Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan once again worked very hard throughout today's lesson. We spent all of today's class reviewing Siyuan's homework and addressing the learning gaps of knowledge he has. He did well overall in understanding the new knowledge I was teaching him. Really good hard work today, Siyuan.

Siyuan's parents: It would be very helpful for Siyuan's learning success to have access to an online dictionary at home (Dictionary.com is my recommendation). Siyuan says he does not have access to the internet for dictionary usage.

His homework is challenging for him because he does not understand important key vocabulary, which affects his overall homework understanding and learning. This includes his weekly tests which are crucial for him to do well with as it directly relates to his test-taking success at school.

Thank you very much for your strong support of Siyuan's learning success.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's homework in great detail and we also reviewed his anchor charts.

We did not have enough time to cover Lesson 28 - Task 1 - U2L9 - In Class - By Leaps and Bounds.  

We covered the following learning gaps of knowledge:

1) Test-taking strategies:

a) Multiple-choice questions

b) Short Answer questions

c) Context Clues

d) Text Evidence (page, paragraph, sentence)

e) Key / New vocabulary

f) Dictionary Usage

2) Possessive Nouns: 6 Rules

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please independently complete the following:

Lesson 27 - U2W4 - May 17 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful long weekend and I look forward to seeing Siyuan next Friday.

Enjoy your fireworks (Siyuan said he can't wait for the fireworks!).

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

Mr. Grande