension

4) Genre: Fantasy

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please complete the following:

Lesson 1 - Task 2 - U1L1 - Homework

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

It is always a joy to work with James. He is an exceptional student and a wonderful boy. Today's lesson with James, was him being actively engaged, focused, and motivated to succeed in his learning. Fantastic!

For today's lesson (Lesson 22- U3W2 - Your Turn - Aug 27th), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Homework - Self-Evaluation - together, James and I evaluated his homework to empower his independent learning skills and to teach him how to self-evaluate his own work, with accuracy and effectiveness, for self-improvement.

His evaluation mark for his homework self-evaluation (with my assistance of course) is found in the link provided here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uocZPshWQnB6RBegPMfCKkS0XVShESw6/view?usp=sharing

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Began Long 'i' Vowel Sound

4) Reading Fluency and Comprehension

5) New Vocabulary

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following pages from the above lesson:

Lesson 22 - U3W2 - Your Turn - Aug 27th

Pages: p.111-112 Pt.A and p.113-115 Pt.A

Thank you.

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I will be away on a two-week holiday and I look forward to seeing James upon my return in September.

Have a wonderful start of the school year for you all - I'm sure you will all be very busy.

My very best regards, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear James' parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 20 - Task 1 - U2W5 - Your Turn), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Key Vocabulary: Definitions & Usage

2) Reading Fluency & Comprehension

3) New Vocabulary

4) Key Details Chart

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following lesson and pages:

Lesson 21 - U3W1 - Your Turn - Homework

Pages: 101-105

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear James' parents,

James worked very hard today! We reviewed his homework and focused on the following lesson literacy concepts (Lesson 19, Task 2 - Extra - Aug 13th - Homework):

1) Suffixes & Definitions

2) Reading Fluency & Comprehension

3) Main Idea & Key Details Chart

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following: 

Lesson 19 - Task 2 - Extra - Aug 13th - Homework

PAGES: 88-90 ONLY

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and my very best regards are with the entire family, as always.

Mr. Grande.

Dear James' parents,

James had his cousin with him during class today so we could not do a proper English language lesson. However I think the children had fun!

We will do today's planned lesson, next Saturday. 

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 19 - Task 1 - U2W4 - Your Turn - August 06th

pages: 81-85 Pt.A

Thank you very much.

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Have a very nice week and my very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande

Dear James' parents,

James had another 'very positive learning' lesson today. He was focused, engaged, and motivated to understand all concepts covered. Fantastic! We reviewed his homework in detail plus worked on Lesson 18 - Task 1 - U2W3 - Your Turn - July 30th. 

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Key Vocabulary Comprehension

2) Key Vocabulary Usage

3) Suffixes: '-ful'; '-ly'

4) Sentence Structures

Thank you very much.

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following pages from the above lesson:

pages: 72-75 Pt.A; and page 78

Thank you once again.

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear James' parents,

James worked very hard once again today and he did a great job with his English language learning, throughout his lesson.

Keep up your great, hard work James - wonderful!

For today's lesson, we worked on Lesson 17 - Task 1 - U2W2 - Your Turn - Jul 23rd and we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Key Vocabulary & Usage

2) Short/Long 'u' sounds

3) CVCe Syllables

4) Reading Fluency & Comprehension

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For HOMEWORK, if possible, can James please complete the following pages from the above lesson:

Lesson 17 - Task 1 - U2W2 - Your Turn - Jul 23rd

Pages: 61, 63-65 Pt.A, 69 (5 pages)

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande.