Dear Brian's parents,

Brian is such a joy to teach. He truly does work hard and try his best with his English language learning. He is becoming quite independent with his translator and he asks for clarity whenever he is having difficulty with story comprehension. He even feels confident enough to ask me for clarification whenever he has difficulty understanding my questions or explanations. Wonderful! He is increasingly exhibiting positive student behaviours that lend themselves to successful learning outcomes in his academics. Keep up the great effort, Brian!

p.s.: I would like to thank you very much for allowing Brian's lesson to be moved up an hour. Your thoughtfulness and flexibility is very much appreciated. Thank you once again.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Brian's Anchor Chart binder and we also covered Lesson 9 - U5W3 - May 24 - In Class - Weekly Test.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and test-taking strategies:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction and identification

2) Key / New vocabulary: translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: fluency, decoding, context clues, text features, and comprehension

4) Rereading strategies: text, questions, and answer choices

5) Communication strategies of literary knowledge

6) Text Feature: illustrations

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For HOMEWORK, can Brian please complete the following:

Lesson 8 - Task 2 - U5L6 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Brian next Wednesday. 

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

Mr. Grande.